The Scary DBA
Archives: August 2011
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
I’ve finished my 3rd book as part of my year long commitment to read and review professional/personal development books. I read one of my favorite authors this time, Seth Godin and his book, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us .
I’ve either been very smart or very lucky in… Read more
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 30 August 2011
Expert? Ha!
How do you define an expert? My personal definition: An expert is the person that is a chapter ahead of you in the book.
Why am I talking about this? Just that I’m feeling more stupid than usual lately. In the last two weeks I’ve had people bring up through… Read more
5 comments, 259 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 22 August 2011
Google + Hangouts
I just finished hosting my third hangout on Google Plus. I’ve also attended one hosted by Andy Leonard (blog|twitter) and one hosted by Tom LaRock (blog|twitter). I am blown away by how useful these things are. I’m actually struggling to try… Read more
1 comments, 379 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 11 August 2011
Denali & CTP 3
I have Denali installed on a virtual machine on my laptop and I’m working through evaluating it. Actually, I’m working on writing two books using it as the source for the books. But it’s something of a slog, figuring out what’s new, finding out how the new stuff works, seeing… Read more
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Posted in The Scary DBA on 10 August 2011
Droid Apps
A friend of mine recently got his first smart phone, an Android. My wife has also recently moved into the world of smart phones, again, an Android. I’ve been working with Android for a year now and loving it, and not even remotely non-vocal about it. I even picked up… Read more
2 comments, 245 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 8 August 2011
All About Execution Plans
If you’re attending the PASS Summit this October, I’d like to make a suggestion. The Summit itself is only three days long, Wednesday to Friday. But, if you have to travel any distance to get there, you’re going to miss work on Tuesday as well. Why not take a whole… Read more
1 comments, 187 reads
Posted in The Scary DBA on 3 August 2011



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