2017 : Community Influencer of the Year
Aaron Bertrand announces the recipient of his second annual Community Influencer of the Year award.
Category: Community
dataMinds Connect: Ghent, Belgium
I share slides and samples from the dataMinds Connect conference this week in Ghent, Belgium.
2016 : Community Influencer of the Year
Aaron Bertrand announces the first annual Community Influencer of the Year award.
Slide Decks & Demos from SQLintersection
I share slides and demos from his two SQL Intersection.
Challenges for new community bloggers and speakers!
I talk about two ways you can finally make that community splash that will help you strengthen your knowledge and further your career.
Blogging from the WIT Luncheon
I am live-blogging from the Women in Technology Luncheon, hosted by Kimberly Bryant, founder of Black Girls CODE.
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 in Grapevine, Texas. The conference hotel was called the Gaylord, of all things. It was quite luxurious — more of a resort than a hotel — but miles and...