Monthly Archives: October 2009
I’m a Bingo Square Too
Stuart Ainsworth (blog, Twitter) came up with a great idea: using a bingo game to facilitate networking at the 2009 PASS Community Summit. The idea is to encourage conference attendees to find and meet each other. As I’ve mentioned before, … Continue reading
A Successful Rehearsal and Upcoming Improvements to the Presentation
My rehearsal this morning went really well. Not in terms of my delivery, but rather in the great feedback that I received and my own ideas for improvement that it generated. I want to thank Patrick LeBlanc (blog, Twitter) again … Continue reading
The Presentations Won’t Be Posted Until After the PASS Summit
I’ve decided that the posting of my presentation materials (PowerPoint slide decks and sample code) will have to wait until I return from the 2009 PASS Community Summit. I apologize again for the delay. As I mentioned previously, I’ve been … Continue reading
Last Minute Rehearsal
My friend Patrick LeBlanc (blog, Twitter), host of SQL Lunch, has graciously agreed to help me have one last rehearsal of my "Leveraging PSSDiag/SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting” presentation before delivering it at the 2009 PASS Community Summit next week. I … Continue reading
The Delay Continues…
I made more progress on my presentations yesterday (on my day off), but they’re not ready to be posted yet. I apologize for the delay. I’m now targeting this coming weekend for their release. One reason is that the demonstrations … Continue reading
A Brief Delay
I was hoping to knock out a few tasks over the weekend: Send the slide decks and code for my SQLSaturday #25 presentations to Stuart Ainsworth (blog, Twitter) for posting on the SQLSaturday.com web site Post the slide deck for … Continue reading
My First Anniversary at Terremark
One year ago, last Tuesday, I joined the Database Escalations and Implementation team at Terremark Worldwide, Inc. Looking back on the last twelve months, this has absolutely been the right move for me, both personally and professionally. Leaving Usability Sciences … Continue reading
Speaking at the October GFWSSUG and NTSSUG meetings
I will be delivering my Leveraging PSSDiag/SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting presentation at the October meetings for the Greater Fort Worth SQL Users Group and North Texas SQL Server Users Group. The NTSSUG meeting will be this Thursday, October 15th (6:30 … Continue reading
Home from SQLSaturday #25
I’m really glad that I was able to attend SQLSaturday #25 over the weekend; Tim (blog, Twitter) and I had an excellent time. I will post a more substantial blog post on the topic, probably this coming weekend, but I … Continue reading
My First Forum Contribution
NOTE: This post was composed on an airplane on 2009-10-11. As I’ve mentioned, a goal for the year has been to begin participating in technical forums, answering questions for other IT professionals and developers. I set up a few accounts/profiles … Continue reading
