T-SQL Tuesday #42–The Long and Winding Road

It’s T-SQL Tuesday time, this month hosted by Wendy Pastrick who asks you to talk about the Long and Winding...

INTO Identities

Schizophrenic Windows 8

I’ve been using Windows 8 almost exclusively for about 3 weeks. I got a new desktop a couple months back,...

Visualizations

A picture can express a thousand words. That's a phrase that many of us understand well, and one we embrace when we try to present large amounts of data in reports and dashboards. This week Steve Jones asks you what visualizations you use.

A Broken Data Model

After a recent trip, Steve Jones noted a problem somewhere with the way airlines are handling passenger data.

Our Race with Machines

A future world where the machines rule, as shown in films like Terminator and the Matrix, isn't what most people want. However the fears of machines taking over much of our world are very real. Steve Jones thinks it's not as bad as you might believe.

Starting with Git for Database Development

One of the tools that Red Gate Software makes is SQL Source Control. It’s a plug in to SSMS that...

Small Data

With all the talk about Big Data recently, Steve Jones looks at some of the issues with Big Data and how small data might be more important to you.

Donating for a little kid

One of my authors sent me this note:
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I know you only know me as a writer for SQLServerCentral, but I...

Microsoft Research

Research in industry can help a company leap ahead of it's peers. Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea for many companies to engage in and highlights some of the great work being done at Microsoft Research.