Welcome to the first of a few sponsor interview posts from SQL Saturday 99. After reading Arnie Rowland’s (Blog | @ArnieRowland) Paying For Free post, I thought it might be worthwhile to do a little bit more to interview our attendees and others to the sponsors that enabled us to have our Minnesota event. First … Continue reading SQL Saturday 99 – Quest Interview
Do you have $5 you could re-direct from a cup of coffee to a donation on men’s health issues? If you weren’t aware, for the past few years the month of November has been re-dubbed Movember. A facial hair movement to help raise awareness for men’s health issues – such as particularly for prostate and … Continue reading Last Push For Movember
You can find the slides and scripts from Monday's Extended Events session for the Adelaide SQL Server User Group in the link below: [download id="18"]
Welcome to the Friday Re-Blog summary post. The aim of these posts is to bring some old posts that newer readers back to the forefront to share what has already been shared. If you have some free time or interest, check out the links below from years past to see what you may have missed. … Continue reading Re-blog – November 18 – November 24
In the past week, I’ve had a number of requests for a list of the WordPress plug-ins that I use. Instead of writing a few e-mails to cover all of this, I put together the following blog post. If you’re also looking for useful plug-in check out those in this list. If you have some … Continue reading 17 WordPress Plug-Ins That I Use
You can find the slides and scripts from today's sesson at the SSWUG SSIS Expo, the materials can be downloaded from the link below: [download id="51"]
Last Friday, Minnesota had it’s second SQL Saturday event, on a Friday. Hopefully, those that were able to attend had a good time. In total, we gave out 320 attendee bags. Between speakers and sponsors, there were probably a few more that didn’t pick up bags… so in total we likely had 350 attendees for … Continue reading Thank You SQL Saturday 99 Sponsors!
Stuff me in a wood chipper, I have an idea. And this idea involves Fargo, Fargo, and SQL Saturday. As many of you know, for the past two years, I’ve been one of the volunteers working with the Minnesota PASS chapter and working on their SQL Saturday events (58 & 99). At the end of … Continue reading Fargo, Fargo and SQL Saturday
If you are looking for a little training on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) without having to leave the comforts of your cubicle – this is your week. This Friday (11/19/2011), SSWUG will be hosting an expo titled “Building and Developing with SQL Server Integration Services”. The event will consist of four sessions that will … Continue reading SSWUG SSIS Expo Event This Friday
I’ve been a bit busy while planning this year’s SQL Saturday in Minnesota. Unfortunately, that hasn’t led to a lot of updates on our upcoming event. On the plus side, I got married, had a honeymoon, and attended the best PASS Summit ever. If you haven’t started thinking about it, check out the discounts on … Continue reading A Bit of a SQL Saturday 99 Update…
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