Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 3

Our last day went well, even extremely well. By day 2 (or day 3 if you attended a seminar) everyone knows where everything is at and it all just flows well. It was a busy day for me, several meetings about SQLRally 2012 and a lot of conversations with people I don’t see often enough, […]

Notes from SQLRally Orlando–Part 2

Everything went well on Thursday. No major delays at check-in was a good start, and everything going according to plan. We had one speaker cancellation, but we had a reserve list and Jack Corbett was able to pick a speaker to fill the gap easily. Everything has just been…smooth. Nice when it goes that way. […]

Notes from SQLRally Orlando

Tuesday afternoon started with me being an unexpected behind schedule, and then another interruption or two, but by 4:30 pm back on track for the meet and greet at Johnnies Hideaway. Probably 30-35 attendees, not bad for early on day zero, and we sat on the deck/patio until about 7:30 before going in to have […]

Help Pick the 2011 Summit Topics and Speakers

Here’s your chance to give the program committee your thoughts on which sessions should be selected for the big show. Just visit our session preference page and pick the ones that you want to see. Understanding which topics are of interest will be one of the factors the team uses in their analysis of more […]

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 […]

SQLRally 2011 Update

Can it really be less than 30 days to the first SQLRally? As I look back it seems like a very long journey and now that we’re close, the remaining time seems to be going by very quickly. I met with Jack Corbett on Friday to review the volunteer list and discuss plans for the […]

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 […]

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 […]

PASS Update #54-SQLSaturday Wish List

SQLSaturday IT Refresh This is a draft of ideas for the upcoming IT refresh of SQLSaturday. Right now we’re trying to capture ideas and try to understand how they should be prioritized. We’re going to try to make an investment in each of three areas; public facing SQLSaturday web site, the site used by event […]

Work Goals for 2011-Part 2

It’s been a few weeks since I wrote my early thoughts on my goals for this year, and you can tell it’s a struggle when it takes me to the second week of February to get them finished. Why such a struggle? I think it’s because I’ve lived in nearly a constant state of change […]