Thinking on Culture

Over the past few years I’ve grown to believe that few things have a greater impact on the success of a business than it’s culture. I’ve seen good cultures and bad, cultures that were hyper-reactive and some that were deliberate, some that were people friendly and some that were not, and all kinds of variations […]

Early Adoption Program for Denali

Local evangelist Joe Healy sent me a link to this post by Roger Doherty that talks about the early adoption program for Denali (SQL 2011?). The short story is that they are looking for people to build projects that might end up showcasing new features. All the details of course, so go read the blog […]

Building Applications That A DBA Will Love–Today at 12 Eastern

I’m doing a presentation for the PASS Application Development Chapter today at noon, and the topic is, as you may guess from the title, is Building Applications that a DBA will love. It’s my attempt to show developers some of the things we care about and why, things that often get overlooked in the rush […]

Orlando Nerd Dinner on April 14th, 2011

ONETUG (the Orlando .Net Users Group) sent out invitations over the weekend for a Nerd Dinner. I’m not sure it’s the best name – though maybe accurate! – but I like the concept, and I like that there is a central site for managing these events. It’s at the food court at the Millenia Mall […]

Book Signings & Book Marketing

I visited my local book store this weekend and was greeted by an author doing a book signing. I was in my own world and didn’t pay much attention, but once I settled in for some note writing I stopped and went over to chat for a minute. She had written two books, both for […]

Wes Brown Presenting: SQL Server, Storage and You

2011-04-11 11:30:25

PASS Update #55 (SQLSaturday Site Changes & SQLRally)

SQLSaturday Site Changes Earlier this week we deployed the first set of small changes to the SQLSaturday site. We fixed a long standing bug in the iCal, added a list on the front page of reserved dates (often events know the date they want but don’t have the facility nailed down), added sponsor logos to […]

Notes from SQLSaturday Dallas

I arrived on time in Dallas and my friend Sri picked me up at the airport. It was time for lunch, so Sri dropped me at Panera to get some food while he did some final shopping for the weekend, then he picked me up again to head to the Microsoft office where they had […]

PASS Virtualization Chapter Seeking Speakers

The virtual Virtualization Chapter is seeking speakers for their monthly meetings. If you’re working with HyperV, VMWare, or other virtualization technologies and SQL Server, or know someone that is, drop a note to David Smithey (dsmithey at sqlsvrman.com).

SQLRally 2011–The Sessions I Plan to Attend

One of the ways to make the most of a conference (and to help justify the spend) is to go through the schedule and think about what sessions you want to attend. It’s never easy, there are always lots of good choices and it’s hard to settle on just one per time slot. I try […]