Archive for the ‘Conferences’ Category

Presenting tonight…

In a few minutes, I’m packing up to head to Greenville, SC to work from the first WiFi-enabled sandwich shop I can find.  Tonight I’m presenting at the SQL Server Innovators Guild on the subject of Very Large DataBases, but I’ve still got a few hours of work ahead of me.  If you’re in the [...]

November 1, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQL

#sqlsat89 XML 201 Slide decks uploaded

Just a quick note to say I uploaded my slides from last weekend’s SQL Saturday 89; the event was a blast, and I hope to have my wrap up posted soon.   Thanks to all of those who attended; I felt like it was a great class, and I’m hoping to continue to improve in the [...]

September 19, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication

Upcoming presentations…

So, if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, the answer is “too frikkin’ busy to write”.  Settling in to a new marriage, changes at my job(s), and volunteer work have been a little more  time-consuming than I originally planned.  I’m hoping that’s gonna change in the near future, cause I’ve some great ideas for posts [...]

September 10, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication, User Groups

#sqlpass PreCON,Baby! #sqlsat89

Just ordered my tickets to my first ever pre-con, and it’s for a SQSaturday being hosted by my chapter. I’m excited to attend John Welch’s Data Warehousing with SSIS Deep Dive on September 16, 2011 (BTW, tickets are still available). Why this precon at this time?  Well, this year, conference funds are tight for me.  With [...]

August 25, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences

#sqlpass–Last call for Community Choice

I’ve been out of pocket for the last couple of weeks (more on that later), but I was very excited to hear that two of my sessions were being considered for the Community Choice slots at PASS Summit this year.  If you haven’t voted yet, please consider voting for me; I’m looking for the opportunity [...]

July 19, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, PASS, SQLServerPedia Syndication

distractions and other news…

Sorry for the absence from blogging for a bit; a lot on my plate.  Next week, I’ll be turning 40 on July 5th, and then getting married on July 9th.  The latter is much bigger news than the former, but both are reasons to celebrate. Another reason to celebrate?  I got accepted to speak at [...]

July 1, 2011 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication

#msteched Columnstore indexes unveiled–DBI312

Live blogging again; hope you find my notes useful (scattered though they are).  I’ve been waiting on this session because it’s a very specific area of interest.  I work a lot with VLDB’s, and performance is always a concern; claims are that Denali’s columnstore may boost performance of certain queries hundred-fold.  Let’s see how they [...]

May 17, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Code, Conferences, SQL, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication

#msteched “Juneau” preview

Sitting in the Database Dev session at Tech Ed, taking a look at “Juneau”, the new development suite for SQL Server.  I can’t wait to see if this thing slices and dices data like a Ronco food processor.  Again, live blogging, so please excuse the scattered thoughts, poor spelling, and other bad habits below. Database [...]

May 16, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQL Server, SQLServerPedia Syndication

#msteched skydiving into the cloud

Here’s a first for me; I’m live-blogging from a keynote.  Diving straight into it, so please excuse the sparseness of the notes. Robert Wahbe trying to lay out the vision for the cloud from Microsoft; trying to establish that the future is the cloud.  I hate buzzwords, but I think the point of the metaphor [...]

May 16, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication

knowing when to walk away…

I don’t like to think of myself as a quitter; I especially don’t like to walk away from something I enjoy doing.  However, I’ve recently had to re-evaluate my workload (both personal and professional), and I realized that something had to give.  For me, that something was the Atlanta SQLSaturday 2011. Now, before you panic, [...]

May 2, 2011 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Conferences, SQLServerPedia Syndication