I like the suggestion from Brandie about forcing users to select a version when they post. That would allow you to have one basic taxonomy, easily know what the situation...

I agree with that, I'd also so classroom style training is most useful when you're very new to a topic. If you know 50% of the material it's often challenging...

The article was originally and incorrectly loaded as my friend Brian's, when they corrected it I think it caused a problem with the post.

You make good points about options. I've...

This article is simple and to the point, but the "better" solution presented is still not very practical in many environments:

- there is no reason why the person needing...

Different types of alone. I've been lucky enough that for most of my IT career I've worked in an office by myself. When I needed a break or just socialize...

Mike, our goal with the video was just to show you "how" to do it quickly, I'm sorry if we didn't quite hit the mark for you. I agree it...

I like the comment about a solution needing to be better than the orthodox solution. Too often an alternative is adopted without baking the whole cake.

As for the dumb database,...

Jcrawf,

I wouldnt sweat the plumber taking a 5 minute call either. There's some slack required on any job, that's why I shoot for the 6-7 hours of real/primary work as...

Jack, I'd argue that time spent on SSC is productive, but it's not the 'real' work that I'd count towards my goal of 6.5 hours a day. As a manager/employer...

I disagree that it's the wrong metric. It just shouldn't be the only metric. There's a natural entropy that occurs in the workplace that seems to decrease the real work...

Looks interesting, if a little clunky in places. Not that testing is easy!

The only place I've seen value in Twitter is when you do need to easily message to a group - conference, trips to Disney World, etc, where you can say...

I wonder how much of it not being in the box is playing to the DBA market - add too many 'instead of' DBA features and we might start to...

I guard my address some, but it's not the end of the world if I get spammed. I set the junk filter to high and then review what it catches...

Steve, wouldn't it make sense to just train the horses to use the top of the hill and avoid you manually spreading it around yourself? Doesn't manure roll down hill?

Good...