There are few games that don’t have some kind of strategy, from tic-tac-toe on up. Sometimes we take the time to master (or try to) the strategies, sometimes it’s enough to just play. If you just play though, and then decide to play against someone that takes the time to learn the strategies, odds are […]
Read more "Checkers, Chess, and Politics"My children never cease to delight me in all kinds of ways, but never more when they come up with some unusual twist out of the blue. My youngest daughter loves to play hide and seek, and always has to be the first to count (seek). Lately when it’s my turn to count she insists, for […]
Read more "Count to 41"A few weeks back I was on a short trip with my family and as some trips go, it had been mildly chaotic getting out of the house, with the crest of the chaos being the moment when we had been on the road close to an hour and I realized – you’ll appreciate this […]
Read more "Doing Good Isn’t Easy Some Days"One of the ideas I mentioned in my presentation on Comprehensive Professional Development was to set up some type of tracking system. It’s important to write down goals for time and money to devote to professional development, and to keep track of how you’re doing towards those goals. I keep thinking that I need to […]
Read more "Template for Tracking Professional Development"Our most recent 24 Hours of PASS celebrated the SQL 2008 R2 launch. 24 great sessions, 23 of which were recorded, somehow we missed recording the one by Donald Farmer (sorry Donald!) That’s 23 hours of great education (and a little entertainment) that is free for PASS members to view on demand. Login required to […]
Read more "24 Hours of PASS Recordings Now Available"On Thursday I presented ‘Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan’ to the PASS Professional Development Chapter (#PASSProfDev on Twitter) via LiveMeeting. It was my first time giving it to a real audience, rehearsed several times trying to get the pace and content reasonably set – first time presentations always hard, trying to get the right […]
Read more "LiveMeeting is Still Harder Than Live Meetings!"I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional Development Chapter. Here is the revised abstract: A good professional development plan has to go far beyond ‘learning more technology’, it has to encompass the wide variety of skills you need to build the next […]
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