SQL Karaoke at the 2012 SQL PASS Summit has a sponsor

I’m pleased to be able to announce that SQL Karaoke night (Wednesday night at Bush Garden in the International District) has a sponsor again this year.  The fine people over at Idera Software have agreed to sponsor the evenings activities this year.  The sponsorship for this year will be very similar to last years.  Anyone […]

SQL PASS 2012 First Timers Webcast Is TODAY!!! #sqlpass

Don’t forget that my SQL PASS Summit First Timers Webcast is going to be today at 1pm Pacific / 4pm Eastern (find your local time).  This is the second annual SQL PASS Summit First Timers Webcast as the one I did last year was so well received. During this webcast I’ll be telling you a […]

There is still time to sign up for SQL PASS PreCons

This year the PASS Summit has 14 fantastic PreCons which are available for attendees to sign up for at an additional cost of just $395 per precon.  These precons are full day sessions with some fantastic presenters including myself, Louis Davisson, Rod Colledge, Jessica Moss, Brian Knight, Allen White, Itzik Ben-Gan, Bob Ward, Allan Hirt […]

Recap: SQL Saturday 160 (AZO) and Some Other Driving

This trip to Kalamazoo was, at first, supposed to be the front end of an epic road trip involving SQL Saturday 160 and SQL Saturday 149 in MSP. Those plans wound up scrapped when Tammy’s brother announced his wedding date on the same day as 149. Instead of spending the week between visiting friends & […]