Meme Monday: what is your first blog post?
As I got tagged by Denis Gobo (@DenisGobo | blog) on his Meme Monday post, here it is. Denis (I have to try really hard not to put two n’s in his name) asked “What is the first blog post you wrote and when did you write it?” For me that was October 10th, 2007 […]
All hail Bill Graziano now known as El Hefe
Today (technically yesterday) begins the reign of the new president of the SQL PASS organization. Taking the lead of the organization is someone who I’m happy to call a good friend, Bill Graziano (@billgraziano | blog). I think that Bill will do a great job at the head of our organization and I can’t wait […]
SQL Server 2012 Training Annoucement
I am please to announce the first of my SQL Server 2012 training classes being held March 19-22 at the Microsoft office in Los Angeles, California. This isn’t a short class, but a 4 day training class which will cover installation, manageability, security, high availability as well as the new and improved BI features. All […]
When learning database design, be careful where you learn from
Every year we have new people joining our ranks as database professionals. Many of these new people use systems at the places which they already work as the source of their learning when it comes to database design and data modeling. However this isn’t always the best idea unless the systems which they are referencing […]