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In the current issue of Redmond magazine there's an interesting story in the Never Again column. It's titled: Listen to the People You Hire The situation is one that's familiar to a lot of IT folks, there's a problem, they've got a...
Back in 2000 I began writing for swynk.com in hopes of learning more about SQL Server and beginning to make a name for myself in the SQL Server community. That was a little over seven years ago. As SQLServerCentral.com came online, I transitioned to it...
I'll post Part III of Becoming a DBA tomorrow (meaning there will be two posts). Veterans' Day is typically celebrated on the 11th, but when it comes on a weekend, we tend to formally observe it on the following Monday. Today is a day in the United States...
Normally I don't post this sort of thing to my blog, trying to focus on more technical matters, but this quote struck me the right way because it reminded me that we must be passionate in what we do. "A small group of determined spirits with an unquenchable...
We are canceling the June Midlands PASS meeting because the speaker (me) is still under the weather. I'll post in a later message about the July meeting. Technorati Tags: SQL Server | Microsoft SQL Server | SQL Server 2000 | SQL Server 2005 | Professional...
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, June 7th, at 6:30 PM. Training Concepts will once again be our gracious host. I'll be speaking on the following: Title: Making the SQL Server Security Model Work for You SQL Server has a very robust security model...
I've spent my spare time the last few weekends helping a non-profit called Fast Forward here in the Columbia, SC area. I don't post this here to blow my own horn but rather to point out the need many non-profit organizations have for quality IT support...
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, May 3rd , at 6:30 PM. Training Concepts will once again be our gracious host. Our speaker will be Sean McLean of DBA24Hrs ( http://www.dba24hrs.net/ ) . His presentation is: DBLaunch/SQLNitro - Deployment/Management...
The presentation How to Be a Consultant has been posted to the Midlands PASS Chapter website . The presentation was given by Midlands PASS Vice President and Treasurer, Ben DeBow, of CounterLogic.com . There's a lot of great information on succeeding...
Watching a Chefograpy on Giada De Laurentiis , I learned that she was considered very much an introvert and had a hard time in front of the camera. However, over time she has overcome all of this and has become more comfortable around people and being...
In order to assist those members of the Midlands PASS Chapter looking for new positions, I have put up a job boards page here: http://www.truthsolutions.com/midlandspass/jobs.htm Positions will stay up for two weeks or when the original submitter tells...
I have put the Midlands PASS site online temporarily at Truth Solutions. You can reach it here: http://www.truthsolutions.com/MidlandsPASS/ The slides from Paul Shearer and Bill Stevenson's presentation, Performance Monitoring for SQL , has also been...
We are postponing due to the weather. Training Concepts has shut down for the day due to the wintry mix. Their personnel has offered to come back and open the doors if we wanted to hold the meeting, but in the interest of everyone's safety, we'll postpone...
Our next meeting will be on Thursday, February 1 , 2007, at 6:30 PM. It'll be at the Training Concepts facility once again. With respect to swag, I have the following Microsoft Press SQL Server books to give out . We'll do the standard drawing to award...
Sean McCown writes in the latest Database Underground about how DBAs should try and make things better for users of an organization . I think Sean hits upon an important point not just for DBAs but for all IT workers. Too often IT is seen as a cost center...
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