Day two of sessions only had me attending three sessions. One of them was 3 hours. I started out after the keynote attending Klaus’s session on Advanced SQL 2008 troubleshooting. Klaus had a huge crowd and covered some really good information. I picked up a couple of new tips to apply when I get back […]
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Final Summit Keynote – NoSQL = Not Only SQL
The keynote started out with Rob Farley and Buck Woody singing an awesome song about a slow running query. What a great way to start out the day. Next Wayne Snider was recognized. He spoke at his first summit in 1999. Both Wayne and Rick Heiges are rolling off the PASS board this year. Wayne gave […]
Day four of Summit – Keynote 2 #sqlpass
The keynote started out with Bill Graziano taking to the stage in a kilt and declaring that the second day of the PASS Summit is now officially SQL Kilt day. Bill asked everyone in a kilt to stand up. It had to be a record number of men in skirts today. Lori Edwards was recognized […]
Summit Sessions Day 1 #sqlpass
Today was our first day to attend regular sessions. With over 189 sessions being offered over 3 days there are lots to choose from. A common theme among the sessions are Azure, Cloud, Denali. I personally would have liked to see more sessions on currently available products and main stream items but I understand the […]
Second Day of Summit
The second day of the Summit was full of even more pre-con’s. Word on the street last night is that the PASS Summit 2011 had a record number of attendees to the pre-con’s as well as to the Summit in general. I heard that Adam Machanic had around 240 people in his pre-con. Sounds like […]
Day three of Summit Keynote
Last year we set out some very high goals. 1 million technical training hours, 250k members in the community, and 5 global regions. In 1 year our community has provided 430k hours of training, added 20k members to bring us up to 80k, and created a new global region. There is a reason why the […]
First Day of Summit
My first day in Seattle has ended. My flight arrived around 12:30 and I was in good company with John Lang and Julie Smith on the same flight. We rode the light rail into the city and got settled in. Once I was checked in I strolled across the street to the Washington State Convention […]
The PASS Summit is HERE!
Watching the twitter sphere it is apparent that many of the SQL Nation are in route to Seattle WA today. Those would be a lot of the organizers, volunteers, and those speaking or attending a Monday pre-con. I will be leaving Monday morning to start my journey. I am very excited to be attending my […]