Every once in a while, I’ll be talking with a friend about presentations and they mention that they really like the visual flow or the artwork or something about the presentation. After I get over being flattered (trust me, it’s easy to do), we’ll start talking about how I came up with the material in [...]
This is more of a “what I’ve been reading” rather than a link dump from previous week’s RSS feed.
A Plea for Plain English – Tony Davis’s “A Plea for Plain English” rings home with me. Far too much writing is full of heavy, pompous words used purely to make the author feel smarter. Joseph [...]
These are a day late. Sorry about that. It’s been one helluva week.
Also, November 1st marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. So, if you’ve had a story inside you waiting to get out, wait no further!
SQL Server
Find the complete call tree for a stored procedure – Linchi Shea shares a perl script that [...]
SQL Server
There’s a three part series (one two three) on migrating databases. I’m sure many people have been through this before. I know I have. About a week before these three posts were published.
Ever wonder when you should use a filtered index and when you should use an indexed view? Yeah, I have too. The [...]
The Columbus Give Camp site has gone live.
What’s a give camp? Basically, to paraphrase the about page, a give camp is an opportunity for developers to give back to the local community by contributing time and effort to create custom software for non-profits.
How can you help?
Volunteer your time
Let a charity know
Sponsor the event with food [...]