A New Word: Mornden
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long weekend morning, withdrawing from the world and letting the hours slow to a crawl, coming...
2024-11-22
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Blog Posts
Book Review – Humanizing Data Strategy by Tiankai Feng
This book was making its rounds on social media, and the concept seems interesting enough to make me want to read it. It’s a very short book (only 106...
2024-11-22 (first published: 2024-11-12)
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SQL Training: Black Friday Deals Up to 75% Off
This Black Week, don't just get a discount—get ahead! Whether you're a total newbie or already know some SQL, this sale has awesome learning options at prices you won't...
2024-11-22
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T-SQL Tuesday #180: Avoid Perfect for Good Enough
I'm listening to Effortless by Greg McKeon (link to author's page) through Audible.com. He points out that often times, a quest for perfection means we don't move forward. We...
2024-11-22 (first published: 2024-11-12)
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T-SQL Tuesday #180: Good enough is perfect Roundup
This month, I prompted bloggers to discuss whether good enough is perfect. Thank you to all who posted on this topic! Here are the highlights of the posts (in alphabetical order...
2024-11-21 (first published: 2024-11-20)
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Living with Chronic Suicidal Thoughts: A Personal Reflection
For as long as I can remember—since I was 16 or even earlier—chronic suicidal thoughts have been an unrelenting presence in my life. They’re not
The post Living with Chronic...
2024-11-20
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Off to Live 360
I am off to Live 360 today, on my last trip of the year. I’m excited to deliver two presentations tomorrow (VSTH03 and VSTH12), but a little sad this...
2024-11-20
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PASS Data Community Summit 2024 Day 3 Keynote
It’s been an amazing week here, as well as a long week. I’m tired, as are many others. The blogging table is a little bare this am, but I...
2024-11-20 (first published: 2024-11-08)
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Thoughts on AI Data Infrastructure Field Day #1
On October 2nd and 3rd, I took part in an amazing event called AI Data Infrastructure Field Day as a delegate. If you’ve never heard of this event before,...
2024-11-20 (first published: 2024-11-11)
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AI Innovation in Microsoft Keynote
I’m thrilled to be covering the Microsoft Keynote: Fuel AI Innovation with Azure Databases on Day 1 of the PASS Data Community Summit. Data is the driving force behind innovation, powering...
2024-11-18 (first published: 2024-11-06)
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Blogs
Future-Proofing: How to Stay Ahead in FinOps
By HeyMo0sh
Cloud environments don’t sit still. Pricing models change, services evolve, workloads grow, and suddenly...
Introducing the SQL Server on Kubernetes Operator
Are you considering replatforming your SQL Server workload due to recent vendor changes, but...
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
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Removing TDE
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