Notes on SQLSaturday Tampa 2018
Quick notes:
Same location as previous years, good!Parking was same place, but it was confused by a pay-to-park event on the...
2018-03-26
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SQLAndy
Notes on Orlando Code Camp 2018
Good crowd, well organizedTook down registration early, perhaps 10 am, and that confused a few late(r) attendees (I like to...
2018-03-18
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Farewell, Tom Roush
My friend Tom died yesterday. I just heard the news a few hours ago and while it will take some...
2018-01-31
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The Future of the SQLSaturday Tools
Every year when many of the SQLSaturday event leaders meet at the Summit the topic of improvements to the tools...
2017-11-23 (first published: 2017-11-08)
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Notes on the 2017 PASS Summit
Just a few notes:
Weather on Wed was great, ok on Thurs, cold on Fri. Have had worse years!Felt like I...
2017-11-08
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Monday Night Networking Dinner 2017
It’s on! Free registration at EventBrite.
I wrote last month about not being able to make it to Seattle on Monday...
2017-10-29
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2017 Notes – Part 3
This year we held our fourth Student to IT Pro Seminar for the students at Seminole State College. It runs...
2017-10-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2017 Notes – Part 2
SQLSaturday is really three sites. The public facing one (www) plus one for event admins and one for HQ to...
2017-10-22
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SQLSaturday Orlando 2017 Notes – Part 1
Part 1 will be about things we did (or didn’t) do and some lessons learned. In Part 2 I will...
2017-10-19
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Non Profit Umbrella Org – Good Idea?
Note: Published too soon, so lots of edits from the first version. Sorry for any confusion.
I had a question from...
2017-10-24 (first published: 2017-10-14)
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