Category Speaking

SQL Saturday 42 Musings

SQL Saturday 42 has been and gone. I don’t have a ton to say, but I wanted to try to post my thoughts on the event before they were completely gone from my mind.
The people who put this event on – Dave Schutz, Stuart Johnson, Marc Kuyper, Jim Stoltz, and John Jakubowski – deserve a [...]

Free Training – SQL Saturday 42

Good news! I’m speaking at SQL Saturday 42 this Saturday. Got nothing to do? Head on down to Goodwill Columbus at 1331 Edgehill Rd, Columbus, OH. Got something to do? Cancel it.
I’m excited about the presentations I’m giving – I haven’t given the indexing presentation in a long time and it should be a lot [...]

Presenting for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter

Wednesday, June 16th, I will be presenting for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Chapter.
The Live Meeting starts at 1PM EST and will last for around an hour. You can click on this glorious link to attend.
Title: Taking Control of Your Career
Abstract: Raises, promotions, and job offers don’t happen by accident; you need a plan. Through [...]

What the heck are you people talking about?

The call for speakers is closed and the selection committees are about to begin reviewing the abstracts. Before they get started, here are a few little pieces of trivia about the sessions.
Keep in mind that I have done minimal cleansing on this data so it’s going to be a bit messy and unreliable for anything [...]

Submitting a Winning Abstract at PASS

For those who couldn’t make today’s presentation, or those who could but want to hear Tim Ford and Buck Woody trashing Wisconsin, I’m pleased to share with you both the slides and the recording of today’s presentation. Or rather, two recordings.
The Powerpoint
The Presentation
Submitting a session to the PASS Summit really isn’t terrifying. What’s terrifying [...]