Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-The Monday List

Nine more speakers we’re pleased to say will be joining us for a fabulous SQLSaturday in Orlando! Timothy McAliley Juan Soto Erika Bakse Jose Rivera Tom Brenneman Kevin Kline Craig Purnell David Eichner Luis Figueroa

SQLSaturday Site Wish List

Overall I find the site to be useful and responsive, but sometimes I see small things that I wish were different, or wish were there, so I’m sharing the ones I’ve noticed lately – maybe they’ll make it on to the backlog! Schedule Page. Before the ‘real’ schedule is built this displays a list of […]

Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando–More!

More speakers from Florida! Scott Klein lives in Seattle now, but we still consider him an honorary Floridian according to Rule 7, section B of the Orlando speaker selection guidelines. You’ll note we also have two speakers who have elected to conceal their faces on LinkedIn, we don’t know yet if they will be wearing […]

Link List for July 12, 2012

Here are a few things I’ve found/had sent to me recently you may find interesting: Most Common GRE Words. 400 words in multiple choice format, care to test your vocabulary? Good stuff when you’ve got a few minutes to kill! What the Shuttle Booster Saw. HD video from the Space Shuttle, fun to watch, fun […]

Group Think (or Groupthink)

I’ve thought about writing on this topic a couple times and was reminded of it again when I read a great post called Group Think and Risky Shift. It’s worth reading, twice. Let’s start with a definition, borrowed from Wikipedia: Groupthink is a psychological phenomenon that occurs within groups of people. It is the mode […]

Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-Group #5

Three more added to the stellar slate of speakers for SQLSaturday Orlando, we look forward to seeing you soon! Ira Whiteside Devin Knight Jonathon Moorman

Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-Group #4

Ten speakers selected, and as we go into the July 4th holiday we’re going to add two more to that list! 9 Rob Volk and Chad Churchwell All of this selecting has me wishing for a SQLSaturday Magic Eight Ball. Here’s a quiz for you – how many speaker selection answers would we need to […]

Why Isn’t Everyone Accountable? A Work Conundrum

A pattern I’ve seen over and over again at many different jobs is that some people are not held accountable for mistakes, inaction, or even lack of participation, and others seem to be held hyper-accountable. Why is that? Why would a manager not treat everyone equally? As you might guess, I’ve got a theory! It’s […]

Speaker Selection for SQLSaturday Orlando-Group #1

Today we’re starting to announce speakers that will have at least one session on the schedule for SQLSaturday #151 in Orlando on September 15, 2012. We’re announcing before we have the final schedule posted so that speakers can make travel plans and to drum up some excitement! Bradley Ball Brian K McDonald Stacia Misner Janis […]

A Fire Drill and Voter Registration

I avoid politics here, a discussion best done in other places, but hope you’ll enjoy some thoughts about a recent Saturday that involved voter registration. Last Saturday I went to the library, part of a leisurely weekend afternoon. It’s nice to browse for an hour and grab a stack of books, to have plenty of […]