Category sqlpass

Chalk Talk 2010 – It’s not your Senior DBA’s Chalk Talk

I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Chalk Talk sessions at the PASS Community Summit. These sessions are shorter, 40 minute sessions, and they happen in the vendor expo hall at the Summit. In the past, this has been a Microsoft sponsored event with Microsoft sponsored speakers. These were discussion focused sessions – a [...]

Speaking at SQL Saturday Nashville

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It’s Going to be a Busy Week
This week is going to be an incredibly busy one. On Saturday I’m very honored to be presenting twice at SQL Saturday Nashville.
Fundamentals of SQL Server Internals: Want to know what makes SQL Server tick? Ever wonder what SQL Server is doing when you run a query? [...]

Kendra Little at CBusPASS

Hey, good news! Kendra Little (blog | twitter) will be presenting for us, remotely, on August 12th at 6:30 PM. The meeting is at the usual place, Battelle for Kids – 1160 Dublin Rd Suite 500, Columbus, OH 43215.
What is Kendra going to be talking about?
Stay Agile, Stay Sane
Agile software development emphasizes continuous depolyment [...]

The Board of Directors and You

The deadline for nominations to the PASS Board of Directors is rapidly approaching. I figured that it would be great if I chimed in and mentioned what I’ve learned on the Board, what I think would be typical for a board member, and… I don’t know what else, but I really felt that this list [...]

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 [...]