The Desktop
Steve Jones talks about laptops and desktop machines, and the potential issues that IT professionals have with one or the other.
2013-07-15
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Editorials
2013-07-15
176 reads
The Vacation Struggle
It can be hard to take all your time off each year and Steve Jones is in that situation right now. However he reminds us that life is more important than work.
2013-07-12
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Programming
Programming is an important skill, perhaps extremely important for the future. Steve Jones thinks that's true.
2013-07-10
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Reporting on Data
Reporting is an important skill for many data professionals. Steve Jones has a few things you might consider working on as a data professional.
2013-07-09
265 reads
Your Frame of Reference
How you examine and approach a problem might have a large impact on how you solve it. Steve Jones notes that it's important that all of us look at the problem from the point of view of the customer, as well as our own view.
2013-07-08
83 reads
A Better Conference
Is there a better way to put together a conference or event? Today Steve Jones speculates on how events are run and how we might change things.
2013-07-05
109 reads
2013-07-04
52 reads
Who's Got Your Data?
The state of data security might get worse in the future as more companies gather and share more data.
2013-07-03
141 reads
The Intrusion of Life
Life intrudes on work at times, and we must learn to balance the limited time we have. However we also need to remember that we work to live, not live to work.
2013-07-02
274 reads
Blogs
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
Self-Hosting a Photo Server the Whole Family Can Use
By Bert Wagner
Until recently, my family's 90,000+ photos have been hidden away in the depths of...
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Question of the Day
UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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