Why I Will Not Be Speaking at VMworld
I love speaking at conferences. I get to meet new people, I sometimes get to visit a new city. But I’m sad to say that I will not be speaking at the North America or Europe VMworld events this year, even though I was accepted. My reasons are pretty basic. VMware (who puts on VMworld) […]
Recommended reading from mrdenny for May 15, 2015
This week I’ve found some great things for you to read. These are a few of my favorites that I’ve found this week. My MVA course about SQL Server on Azure – PaaS or Iaas? SQL Server 2005 support ends April 2016 – Here’s why that’s a good thing Humanizing IT What is MVP V-Conf? […]
PASS Leaks Sponsor Data
So early this week the PASS Organization (www.sqlpass.org) released their new shiny SQL Saturday website (www.sqlsaturday.com). There were a few glitches in the session submission but nothing there that isn’t expected when a major over hall of a much used application. The Problem There was however a bigger problem with the system. If anyone went […]
Attend PASS BA Con. Get Knowledge, and Fit at the same time
Are you planning on attending the PASS BA Conference, but you’re just looking for that right excuse to get signed up for the conference? For a limited time (from now until March 31, 2015) if you sign up for the PASS BA Conference and put in my name and email address as the person who […]
SQL Saturday Nashville Precon
On Friday January 16th, I will be doing a precon for SQL Saturday Nashville with Stacia Misner (b|t) entitled “Finding Your Balance: BI in the Cloud, On Premises, or Both”. Stacia and I wrote a white paper for Microsoft last year on this topic, and we’ve continued to evolve the course material. This class will […]
Session’s Are a Specific Length For A Reason
Nothing irks me more when I walk into my session room than the prior presenter still standing up there doing his thing eating into my 15 minutes of prep/setup time. Conferences have fixed length sessions for a reason. So that the audience knows how long the session will be, so that the presenter knows how […]