Another User Has Locked My File!

I had an SSIS package fail in a script task this morning. As part of the why process I opened...

Logistics For All Day Meetings

Quick thoughts about the work required to make all day meetings run smoothly:
Suitable space with enough seating (and reasonable chairs!)Turn...

Datatypes In Your Mind–Question Of The Day

My latest question Datatypes In Your Mind is live today and it’s generated quite the discussion. I wrote here about...

Datatypes In Your Mind

Better, Faster, and Cheaper

When building a system, you need to make choices. However, do you always need to make the choice of only two of the three "good, fast, or cheap" choices? Andy Warren has a few thoughts.

SQLServerCentral Editorial: Better, Faster, and Cheaper

Better, Faster, and Cheaper was published today and I hope you’ll read it, and then challenge your own assumptions for...

Blogging-Write More

Blogging isn’t easy. You have to come up with a topic, write about it, and then release it for the...

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 5

More notes, many from a chat with Kendal.
We wish we could see the open rate on email and an...

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 6 (Seminars)

Seminars (aka “pre-cons”) have been part of the DNA of SQLSaturday going back to #1. For those that weren’t there...

Building the SQLSaturday Orlando Marketing Plan–Part 4

I spent some more time last night thinking about the event and marketing it. Biased I am, but I think...