Karla Set the Standard

Last week Karla Landrum announced that she will be leaving her position as Community Evangelist later this year after five years. That means change for PASS and for us and for Karla, but just the nature and scale of that pending change illustrates how much Karla has done in the those five years. Karla was the […]

Names From the Past

Can you guess what all of these people have in common? Shawn Weisfeld Joe Healy Barry Ralston Trey Johnson Jon Winer Wes Dumey Donnie Reynolds Kevin Jacobs Joseph Memmo Brian Knight Michael Antonovich Declan Link Patrick Thompson Jeff Garbus Jim Blizzard Ken Tucker Jessica Moss Bayer White Joe Celko Judy Pipia Jean-Claud Armand Michael Wells […]

SQLSaturday Orlando 2016 Call for Speakers Closes July 17, 2016

We’ve advanced the closing date for the SQLSaturday Orlando call for speakers to July 17. That’s to give us time to set the schedule and have it announced around August 1, just a little more than 60 days before the event. We’ll get an email with that information out to the Orlando speaker list later today. […]

The Road to SQLSaturday Orlando – 2016

This year I’ll blog sporadically on the event, focusing on pain points, discoveries, and new ideas with the occasional progress report. Requesting the event # is much better than the last time I did it (years ago). More of a wizard, lets you set the exact location (though it’s a little quirky) and add multiple […]

Notes From SQLSaturday Jacksonville 2016

Everything ran smooth The site reminds me of Orlando – limited space for sponsors, but offset by the other advantages (free venue, great parking, good rooms) Lunch was 4 lines of real food and it looked like the max wait was in the 8 minute range (and less for many). Food was self-serve which works, […]

How Two PASS Chapters Join Forces to Run One SQLSaturday In Orlando

We’re lucky enough to have two PASS chapters here in Orlando, oPASS and MagicPASS. Both in Orlando, but about 40 miles apart, Orlando being the metro sprawl area that it is. Back when we nervously made the decision to launch MagicPASS we also talked through the implications for SQLSaturday and came up with a common […]

Notes from SQLSaturday Tampa 2016

Quick notes: Speaker dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse. Good location, but just a little confined and a little noisy. Perfect location is hard to find! Signs were up and looked good, though I heard a few people still weren’t quite clear to park (it’s a big parking lot). One or two more signs and/or a greeter […]

Notes from SQLSaturday #480 in Nashville

Late posting, so reduced notes! Speaker party was good. Room was loud when full due to wood walls and nothing to dampen sound. Finding the college was easy. Finding the building wasn’t quite so obvious. A couple more signs would help and maybe call out where to park a little better – more than one […]

SQLSaturday Message Templates – Copy From Other Events

For those of you with access to the SQLSaturday admin site (used by event leaders) one of the things you can do is ‘borrow’ message templates from any event. Start at Message Center on the main menu, then Message History. Pick an event to see all the message they sent. Then click the pencil button (bottom […]

Speaking at SQLSaturday Nashville in January 2016

I’m starting the new year with a trip to Nashville for SQLSaturday #480 to do presentation on automating restores. New topic, trying it out early to see if it will be my ‘presentation of the year’ or not. Hoping to plan my trip so I have time to see more of Nashville than the last time […]