On Saturday 9 April 2016, four days from today, I will be speaking at the first ever SQLSaturday in the province of Alberta. Edmonton is the provincial capital, so it makes sense to have it… Speaking at SQLSaturday 507 this weekend in Edmonton
Working from home, consulting with companies all over the world, has changed how I interact with customers. The last time I was physically on site was seven months ago. We deal almost exclusively with each… Professionalism doesn’t mean a collared shirt and tie
Instead of a survey or a technical post, I will take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year. 2015 was a good year for me, although it was a bit slow during the summer.… Happy New Year
(This is a non-technical post, and is part of the #SQLNewBlogger Challenge.) This year was my second PASS Summit, and my favourite one so far. Many of the data professionals in attendance with whom I… The SQL Server Family
I received some good feedback on my talk this Wednesday for the Calgary PASS Chapter. This has led me to consider transposing the content from a presentation format, to possibly a series of blog posts,… The SQL Server Performance Starter Kit
The local SQL PASS chapter in Calgary is hosting yours truly as the speaker for this month. I only have an hour, which I will easily go over, to talk about how I make SQL… I’m speaking tomorrow
As the title says, I’ll be speaking at the Calgary SQL PASS User Group on 19 August 2015. My topic is SQL Server Performance Tuning Starter Kit, where I will tell you as much as… Speaking at Calgary SQL PASS User Group on 19 August 2015
I presented for fifty minutes on 27 June 2015, for my first ever SQLSaturday talk. The amount of time I put into that presentation is easily 200 hours, not counting my experience as a college… How I prepared for my first ever SQLSaturday session
I have been selected to speak at SQLSaturday #407 in Vancouver, on 27 June 2015. My topic is about restoring SQL Server backups from Azure Blob Storage, and how to make this process easier (and… SQLSaturday #407 in Vancouver
This is the final entry in my #SQLNewBlogger challenge. You can read the previous entries here: Part 1: The Intersection of Art and Science Part 2: The Art of Improvisation Part 3: What Motivates You?… Total Recall
In this, the third part of my series on the intersection of art and science, I hit that crossroad. I can cross over into the creative, art side, where this post has been written, or… What motivates you?
This is the second post in my four part series for the #SQLNewBlogger Challenge. You can read the first part here. On Saturday, 28 March 2015, I moved three servers and various networking equipment from… The Art of Improvisation
This is the first post in a series of four, where Ed Leighton-Dick, via Brent Ozar, is proposing that we SQL Server folks participate in the #SQLNewBlogger Challenge. I write a fair number of words… The Intersection of Art and Science
I’ve been privileged to attend the 2014 Summit in Seattle this year, which has been a great experience thus far. More importantly, I’ve been speaking to the members of the SQL Server family, getting to… SQL PASS Summit 2014