What has two thumbs and just signed on to be a PASS Regional Mentor? This guy! Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been going back and forth with some e-mails with PASS. The result of which places me in the open Regional Mentor position for the North Central region. For a little history, this process … Continue reading There's A New North Central Regional Mentor
This past Wednesday I took a drive down to the Iowa SQL Server Users Group meeting. It was a bit of a drive but I got a chance to hang out with a fellow Digineerian on the way there and talk about solutions. I really enjoyed the meeting. There were probably 40 people at the … Continue reading Iowa PASS Presentation Materials
Thanks to all those that voted for my Index Black Ops blog series for the SQLServerPedia blog awards. I am pretty pumped that my series won. When I originally envisioned the posts, I was just hoping to put together some sample code that I could use to understand how sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats functioned. And, obviously, others were … Continue reading SQLServerPedia Awards Winner
The PASS Summit is complete and we got what we asked for from David Dewitt. He spoke on the third day of the PASS Summit and received quite the applause when his presentation ended. David Dewitt came to us at the request of the community. When he was mentioned at an MVP meeting on there … Continue reading David Dewitt at the PASS Summit
Final post for the countdown – a little later in the week than I wanted. Right now there is less than 1-week until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a few posts over the last few weeks on the upcoming summit (1 , 2 , 3 , 4, 5, 6). These have also been aimed at … Continue reading 1-Week to PASS Summit 2010 – After Hours
Over the past year there have been a number of SQL Saturday events. These events have occurred across the country from Orlando to San Diego to Minnesota. At many of these events there are shirts given away to speakers and/or the attendees. PASS Fashion I was thinking about this and wondering what I should wear … Continue reading “Wear Your SQL Saturday Shirt Day”
It’s getting down to brass tacks. There is now only 2 more weeks until the PASS Summit. There’ve been a few posts over the last few weeks on the upcoming summit (1 , 2 , 3 , 4, 5) aimed at trying to rally those without plans to attend to get registered. These have also … Continue reading 2-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
Only 3 more weeks until the PASS Summit and it's time for another countdown post. I've done a few of these now ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ) to hopefully prepare readers for the opportunities at PASS. Trying make sure that you will know as much as possible about the summit to … Continue reading 3-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown –
There are now 4 weeks until the PASS Summit and a few times now I’ve discussed ( 1, 2, 3 ) some of my thoughts as it approaches. The goal here is to make sure that you will know as much as possible about the summit to get the most out of it. Of course, … Continue reading 4-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown – Lunch
With 5-weeks until the PASS Summit it’s time to start getting ready for the event. As I’ve discussed a couple times before (1, 2) the upcoming PASS Summit. Over the next few weeks I plan to write about some of the things to make sure you do to make sure you get the most out … Continue reading 5-Weeks to PASS Summit 2010 Countdown
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