Daily Coping 23 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to build new ideas by thinking “Yes, and what if…”. I tend to look for the holes, problems, limitations, and downside of various proposals. I’ve...

Searching Strings

Daily Coping 22 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to do something playful outdoors. Easy. Skiing today. First day of the season. I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server...

Checking Time

Daily Coping 21 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to revisit a coping tip from the past and see if it helped you.. I came up with this one after I tried to do...

The Challenge of New Platforms

As our organizations grow, they may add new data stores. That might not be the best decision for staff as the amount of knowledge they need grows. Steve notes that you might seek to limit the number of technologies you support.

The VALUES Limit

Challenging Yourself

Steve is challenging himself to do better, which means he might not hit his goals.

Daily Coping 18 Nov 2022

Today’s coping tip is to be creative, cook, draw, write, paint, make, or inspire. While I do play some guitar, I’m not much for painting. Certainly I write a...

Data Manipulation with Word and Excel

Recently I had to go through some training that asked me to evaluate some text. I needed to tally some data up, and decided Word and Excel were quick...