Tampa IT Pro Camp Coming on September 22,2012

The Tampa IT Pro Camp will be held September 22 at New Horizons in Tampa (different location than last time). It’s the weekend before SQLSaturday Orlando, so I’m just going down for the day (and breaking my no back to back weekend rule for the first time this year). I submitted two presentations, one about […]

Should We Customize the SQLSaturday Hashtag on Twitter?

The question was posed on Twitter recently (or perhaps more along the lines of “why can’t we”), suggesting that our current/default hashtags of something like #sqlsat151 might be more useful and more marketing friendly as #sqlsatorl or #sqlsatorlando. I thought I’d share some thoughts in longer form than Twitter allows, keeping in mind that Kendal […]

Presentations That Exceed The Allotted Time

Back in February I did a presentation for MagicPASS that ran long, maybe 30 minutes over the time allotted. It annoyed me to be so far off, but overall the group seemed ok with continuing and so we did. I thought about it some then, but it wasn’t until I saw someone else do it […]

Stacia Misner and Kevin Kline Doing All Day Sessions for SQLSaturday #151

If there is anything better than a SQLSaturday it’s a SQLSaturday with a choice of great pre-con speakers. This year we’re pleased to have Stacia Misner and Kevin Kline presenting all day sessions on Friday September 28th. Spend the day with either of them for $99. Ask the boss, even beg, and if they say […]

Notes from the July 2012 MagicPASS Meeting

Quick notes from the MagicPASS meeting: Kendal Van Dyke still the king when it comes to explaining what’s going on with community, SQL, and even Windows 8 (if only he still blogged!) Dinner was macaroni and cheese with ham, salad, and chocolate cookies. No same old pizza here! Jose Chincilla (@SQLJoe) presented PowerPivot + Power […]

The Mentoring Experiment–New Call for Mentees

With both Steve Jones and I done with our summer break, we’re ready to continue with several experiments we’ve been thinking on for a while, and to do that, we need mentees! See this post for details. Want to be a mentor? Fill out the short application and we’ll have someone matched to you by […]

Should Apps Use a Dedicated Port?

Most applications connect on whatever the default port is, typically 1433 for SQL, though it’s common to change that to something non-standard as part of security efforts – making it just a different port that all SQL traffic uses. From a pure SQL perspective that’s fine. We can usually identify traffic using Profiler via application […]

Attending SQLSaturday #164 in Cleveland

I’ll be back on the road again in August, heading up to Cleveland for SQLSaturday #164. It’s my first time in Cleveland and I’m looking forward to seeing a new city and meeting some new people.

I’ll Be Presenting at the PASS Summit 2012

I’m a little late posting this, but I had two sessions accepted out of four I submitted. I’ll be doing Building Your Professional Development Plan which is a tweak of the session I’ve done the last few years (and which gets very good comments!) and a brand new one, Learn About The Mentoring Experiment. Both […]