“Applies To…” in the MSDN Documentation

Quick little post. I just wanted to share how happy I am with the new “THIS TOPIC APPLIES TO” infographic....

Benefits from Data Lifecycle Management

I spend a lot of time talking about the need for automation within your databases, especially in support of development,...

Learning R: Hard Lessons

I’ve always found the best way to learn a new programming language is to start building stuff, solving problems, using...

One More PASS Board Update for 2015

Remember that post I wrote about taking on SQLSaturday events as my new PASS portfolio?

Never mind.*
Instead, it seems I’ll be...

Speaker of the Month: December 2015

The hardest presentations I’ve ever given in my life were not to large audiences or in big rooms. They weren’t...

Promote Community

When I present at any given event, I generally assume that the people attending have heard of the event that...

PASS Board Update: First Year

This represents my 12th month on the board so I thought I would recap my time there so you know...

Learning R: Foundations

Learning a programming language is largely an act of using that language to do stuff. Done.
However, the big thing about...

Changing Course On Learning

With all the new stuff on the Microsoft Data Platform, it’s really hard to keep up with it all. I had...

It’s Not Too Late

You know you want to go on the SQL Cruise. You can. You just have to convince the boss that...