Dos and Don'ts for Projecting a Professional Image on the Internet
In a previous blog post, I suggested that less than professional content, that you or others post on the Internet...
2008-12-17
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Blog Posts
Is Your Internet Activity Hurting Your DBA Career?
I have been active on the Internet for 15 years, and during that time I have left a long trail...
2008-12-17
1,072 reads
Jumpstart TV SQL Server security videos on-line
Back in October I had the opportunity to work with Andy Warren and do a series of SQL Server security...
2008-12-17
1,401 reads
Microsoft’s First iPhone Application
Can you believe it? Microsoft has just released an iPhone application for the first time and I doubt it will...
2008-12-17
2,051 reads
The Best Thing About The Kindle
You might think it's the e-ink screen. It's not.
You might think it's the ability to carry around hundreds of books...
2008-12-17
864 reads
Investing In Your Career
I saw this blog from Jeffrey Yao on investing in your career, and thought it would be a great editorial....
2008-12-16
820 reads
Kindle Update - Encouraging the Kids
I remember when each of my boys started to read a lot. There was a time when both of them...
2008-12-16
770 reads
SQL Quiz Part 2 - Career Challenges
Another diabolical idea of Chris Shaw. I'm actually late to the game because I got tagged a week ago by...
2008-12-16
993 reads
A Good Use of Surface
I first saw a Surface Computer at the Sheraton in Seattle and thought it was pretty cool, but not necessarily...
2008-12-15
745 reads
A Week of Books - Part 1
I've been catching up on reading over the last month and I feel like taking a break from things technical/community/etc...
2008-12-15
660 reads
Blogs
A Career of Memories
By Steve Jones
Annabel retired from Redgate Software this week. Across most of my career at Redgate,...
Rethinking Index Maintenance: Why avg_fragmentation_in_percent Is Outdated and What You Should Do Instead
By Tim Radney
As a SQL Server DBA with years of experience tuning production environments, I’ve seen...
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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