I agree people skills are extremely valuable. I wouldn't be where I am if I didn't have some people skills.

But, to be contrarian and to agree with TravisDBA, I have...

I'd love to see cars offer the ability to download your data so you can analyze it yourself (or send it to 3rd parties who can analyze it).

I don't think on-site solutions are necessarily more secure than the cloud. Obviously in some industries there's a regulatory component to where data can be stored & who can access...

The last end-user documentation I ever read was for SuperCalc. It was a long time ago, but that was how I taught myself about spreadsheets.

A creative answer to a insecure question can be more secure then we realize. The question "Where were you born?" could be answered:

1. Third floor

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I've only ever had a dollar or so added on to a restaurant charge. I lose more money from items being double charged at the grocery store.

Once upon a...

ACinKC (6/14/2012)

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Not to take this in a different direction, but that is a misquote of Lincoln. The correct quote (which still carries the same message: Plan a whole lot...

And kudos to Steve for using his widely read tech newsletter to advocate the importance of retirement savings, even (and especially) for younger workers.

Focusing on Steve's work/life balance comment that there is always going to be more work to do (and ignoring end of the world scenarios and the whole Atlas Shrugged debate...

One thing I will say is that it is easier to write/maintain documentation if it is a short template vs a long one. In my experience, I've found two main...

That's a good point Welsh Corgi and some really good ideas. I appreciate the thoughtful responses.

We do have one vendor that up until this year would only support SQL 2000...enough...

Thanks for all the answers - some really good points, esp. on security and performance.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the tips - having overlapping maintenance windows is something I hadn't thought of yet, but obviously very important!

I did find some resources on Google in the end (I...

Daniel Bowlin (8/26/2011)

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I take the very simple approach of putting info like that in tool tips. It doesn't clutter the report at all, but the user can find it...

Paying what the work is worth is certainly important but I don't know if making up new titles just to give the impression of a career path is worthwhile. I'd...