Thanks for this editorial. About 10 years ago I found a nifty Power Point presentation that a physicist (or two) at CERN had put together for a presentation regarding their...

Ahhh, Computer Shopper! Thanks for the memory! I remember I had an "Internet Directory" book that looked like a phone book with all of the websites listed (supposedly) in it....

For myself, I think it is being pleasantly surprised occasionally in my work and that can mean a lot of things. If it's just about punching a checklist then I'll...

Great topic Steve and excellent advice. I particularly like the suggestion that you define success on your own terms. Comparing your life to someone else's is only marginally informative. You...

I generally see two kinds of mistakes: process and technical. The process mistakes happen usually because the process isn't well defined in the organization and that's management's fault for not...

I think I would like to see each database have it's own workspace inside the database object and only have truly global data in tempdb. At least I don't understand...

I think you need to think of yourself as a one person consultancy and plan accordingly; assume nothing is permanent and regularly review your current employer's performance. An employer who...

It was June, 6 1944 ... Normandy, France... the coast. My laptop had just crashed and Ike was on the horn wanting to know why those trucks weren't moving.... ahhh......

Thanks for sharing this. Reminded me how much I hate comma delimited files, arguably the worst idea ever to take off in data processing. I'm mean seriously, of all the...