You may have noticed I now speak perfect Spanish
OK, so that’s a total lie. I can barely ask for a beer correctly in Spanish. However for my Spanish speaking readers you will not be able to find my blog posts in Spanish. My good friend Felipe Zuñiga (blog | @felipezuniga_) has begun translating this blog into Spanish, which he is then posting up […]
Slide Decks for #sqlsat95
This last weekend was SQL Saturday 95, and it was a great event. I was speaking during 5 sessions. Three were my own sessions, and two were panels (one panel I did solo as my co-presenter got sick and couldn’t make it). For my three sessions you’ll find my slide decks below. Table Indexing for […]
Heading to Europe in November for 2 great events
I’ve managed to put together a nice two city European tour this November thanks to the SQL Server community and some good friends over there. My first stop will be November 12th, 2011 for the SQL Zaterdag IV in the Netherlands (the site is in Dutch and hasn’t been setup for the next event, yet). […]
SQL Karaoke is getting sponsored, and you get the benefits
So this year for the first time ever we have some sponsors for SQL Karaoke at the SQL PASS summit. A few fine companies have offered to open up the bar for our enjoyment. There will be a limited number of wristbands available for drinks, so be sure to find me Wednesday during the summit […]
24HOP: BI Workload Follow-Up
This is a total repost of Stacia’s blog post from this morning so that hopefully everyone will see it. So pretend that Stacia wrote this and that I didn’t. Yesterday, Denny Cherry (blog|twitter) and I co-presented a 24HOP session for the Fall 2011 lineup, “So How Does the BI Workload Impact the Database Engine?” 24HOP […]
You know what the difference between a skirt and a kilt is? A kilt has a belt.
That quote stated by the one and only Allen White (blog | @sqlrunr) at the SQL PASS Summit last year is my inspiration for today’s blog post about the SQL PASS summit. For many years now the SQL PASS summit has been a place where the database loving folks of the world come together learn […]