Monthly Archives: October 2009
Dress Rehearsal for My Second SQLSaturday #25 Presentation
NOTE: This post was composed on an airplane on 2009-10-09. My "Leveraging SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting" presentation is brand new, so of course it is very important practice the delivery to improve the experience for the audience. I use SQLDiag … Continue reading
North Texas SQLSaturday: Headway and a Setback
NOTE: This post was composed on an airplane on 2009-10-09. Last Monday, October 5th, four of the members of the planning committee* toured the leading candidate of venues for the North Texas SQLSaturday. I don’t want to disclose the location … Continue reading
Speaking at SQLSaturday #25
This coming weekend, I head to Gainesville, Georgia for SQLSaturday #25. This will be my second SQLSaturday event to attend, and this time I will be presenting two sessions: Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, & Prevention at 8:30 a.m. Leveraging SQLDiag for … Continue reading
Ready to Get My Forum On…
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m placing new focus on my goal of forum participation. I created a few accounts/profiles today in preparation to do so: I created a profile for the MSDN and TechNet forums. I’m glad … Continue reading
Taking Stock of My Goals for the Year
The fourth quarter of 2009 has waylaid me; where did the time go?!? This seems like a good time to evaluate the progress on my professional/technical goals for the year: Begin answering questions in forums and newsgroups I have been … Continue reading
Back from Hiatus
It has been two months since my last blog post. I was tremendously busy in August and September; the months seem to have passed so quickly! I have a lot to discuss from this period, including: SQLSaturday #17 A grueling … Continue reading
