I am not one of these anti PC sorta guys, but I do love my MacBook Pro. I have owned a PC since 1993 when I got my Packard Bell 386 with Windows 3.1. Even with my MacBook I have 9 Windows flavored VM’s on it. To be honest, I have never had Windows run […]
Spend two hours with me at #sqlsat107.
In just two days SQL Saturday 107 will be in full swing. Tomorrow begins their precon with the infamous Kalen Delaney. Those who were lucky enough to sign up and get one of the coveted spots are in for a treat. Thanks to the Idera ACE program I was blessed to spend three full days […]
Becoming the dumbest guy in the group
“Why I joined Linchpin People as a Teammate” It was announced publicly this past weekend at SQL Saturday #111 that I have joined Linchpin People as their first teammate. My friend Andy who is also a Chief Servant Officer of Linchpin made the announcement during the speaker dinner and gave me an official Linchpin dress […]
I am speaking at #sqlsat111 on TEMPDB.
I was chosen to speak at SQL Saturday 111 in Atlanta GA this weekend. I will be doing my session called “It’s TEMPDB, Why Should You Care”. In this session I cover the importance of TEMPDB and how best to configure TEMPDB in your environment. Not only do I cover a lot of material on […]
I am a Linchpin Team Mate
Linchpin People, LLC is an organization led by Brian Moran and Andy Leonard with Mike Walsh and Robert Pearl as Partners. For those who do not know about Linchpin, they are a technology company with a focus on the Microsoft Database stack on the front, but behind the scene they are about developing people. The […]
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SQLskills IE3 #sqlskills
I attended my first SQLskills event in December 2011. Due to a big project at work I was able to work in week three of the Immersion Events which is HA/DR “High Availability and Disaster Recovery”. Although I am taking the training out of sequence my hope is to be able to attend IE2 later […]
SQL Saturday 103 Recap
SQL Saturday 103 was in Curacao, a beautiful Dutch Island in the Caribbean. I was fortunate enough to be able to attend this event and demo a couple of favorite tools of mine. SQL Prompt and SQL Compare. Being the PASS regional mentor for this area made me want to attend and show support even […]