SQLSaturday Summit at the PASS Summit

Now that we’ve moved SQLSaturday to PASS and we’re seeing some really nice growth in the number of events, I...

Notes on SQLSaturday #38

Started Friday by picking up the shirts for the event in Orlando, then heading to Jacksonville with the family, getting...

Reminder – SQLSaturday #38 in Jacksonville Tomorrow

It’s the third time for Jacksonville, hosting SQLSaturday #38 tomorrow at the University of North Florida. It’s about an hour...

Book Review: The Checklist Manifesto

I saw The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande ($15 @ Amazon) at the bookstore and had to read it. I’ve used...

New SQL Server Standard: Resource Governor by Roy Ernest

The latest issue of the SQL Server Standard is available for download (login required, free registration). Volume 7 Issue 4...

American Express PASS Card (Not What You Think)

Had logged in to American Express check my business account and noticed this on on the front page – a PASS...

Review: SSD Tweaker

Ran across this while doing some other reading, SSD Tweaker lets you change a few settings that are supposed to...

PASS Update #31 (Election Prep)

Sometime soon we’ll start the process of the 2010 PASS election, with three seats on the Board of Directors being...

Upcoming Presentation for Professional Development Chapter

I’ll be presenting “Building a Comprehensive Professional Development Plan” on May 13th via Livemeeting to members of the PASS Professional...

Follow Up: LinkedIn Poll

A couple weeks ago I wrote about testing the LinkedIn polling capability, putting up this poll:

The response rate wasn’t great,...