The Great #PASSVotes Cock-Up (of 2014)
I really hate having to return to my blog to write this. I should be putting up another post about Powershell, SQL Server, and happy life in general. Alas, this is not the case, and I need to express...
View ArticleFixing the #passvotes problem
Following up on my last post, it looks like PASS has addressed the election issues. The gist of the fix is: The voting deadline has been extended to October 14. Members have until October 5 to update...
View ArticleIt’s business time!
Just a quick update on some on going items that will hopefully be of some interest to you. SQL Saturday Albuquerque (358) and Phoenix (370) For the third year in a row, I’ll be down at SQL Saturday...
View ArticleValidation and Inspiration
I’d like to take a brief break from the technical posts to talk a little bit about community. As I write this, I’m currently heading back to Denver from SQL Saturday Phoenix. As with other SQL...
View ArticleThe Cult of Automation
Last week, while perusing through the usual interesting links from Twitter, I came across an article from Kendra Little (@Kendra_Little) titled “Not Everything Should be Automated”. It’s brief post...
View Article#SQLPASS 2015 Board of Director’s Elections
Apologies for the unplanned blogging hiatus, but I’m back. While I’ve got a few technical post ideas bouncing around in my head, some events over the past two weeks have arisen that I want to blog on....
View ArticleThree Things I Want From My Job
I’ve been off for a while and I apologize for that. The beginning of the year has been crazy and I am just now getting my feet back under me. The short version is I recently changed jobs and have...
View ArticleSharing My Summit 2016 Submission Results
Sharing your abstract results for 2016 has become a Thing(TM) that Brent Ozar(@BrentO) started this week. At first I wondered about the value, but as I read others posts it made sense to share because...
View ArticleBe Like Water
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the...
View ArticleWe Are All Developers Now
Last year, I had a pretty intense conversation with a friend of mine at a SQL Saturday. It was one of those that started with the typical “grumble grumble grumble damn devs” statement. There was a time...
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