More Surface

I’m continuing to work with the Surface.

BOOM
I just had my first crash. I was in IE when I tried to...

Surface, Surface, Prepare to Surface

More stuff about the Surface.
Web browsing works extremely well so far. I enjoy how you can swipe to move back...

Microsoft Surface Update

Let’s talk some more about the basic keyboard. I’m really surprised at how well it works. But, it’s absolutely going...

Microsoft Surface

I’m going to do with this what I should have done with the Piece Of Fruit (POF), blog about the...

Scary Reading List for Halloween

I know I focus on community, SQL Server, professional development and process. But you need to do other stuff occasionally...

Clustered Indexes Have Statistics Too

It may seem obvious, but I’ve heard more than one person suggest to me that statistics on a clustered index...

SQL In The City: Seattle

If you missed all the great speakers on the five city tour of SQL in the City, don’t despair. Many...

RML Utilities and SQL Server 2012

I’m working through some code that I haven’t touched recently and I’m running it for the first time on a...

Why Tune Queries?

It’s just a query against the database. If things are running slow, buy some more memory, a faster CPU or...

Interviewing a DBA

I’m not a fan of trivia style interview questions. Yes, I ask a few because you have to in order...