2023 : Community Influencer of the Year
I recognize this year's recipient of my Community Influencer of the Year award.
Category: Community
2022 : Community Influencer of the Year
I recognize this year's recipient of my Community Influence of the Year award.
Being a Technical Mentor for a Career, not a Role
I talk about my foray into mentoring, and how you should mentor for a career, not just for a role.
T-SQL Tuesday #153 : The Community Event that Changed My Life
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I talk about the community event that had the most profound impact on my career and, more importantly, my life.
Who benefits from your technical blog? You do!
In this article, I discuss several advantages to maintaining a technical blog.
Interview with Kevin Kline for Orange Matter
I recently sat down with long-time friend Kevin Kline, who grilled me a little about my new role at Stack Overflow, our industry in general, and why we sometimes stay in jobs we don't enjoy.
2021 : Community Influencer of the Year
I recognize this year's recipient of my Community Influence of the Year award.
2021 : The Year of the Exodus
In the midst of job change announcements throughout the SQL Server community, I have a little announcement of my own.
2020 : Community Influencer of the Year
I recognize this year's recipient of my Community Influence of the Year award.
T-SQL Tuesday #133 : What (Else) Have You Learned from Presenting?
This month's T-SQL Tuesday is about what we've learned from presenting. I give an embarrassing account about how I learned to be prepared and not go off script.
Be an ally and a nuisance
Encourage PASS to show they are a diverse and inclusive community.
Blogging is for more than just traffic
See how blogging can benefit both the author and the reader in this short opinion piece.
T-SQL Tuesday #123 : Life hacks
This month, Jess Pomfret hosts T-SQL Tuesday, and asks us to talk about our own personal life hacks that make our day easier.
T-SQL Tuesday #122 : Imposter Syndrome
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I talk a little bit about how I make my imposter syndrome feel less like imposter syndrome.
2019 : Community Influencer of the Year
With another new year comes the recognition of a standout contributor to the SQL Server community. Read on to see 2019's honoree.
T-SQL Tuesday #121 : Gifts
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I talk about an opportunity earlier this year to significantly change my career trajectory.
PASS Summit 2019 – WIT Luncheon
Notes and ramblings from the annual WIT Luncheon once again sponsored by SentryOne.
PASS Summit 2019 Keynote – Day 2
See the highlights from the second keynote at PASS Summit 2019 in Seattle.
PASS Summit 2019 Keynote – Day 1
See the highlights from the first-day keynote at PASS Summit 2019 in Seattle.
Focus Groups at PASS Summit 2019
Register now for focus groups hosted by the product teams at PASS Summit next week!
Materials from Music City Data
Aaron shares his slides and demos from his most recent delivery of T-SQL : Bad Habits and Best Practices.
SQLDay in Wroclaw, Poland : Slides & Samples
Aaron Bertrand shares his slides and demos from his presentations at SQLDay in Wrocław, Poland.
PASS Summit : I'm One of the Official Bloggers!
Aaron Bertrand announces that he is among the handful of community members in the inaugural group of official bloggers at PASS Summit 2019.
Charlotte SQL Server User Group : Fix Slow Queries. Fast.
Aaron Bertrand shares his slide deck from a recent presentation at the Charlotte SQL Server User Group, "Fix Slow Queries. Fast."
2018: Community Influencer of the Year
Aaron Bertrand announces the recipient of his third annual Community Influencer of the Year award.
T-SQL Tuesday #99 : The Roundup
I recap a grand total of FIFTY entries in this month's T-SQL Tuesday. A lot of interesting submissions!
T-SQL Tuesday #99 : Random Collections
For my T-SQL Tuesday entry, I show off my hockey and football card collection, license plates from all over the world, and a very special collection of "Everything Happens to Aaron" books.
T-SQL Tuesday #99 : Dealer's Choice
For this month's T-SQL Tuesday, I would love to hear about something you are passionate about, outside of the SQL Server or tech community.
Same content, new home
Some background and disclaimers about moving my content from sqlblog.com to sqlblog.org.
2017 : Community Influencer of the Year
Aaron Bertrand announces the recipient of his second annual Community Influencer of the Year award.
2016 : Community Influencer of the Year
Aaron Bertrand announces the first annual Community Influencer of the Year award.
SQLSaturday #262 : Boston
Today I gave my T-SQL : Bad Habits & Best Practices session at SQLSaturday #262 at Microsoft in Cambridge. Fun event with a lot of friendly faces. A few mishaps along the way: had...
Participating in 3 SQL events in 8 days
This one time, I traveled over 18,000 miles and had 26 net time zone changes, all to give a couple of sessions.
Goals for 2011
After getting tagged by Denis Gobo, I put my 2011 goals down on paper.
Another PASS has come and gone
Wow, what a week! I am just settling in back home after a week away, most of which I spent at the PASS summit in Seattle. Whether you were there or not, you might...
Blogging from the PASS Keynote : 2009-11-05
Bill Graziano took the stage and promised us the shortest keynote yet. He started by giving thanks to outgoing board members Greg Low, Pat Wright and Kevin Kline. Wayne Snyder took over and gave...
Blogging from the PASS Keynote : 2009-11-04
Rushabh Mehta, PASS President of Finance What makes PASS run? He mentioned CA and Microsoft as founding members. But the overwhelming response from the crowd: we're more interested in free drinks. Stressed financial transparency...
Blogging from the PASS Keynote : 2009-11-03
Highlights We were told that there is going to be a November CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2. There are two new editions planned for the RTM release: DataCenter Edition (256 logical processors, unlimited...
Run into me at PASS, and you could win a prize!
If you're planning on attending PASS, you should consider playing Twitter Bingo (put on by Quest). Basically, you will get a randomized card with names and avatars of 25 Twitter users who post about...
PASS Keynote, Wednesday: "Delivering on Our Data Platform Vision"
The keynote today was delivered by Ted Kummert, Corporate VP, Data and Storage Platform Division at Microsoft. Before Ted started, Wayne Snyder showed up on stage, sitting on a hog and surrounded by...
PASS Conference Stories – tagging Adam Machanic and Peter DeBetta
In 2005, PASS was held at the Gaylord in Grapevine, Texas. It was quite luxurious — more of a resort than a hotel — but miles and miles and miles (and miles) from civilization. ...