Best Practices: Explain and Understand Them!
May 25, 2011
Stop expecting people to blindly follow your advice. Stop blindly following the advice of others. I’m borrowing a lesson from the man who proclaimed he knew exactly when the world would end (last weekend October 21st now). If you only have a minute, my point is simple and I’ve hit it before here – For … Read more
Are You Planting Asparagus?
May 22, 2011
Working in the garden another thought/illustration hit me. A question actually – Are You Planting Asparagus? We love to eat the stuff. Why not research planting it and plant it with this year’s vegetable garden. We learned a few things doing that research: It’s Perennial & can produce for decades. It is picky about its … Read more
On Feedback… And a Plea To Event Organizers
May 17, 2011
I really like presenting. I’ve blogged about some tips for others thinking about starting before. In those posts, I share how I started out terrified of speaking in public. One of the reasons I am enjoying it to date? Good feedback. Don’t read that as “positive” (though there has been more of that than I’ve … Read more
Avoid Using Those Troubleshooting Skills
May 17, 2011
When I re-read yesterday’s blog post on troubleshooting steps, I felt guilty. Instantly. Why? Because I had failed to mention something to you in that post and failed to follow advice I just gave in my SQL Rally presentation. *In my own defense, I did mention that one of the bullets I used in that … Read more
Can’t Troubleshoot? Don’t Apply!
May 16, 2011
If you can’t diagnose a problem and troubleshoot it, you can’t work with me. I interview for that skill.
Hello SQL Ralliers!
May 11, 2011
If you are coming here from sitting in my presentation on Thursday at 8:30 at the SQL Rally then this post should be useful. If you are thinking about it, maybe the link contained within will be useful. If you aren’t, well then hopefully my other content will be useful! You can see more about … Read more
PASS Summit Preferences
May 10, 2011
I just received an e-mail from SQL PASS. This year they are taking some community input into the session selection process apparently. Anyone who is a free member of PASS can vote on session preferences here. I like this idea and think this along with the speaker review process (I am a member of that … Read more
Empty Tomb Living
April 22, 2011
Occasionally, I blog about my Christian faith. Particularly around Easter and this year will be no exception. If you have come here looking for SQL Server or Professional Development content, there will be some next week.I do this as a way of encouraging, witnessing and sharing, not to offend or annoy. If you are offended … Read more
SQL meme Monday
April 4, 2011
Just came across this post by Bob Pusateri. He came across a post by Tom LaRock. I like the idea. My first Meme Monday post: Restores – Test them you must or failures you will have. Consider yourself tagged. I look forward to seeing your post.