I recommend Smart Brevity (book) for communications
Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.
2026-01-06
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Brian Kelley
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2026-01-05
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Resetting on the AI hype train
There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of AI. AI's current state is somewhere between the die hard evangelists and the doomsayers
2026-01-05 (first published: 2025-12-19)
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Patch Tuesday – Where to get more information
For a number of years I have subscribed to Randy Franklin Smith's Patch Tuesday newsletter. It tends to hit my inbox in the wee hours of Wednesday.
2025-12-31 (first published: 2025-12-10)
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Prepping for Certification, Part 4 of 4
In Parts 1-3, I covered how I prepare for a certification exam. In this last part, I'll talk about how I go about taking the exam.
2025-12-19 (first published: 2025-12-08)
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4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands ISACA Chapter partner together to put on a "CPE catchup" opportunity in December to provide...
2025-12-17
13 reads
Quantum Computing and SQL Server Article Is Up
In parallel with the presentation I gave at the PASS Data Community Summit on quantum computing's impact on data, I wrote an article specifically on impact with respect to...
2025-12-17 (first published: 2025-12-03)
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The Benefits of Teaching
Even preparing for a class or seminar with set materials takes a lot of time and effort, more so when you build your own content. So why teach?
2025-12-05
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Microsoft AI Red Teaming Course
here is the compiled video of the Red Teaming course Microsoft put together.
2025-12-04
13 reads
Tech Conferences and Expanding Your View
Tech conferences aren't just for networking and learning how to address a problem you're having technically. They are also for expanding your view of what's possible.
2025-12-03 (first published: 2025-11-20)
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I recommend Smart Brevity (book) for communications
By Brian Kelley
Following the advice in Smart Brevity improves communication.
SQL Server 2025 Developer Edition – One size fits all
By John
Microsoft has released SQL Server 2025, bringing big improvements to its main database engine....
Monday Monitor Tips: Learning While Using the Tool
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about what certain items in Redgate Monitor mean. They have...
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Switch partition: NULL boundary id
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Encoding NULL
What is returned from this code in SQL Server 2025?
SELECT BASE64_ENCODE(NULL)See possible answers