Professionalism in the age of COVID-19
Some years ago, I wrote about what it means to be “professional” (and that it doesn’t mean having to wear a suit and tie). Recently… Read More »Professionalism in the age of COVID-19
Some years ago, I wrote about what it means to be “professional” (and that it doesn’t mean having to wear a suit and tie). Recently… Read More »Professionalism in the age of COVID-19
(You can see previous T-SQL Tuesday retrospectives by visiting this link.) In September 2010, Michael J. Swart (blog | Twitter) invited us to talk about… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #010: Indexes
(If you’d like to read my other T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective posts, click here.) In August 2010, Jason Brimhall (blog | Twitter) invited us to discuss… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #009: Beach Time
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you’re straight, white, male, and English-speaking. There’s also a high likelihood that you live in the United… Read More »It’s 2021, so why are you reading this?
I recently wrote about how I teach, in response to a T-SQL Tuesday post from 2010. This is a continuation of that theme, suggested by… Read More »A blog post about writing blog posts
Microsoft announced updates today for all supported versions of SQL Server, for a privilege escalation vulnerability that leverages Extended Events. For security reasons no further details… Read More »Security update for all supported versions of SQL Server (CVE-2021-1636)
To view posts about previous T-SQL Tuesday entries, please use this tag. The late, great, Robert Davis invited us on Independence Day 2010 to write… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #008: Gettin’ Schooled
According to my blog post schedule, this is the final post of the year. It’s nothing more than a coincidence, but making it through the… Read More »2020 was certainly a year on the calendar
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it… Read More »Goodbye PASS
In 2018 I started a new user group called the Calgary Data User Group, and hosted one session called “The Ethics of Machine Learning.” It… Read More »Announcing the Calgary Data User Group
This is the seventh post in my retrospective attempt to answer every T-SQL Tuesday invitation. In the beginning of June 2010, Jorge Segarra invited us… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #007: Summertime in the SQL
I am revisiting old T-SQL Tuesday invitations from the very beginning of the project. On May 3, 2010, Michael Coles invited us to write about… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #006: What about blob?
A few weeks ago, I began answering every single T-SQL Tuesday from the beginning. This week it’s the fifth entry, and on April 5th, 2010,… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #005: Reporting
Last week I presented on three separate occasions during what is considered the biggest Microsoft Data Platform conference of the year, the PASS Summit: Full-day… Read More »Setting yourself up for online streaming success, PASS Virtual Summit style
Mike Walsh invited us on March 1st 2010 to write about I/O. This abbreviation stands for Input / Output, and is often used as shorthand… Read More »T-SQL Tuesday Retrospective #004: I/O