Day 1 at PASS Summit 13
After the red eye flight last night I finally arrived at PASS Summit 13, and picked up my registration packet. On the cab ride from the airport I had a great lecture (not much of a discussion) from the cab …
Year: 2013
4 days until Pass Summit 2013
This year I will be attending PASS Summit 2013 in Charlotte North Carolina. It seemed like ages ago when I registered, and now just we are just a few days away from Summit 2013. This will be the first SQL …
Working on my sessions for DevTeach in Vancouver in December.
The two sessions I will be presenting at DevTeach in Vancouver BC will be the following: Using FILESTREAM and FILETABLES in SQL Server – Configuring and Using FILESTREAM and FILETABLES in SQL Server Developers love to use SQL Server to …
Working on my sessions for DevTeach in Vancouver in December. Read more »
I Just Passed the Certified Scrum Professional Exam
Over the last month I have been studying in preparation for the Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Professional exam which I just passed. What I loved about preparing for he CSP exam was the amount of new material that I was …
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Segregating Facebook and LinkedIn or Twitter
After a recent presentation at SQL Saturday Denver on building your personal brand name presented by Steve Jones (@way0utwest). One of the things that was discussed was splitting your personal contacts from your professional contacts in the following social networks: Facebook …
A great day at SQL In The City by Redgate
Friday I had a great day at Redgate’s SQL In The City presentation by Steve Jones (@way0utwest). There were three sessions presented which are summarized below. Session 1 – Team-based Database Development with Version Control I thought that this session was …
SSMS Results In A Separate Tab
At the end of my SQL Saturday presentation today on Advanced Common Table Expressions, which is about the 12th time I have presented on CTEs, I was asked a question that I have been asked many times after I present. …
Advanced CTEs Slides and Samples
Today I presented on Advanced CTEs at SQL Saturday Denver. Here are my slides and sample code for download: Advanced CTEs Denver Thanks to everyone who attended, I hope you enjoyed the presentation. Don’t forget to try out the Database …
In Denver for SQL Saturday
I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Denver, presenting on Advanced Common Table Expressions. This presentation should be a lot of fun. I will be covering all the advanced and fun CTE features that I haven’t had time to fit …
Sessions Accepted for DevTeach Vancouver BC
Today I learned that two of the sessions that I proposed for Vancouver DevTeach were accepted. This event taking place on December 2nd to 4th 2013 at the Vancouver Sheraton Wall Center Hotel. It will have 3 full days of main …