SQLRally, SQL Saturday and The Summit

“Gotta say it was a good day…”
-Ice Cube
On The SQL Saturday Circuit

I’ve been speaking at all the regional SQLSaturday events I...

Re-blog – June 10-June 16

As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m summarizing posts from previous years in the the past week.  Oddly enough,...

SQL Saturday Oklahoma City

Attention, southerners (or those who can find their way south)!  There’s another great SQL Saturday event coming up in August...

Being Cautious With SQL Based Processes

Why being careful is such an important mindset when working with SQL and databases.
At the Boston Public Schools, certain processes...

Data Mining and Analytics hot career

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego have published a list of job-market hotspots, and in the top ten is...

Used Book Stores and Vacation Reading

I took a vacation recently (well, a really long weekend) and as I like to do, visited a few book...

SQL PASS 2011 Session and Pre Con

Yesterday I was thrilled to find out that my session "Common Analysis Services Design Mistakes and How to Avoid Them"...

Speaking At The PASS Summit

It appears I was fortunate enough to be selected to speak at the 2011 PASS Summit.  This is shaping up...

BCPs – The Disaster Recovery Plan

I came up with a short acronym for my Preparation for Disaster presentation: BCPs. It describes what I think you...

Gaining Speaker Experience Credentials

One of the things I saw on Twitter yesterday was several folks saying their abstract submissions had been turned down...