Dog Food
Should you dog food your own software? Steve Jones thinks this is a good idea if it works for your particular product.
2012-10-03 (first published: 2007-09-28)
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Steve Jones
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Remote DBAs
There's still hope for all you DBAs out there looking for a telecommuting job that allows you to work in your pajamas. Someone sent me this case study about remote DBAs and I decided to pass it along. It's a one page PDF, and it's a fluff piece to some extent for Bluewolf, a company that has outsourced IT staffing, but has a section on remote DBA work as well
2012-10-02 (first published: 2007-09-19)
1,374 reads
Challenge Yourself
Challenge yourself to find new tools and use them in your work. That's today's message from Steve Jones. (This editorial was originally published on Aug 5, 2007. It is being re-run as Steve is away on the SQL in the City US 2012 tour.)
2012-10-01
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Database Maintenance Essentials – Resources
I told people in New York at SQL in the City that I’d post some resources on the blog from...
2012-10-01
1,286 reads
SQL in the City
That’s where we were on Friday. 780 Third Avenue, in the middle of Manhattan. The start of our 2012 US...
2012-10-01
1,215 reads
Full Text Search – CONTAINS
I’ve been working on a new presentation for full text search and brushing up on some of my T-SQL operators....
2012-09-27
4,831 reads
Off to the Center of the Universe
“New York City…center of the universe..” – Rent
I’m off to New York this morning for the start of the 2012 SQL...
2012-09-27
1,698 reads
Outsourcing Security
Companies may look to outsource security in order to take advantage of experts' skills at a lower price. What will that mean for data professionals?
2012-09-27
114 reads
Pair Programming
Today Steve Jones talks about pair programming and when it might make sense for data professionals.
2012-09-26
199 reads
Trade-offs
When working on a project, you have to make trade-offs. Unfortunately, some managers don't realize this. Steve Jones says we need to help them understand that doing things the right way, and working with trade-offs, makes for better systems.
2012-09-25
141 reads
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