2011 PASS Summit–Report #2

Starting the keynote on Wednesday, Bill Graziano talking about Kilt Day, quite a few of the bloggers wearing kilts (no, not me). Recognizing Tim Radney and Jack Corbett as outstanding volunteers – good stuff! Lori Edwards is the PASSion Award winner, big applause and well earned. Bill going over financials now, revenue and expenses growly […]

Microsoft, Do You Respect Me?

I’m writing this while I listen to the keynote at the PASS Summit, thinking about some of the things I’ve seen (and not seen) and thinking about my expectations and whether those expectations are fair. Awesome. Smooth. Dramatic. Educational. Fun. That’s what I want from a keynote. I want to see that you worked for […]

2011 PASS Summit–Report #1

Wednesday morning. I’m at the blogger table waiting on the opening day keynote. LOTS of people here. Summit attendance is up quite a bit over last year. People still coming in. More touring the blogger table, just invited Dr DeWitt to attend SQLSaturday (I’m pretty sure we could make room on the schedule for him!). […]

SQLFun–After Hours and More at the PASS Summit

The annual PASS Summit is definitely about technology and learning, but if that’s all you get out of it you’re missing out. Networking, also known as meeting people, is hugely valuable and often fun. It’s also a chance to recharge. We all do that in different ways, but I’ll wager that fun in some form […]

What Will Be The Shared Experience at Summit 2011?

Last year it was the Tina Turner impersonator. Was it last year or the year before where the servers spun up to the point it sounded like they would take off? I thought the Tina Turner experience was the first one that really stuck. It was one of those “I was there when” moments. I […]

Networking Dinner at the PASS Summit 2011

We’re repeating our event this year, a low key no sponsor dinner for those that arrive early and want to enjoy dinner with old friends and new ones. We’re having it on Monday night this year, and it will start at 6:30 pm (though one of us will be there from 6 pm on) at […]

My Schedule for The Remainder of 2011

Just a few notes about things I’m doing over the next few months: July 30 – Attending SQLSaturday Birmingham. I went to their first one and had to skip last year, great to have time to go back to see one of my favorite SQL groups Aug 13 – Making my annual trek to South […]

The 2013 PASS Summit Goes to Charlotte

Just in case you didn’t catch the news yesterday on Twitter, the PASS blog, or via the PASS Connector, we announced that the 2013 Summit will be held in Charlotte, NC. It’s a decision that has been a couple years in the making, with the final discussions beginning early this year with an appraisal of […]

My One Submitted Session for the PASS Summit

This year I received an invitation to compete for one of the spotlight sessions and I wanted the presentation with the best chance of being accepted. Choosing ‘best’ was interesting. Of the two I presented at the Summit last year, should it be the one that scored the best, the one on Professional Development Plans, […]

PASS Summit Call For Speakers Is Open

The call for speakers is open for the 2011 PASS Summit, being held in Seattle this year Oct 11-14. It’s your chance to be a star, go to the big show, etc, etc. Seriously, it’s a lot of fun to present to a paying audience, and it looks great on your resume. Of course, the […]