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One of the things I took from my overall performance last year is I need to get better at time management. While I feel I can get a lot done (and I've been told such by people I trust), I know I waste a lot of time. Too much time. When I think back...
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...
I've used Safari (the O'Reilly version ) for a number of years now and it is a resource I often recommend to coworkers. Basically, it's an on-line library of technical books (since expanded to include video) from a group of publishers. O'Reilly, Microsoft...
I have been on vacation the last week, which meant I spent the previous three weeks at work preparing to go on that vacation. :) All in all, it was much needed. It represented the first family vacation we've taken since I was still in the Air Force (and...
In two blogs I follow, Andy Leonard's blog on SQLBlogs.com and Sheeri Kritzer's The MySQL She-BA , the question of what is a database administrator has come back up. Andy has posted twice on the topic, first with how DBAs are an enterprise requirement...
Last week I received an email indicating that MySQL had made available an entry level certification, the Certified MySQL Associate . The idea is to provide a certification which shows a person has some basic knowledge of MySQL, but not at the level of...
What: Midlands PASS Chapter July Meeting Where: Training Concepts (250 Berryhill Road, Suite 502, Columbia, SC) When: 6:15-8:00 PM Speaker: SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Topic: SQL Server Integration Services Website: http://www.truthsolutions.com/midlandspass...
I was reading a new post at SQL Server Magazine titled The More Things Change (full version available to registered users of sqlmag.com) by SQL Server MVP Brian Moran . It revealed an experience he recently had at Tech·Ed , where some folks who work with...
SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder Speaks on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Midlands PASS Chapter - July 12, 2007 Meeting Sponsored by AgFirst Farm Credit Bank The Midlands PASS Chapter is pleased to announce SQL Server MVP Wayne Snyder as our speaker...
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...
One thing is always certain about information technology: there is always change. This past week I was pitching in on a Citrix upgrade for my organization and I went to tweak the web interface. Though I'm not primarily a "server guy" and directory services...
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