StraightPath Solutions – A Year in Review
December 28, 2009
As we approach the end of 2009, I want to give myself a review on where I have been, what I have done and where I can grow next year from a SQL Server consultant point of view. Part Time – Enough Time For Fun As I have posted before and explain on the about … Read more
For Unto Us a Child Is Born
December 21, 2009
Merry Christmas! StraightPath Solutions wishes you and your family a blessed Christmas season and a safe New Years celebration. I won’t have any other posts this week and will have a couple end of year wrap up posts next week, back to regular posting in January. I hope you enjoy the joy that this season … Read more
Got SQL Server Questions?
December 18, 2009
A Great Idea – #SQLHelp hashtag on Twitter I was following a conversation today between Brent Ozar, who is @BrentO on twitter and Aaron Nelson, who is @SQLVariant on twitter. A great idea was discussed: A twitter hashtag that, as Jorge Segarra (or @SQLChicken on twitter) describes it in his blog post, can act like … Read more
My Greatest Weakness?
December 15, 2009
Around The Blogosphere I was enjoying being an audience to the “greatest weakness” posts going around in the latest meme. This time it was started by David Stein who blogs (quite regularly) over at Made2Mentor.com in his post, “What is your biggest weakness? – The Classic Interview Question”. As I said, I was enjoying reading … Read more
Conciseness
December 9, 2009
Mike’s blog has been hijacked by a duck. … okay, maybe not. Hi, I’m K. Brian Kelley and I am guest blogging on Mike’s blog. Normally I write on security topics over at SQL Server Central, but I couldn’t resist following up to this excellent blog post by Mike. Why Conciseness Matters Ever open an … Read more
T-SQL Tuesday #001 – Dates and Time
December 8, 2009
Adam Machanic, who blogs at SQLBlog.com (lots of great sql bloggers over there) started a neat tradition: T-SQL Tuesday. Read his post here to see the rules and information but it’s basically a weekly (2nd Tuesday of each month) blog topic where we can all have a post about the same topic. I like this … Read more
One Man’s Trash…
December 7, 2009
Do you live in a town with a dump? I do (well, transfer station). On any given weekend you can find people looking for treasure in the scrap metal or electronics bins. I never thought I’d say it, but over the past couple weeks of visiting the dump, I have found an amazing treasure that … Read more