I’ve been reading Aaron’s blog for a while, he’s prolific and consistently interesting – and definitely a technical focus. He’s been publishing a weekly “Connect Digest” of all the stuff going on at MS Connect (for bugs & suggestions) and lately he’s had a great run on bad habits to kick (SQL habits that is). The latter is absolutely worth reading and good to see someone thinking about what works and what doesn’t.
Simon is a prolific blogger, at rough look averaging 10-15 posts per month, and almost all of them are SQL, and not trivial posts either. He’s also the organizer of SQLBits in the UK – go visit the site, very nicely done. Definitely a guy you want to meet and/or connect with if you’re interested in all things SQL.
Updated: Sorry, here's the link (thanks to Steve for reminding me!): http://sqlblogcasts.com/blogs/simons/
I’ve been reading his blog for a while and getting consistently good value. I’d categorize it as a SQL blog with an emphasis on TSQL, and Alex always seems to find interesting exceptions that it’s good to know about. He also earns extra points for having a solution (a good one!) in a Celko book! Worth adding to your list of blogs.
This month I’m featuring Glenn Berry, a Denver based MVP that writes Glenn Berry's SQL Server Performance blog. He blogs at least once a week and often more frequently on topics about performance, and one thing I like is the posts are direct, clear, and often include well formatted source code to go along with it. If you’re interested in performance (aren’t we all?) you’ll pick up some nice tips here from time to time.
I met Jeremiah at the PASS Summit last year and since then I’ve looked in on his blog from time to time. He has an interesting mix of content covering his local PASS chapter, SQL, and one of my favorites, his Links of the Week where he aggregates good stuff he has read. Usually I’ll have seen some of it but not all, and one of the best things about following a few different blogs is the discoveries that wouldn’t happen otherwise. Check out his blog, and maybe we can get him to tell us how he wound up with goat as a blog tag?
Wes is a friend acquiring via networking and community involvement - another success story! He's based in Tampa and has been involved with the past two SQLSaturday's in Tampa. His blog - Databases, Structures, and the Damn Data Itself - is one I enjoy because he talks about life as a consultant, and he brings to the conversation the background of a economist. He's not a frequent poster this year, perhaps once or twice a month, but it's always something I enjoy reading and typically goes beyond pure technical matters. If you get the chance worth well spending an hour talking with him.
I've been trying to feature a blog each month and for April (one day late!) it's Aaron Alton. HOBT stands for 'heap or b-tree' (or Help Order Big Tires?) and I like that Aaron is a fairly consistent poster, averaging 10-12 posts per month that are almost always about SQL, so it's definitely a targeted read. Aaron is also an MVP, so one more reason to take a look at the blog.
My friend Brian writes Databases, Infrastructure, and Security and like me, he writes about an eclectic mix that goes beyond SQL to Windows and life, but the part that makes me recommend that you visit his blog is the emphasis on security. Brian is always there with reminders about vulnerabilities and he's got the Active Directory experience to bake the whole cake and not just logins and permissions within SQL. Worth reading!
If you haven't visited yet, you definitely want to read Linchi's blog - it's packed full of on topic posts about SQL Server, most around performance and real (serious) performance testing to prove or disprove a lot of popular assumptions and questions. Definitely a must read!
Discover more blogs via the PASS blog directory.
I've mentioned before that Jeff Duntemann is one of my favorite bloggers, and I thought I'd show why I enjoy it by including a few recent links he's talked about:
One of my goals for the year is to update my blog roll some and try to recognize new/interesting bloggers. Part of that is just good karma, part is that discovery still remains the hard part - how do you/I know what we're missing?
Anyway, first up is John Magnabosco, current President of IndyPASS and also a key player in the annual IndyTechFest. I just met John last year at the IndyTechFest and had a chance to share back and forth a lot of good information about running community events. He moved his blog over to Simple Talk late last year, and so far his blogging focus has been security and encryption - stuff that most of us don't spend enough time or effort on. Take a look and see if he's someone you want to read on a regular basis.
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