K. Brian Kelley - Databases, Infrastructure, and Security - All Comments

re: Members speaking at User Groups

bkelley — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:10:24 GMT

That's something that might work, the shorter presentation. I've tried the skills matchup and I get begged off, unfortunately.

re: Members speaking at User Groups

Andy Warren — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:43:56 GMT

Brian, one thing we're trying this month is having someone do a 15 minute presentation prior to the 'main' presentation. The shorter format has appeal for beginners, less content to write, less time to make mistakes. The other approach is to ask for help on certain topics, especially new features, or a little more cynically, ones that you know happen to match up with skilled member or two.

re: SQL Server Panel Interview

Andy Warren — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:01:49 GMT

Brian, good post and I admire anyone who can balance their interests in life even when it means perhaps not doing as much in one area as they would like. I think you've done a lot for the community over the years since we've known you and would easily meet 'my' definition of an MVP. Keep doing what you're doing my friend!

re: Contact Me Disabled

Andy Warren — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:34:03 GMT

Brian, I've done the same and emailed Steve about it, don't know if CS has the option to enable captcha for contact me or not.

re: Thoughts on SQL Saturday in Jacksonville

Tim Mitchell — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:32:31 GMT

Brian, I'm sorry I missed you at SQL Saturday. I meant to catch up with you there but I don't think I ever did. I was the shutterbug dashing about taking pictures most of the day...

re: Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals DVD

Rob Mills — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:32:57 GMT

Never can learn too much about how this works ;-)

re: Kalen Delaney SQL Server Internals DVD

Kalen Delaney — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:50:19 GMT

Thanks, Brian!

re: The Right Font

NicoAtMicrosoft — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 20:36:42 GMT

It's amazing how something like the right display font can make life easier. I've downloaded the 'font in question' and I think I am going to stick with it. The TrueType version is especially nice - I hope it'll help in SQL Server 2008.

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re: Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3

bkelley — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 08:57:11 GMT

Link here:

connect.microsoft.com/.../ViewFeedback.aspx

re: Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3

Mike C — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 06:44:45 GMT

Got a link to the page on connect? Or just go search for Service Pack? Thanks.

re: New SQL Server book on Disaster Recovery

bkelley — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:41:26 GMT

When we expense books, it becomes the company's asset. That's the reason I typically get my own copy. That way I can mark it up (something I carried over from high school English) and "make it mine."

I have a month to work on her. I've been pretty good about book purchases. I'll just have to lay off the boardgames.

re: New SQL Server book on Disaster Recovery

Rob Mills — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:52:52 GMT

I must admit that this is one of those things that I really procrastinate on learning more and I'm sure that will come back to bite me in the future. I'll definitely take a look at this book. Thankfully I can expense all my books to my company so no need to convince the wife that I need it. ;-)

re: Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3

bkelley — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:46:38 GMT

Actually it's if only enough people complain, apparently. We all noticed. We just didn't make ourselves heard that we did.

re: SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on .NET Rocks!

Rob Mills — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:34:22 GMT

"Having worn both hats, I can say that I used to be the developer who thought, "Making changes and keeping databases running is easy!" That is, until I was responsible for production databases. Then how my perception changed."

I'd have to say that I thought the same thing but just really starting to get exposed to the admin side. It is a lot tougher than I anticipated.

Thanks for the tip about the podcast.

re: Ask for SQL Server 2005 SP3

Rob Mills — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:30:40 GMT

Typical! They'll only fix their product if enough people notice.