Tag Archives: PASS
Please vote for PASS Summit 2011 sessions!
I have been extremely fortunate to have spoken at the last two North American PASS Summits. The experiences have been amazing and I’m hopeful about getting a chance to present at this year’s conference too. I received very good feedback … Continue reading
Emerging from self-imposed exile
While I was never prolific with blogging or tweeting, I have definitely been out-of-touch for over a year. Here's why… At last year's North American PASS Summit, I was still developing the content for my presentation at the last minute, … Continue reading
Today’s presentation materials have been posted
The materials for today’s presentation, Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, and Prevention, at the 2010 North American PASS Summit, have been posted. See the Deadlock Detection, Troubleshooting, and Prevention page for more information. The download contains the slide deck, a handout full … Continue reading
Looking Back on My PASS Presentation
I delivered my "Leveraging PSSDiag/SQLDiag for Efficient Troubleshooting" presentation yesterday morning, here at the PASS Community Summit 2009 conference in Seattle, Washington. The talk went quite well—I had fun and felt like there was good interaction with the audience (including … Continue reading
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
