Archive for the ‘The Social Web’ Category

#TSQL2sDay T-SQL Tuesday 23–Early edition

  Time once again for another edition of T-SQL Tuesday!  What’s that, you say?  Early?  Why yes, indeed.  Due to the potential schedule of conflict of PASS’s Summit 2011 occurring on the second Tuesday of October (the normal date for T-SQL Tuesday), I’ve gotten special permission to bump it up a week.  To participate in [...]

September 27, 2011 · stuart · 16 Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web, TSQL2sDay

My interview with #sqlpeople is up!

Totally missed this one a few days ago; my mini-blog with SQLPeople was just posted on March 2.  Thanks to Andy Leonard for pulling this together; it’s been interesting reading about a lot of people I already knew, but didn’t know enough about.

March 7, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

Resolution checkup

As February draws to a close, I thought I’d do a quick check-up to see how well I was keeping up with my New Year’s resolution list.  In sum: not great, but not too bad, either.  I need to make some adjustments, but I think I can pull it back in. Here’s the rundown (copied [...]

February 28, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Development, Health, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

What Should PASS be? #sqlpass

Andy Warren recently threw out a challenge for bloggers to “fix” things with the Professional Association for SQL Server in 3 years.   There have been some great responses so far (and I’m sorry if I’ve missed yours): Andy Leonard Grant Fritchey Robert Matthew Cook Mike Walsh All of these posts have great ideas, and have [...]

February 23, 2011 · stuart · 2 Comments
Posted in: PASS, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

I’m doing it wrong…

At some point in your career, you have to realize that you’re going about it in the wrong way.   It may hit you like a ton of bricks, or it might be a subtle realization, but either way you realize that things aren’t working out for you like you expected.  I’ve had a couple of [...]

February 21, 2011 · stuart · 3 Comments
Posted in: Something New, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

#TSQL2sDay: Resolutions

For this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, Jen McCown asks: So tell us: what techie resolutions have you been pondering, and why?  Are you heading for a certification? An award? Are you looking to pick up CLR because that guy at the Summit said it’s “bitchin’”? Go crazy… I’ve already covered a lot of my techie resolutions [...]

January 11, 2011 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web, TSQL2sDay

the ubiquitous resolution post…

Obviously, with the start of the New Year, there will be a flood of posts on the blogosphere regarding resolutions to change bad behaviors and adopt new good ones; why should I be any different?  There’s lots of things I want to change about myself, and I figure I should put them out there and [...]

January 5, 2011 · stuart · 4 Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, Development, Health, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web

Still is still moving to me

I don’t often write posts of a highly personal nature on this blog because I feel like there’s a certain sense of privacy I need to maintain, but as the end of the year draws nigh, I’m feeling a bit reflective.  It’s been a good year; it began a little rocky as I was wrapping [...]

December 23, 2010 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, The Social Web

Too few words in my vocabulary

Today’s been such a busy day that I totally forgot to stop and say this; with less than a half hour to go on this September 11, I wanted to say all that I can say to those of you who have served our country: Thank you.

September 11, 2010 · stuart · No Comments
Posted in: Blogging is FUN!, The Social Web

#passvotes Tweaks and Data Geeks: PASS Election 2011

Obviously, the angst over the 2010 PASS elections still lives on for some, and some of you are probably ready to move on to more immediate concerns, but as for me, I’m stuck here trying to figure out what I should learn from all of this.  I do think we as a community need to [...]

September 3, 2010 · stuart · One Comment
Posted in: Election2010, SQLServerPedia Syndication, The Social Web