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If I want a beautiful table that is almost a piece of art, with matching grain and fine details, I would go to a craftsman.
If I want a pretty table...
January 15, 2014 at 10:56 am
I agree that silos are a big part of the underlying cause of friction, whether between DBAs and Developers and Project Managers or other "functions" within IT. And most...
January 3, 2014 at 10:20 am
The same arguments against certifications could be used against high school and college diplomas. They show you attended classes and got decent grades - good enough to pass. ...
September 10, 2013 at 10:14 am
Perhaps there could be an open "trouble-shooting and question-asking" session with several experienced "presenters" where the expectation is that the attendees would bring their issues and a database to work...
July 5, 2013 at 1:06 pm
I prefer the auto-adjust width and the "In this Issue" so I can go where I need easily. Too much scrolling needed, even though I always read the editorial...
July 2, 2013 at 6:58 pm
It's up to us to learn the skills we need to do this efficiently, and in ways that can't easily be automated.
Wow, I hope you didn't mean...
May 28, 2013 at 4:29 pm
my "Strong Opinion": that I know what's right and what works
The "Change": what was right and worked yesterday may not be right and/or work tomorrow!
(I still think...
March 15, 2013 at 11:36 am
While I agree with Steve that we are "problem solvers" (and per the discussion board, creative ones at that), I disagree somewhat with some of his other statements. While...
February 14, 2013 at 10:59 am
My current company (15 years at the same place!) has gone back and forth on this over the years. I recall one employee who took advantage of the tuition...
October 19, 2012 at 10:14 am
I'm constantly amazed by how many people think meetings are a waste of time.
The whole point of having a meeting is to exchange information - whether it's a staff meeting,...
October 11, 2012 at 9:07 pm
In some ways we outsource security already by relying on software from Webroot, Symantec, McAfee and others to protect our PCs from viruses and other nastiness. Outsourcing data security...
September 27, 2012 at 1:11 pm
As with all methodologies, pair programming can be modified to fit the environment. It doesn't have to be an all-day affair. In my past I was part of...
September 26, 2012 at 10:09 am
Defining "cloud" as PaaS in this case:
I'd say we're pulling back, but not for security reasons. Rather it's that we aren't getting the service we believe we contracted for....
August 17, 2012 at 6:12 pm
And here I thought I was the only one who didn't mind being wrong about something!
Guess I was wrong about that. 😉
July 11, 2012 at 9:58 am
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