Squeaking in just before Thursday’s contest deadline comes our newest blogger, John Sansom (Blog – Twitter – StackOverflow). I’ve read John’s blog for several months now, and I’ve been giving him a secret invisible thumbs-up every time he tweaks his blogging strategy to align with my recommendations. (And no, I haven’t told him this, hahaha.)
John is a DBA in the UK who “gets” the whole blogging and social media thing. He’s even started a SQL Server Guru Challenge, an ongoing test of DBA skills that I’ve found uniquely enjoyable. The first round was a SQL Server crossword puzzle that went out just before I had to board a plane, and I couldn’t get one last damn clue. I’m excited to see what the next round brings.
Some of John’s recent posts include:
- Top 5 Free SQL Server Tools – including the BIDS Helper and the SSMS Tools Pack.
- Weekly Links Post – he does these pretty regularly. If you don’t have time to read a lot of blogs, subscribe to John’s blog, mine, Jeremiah Peschka’s Facility9.com, and Rhonda Tipton’s blog. Between those four, our weekly link posts will give you a good recap of what happened lately.
- SQL Server Guru Challenge Round 1 – and I still can’t figure out 16 across. Click on the Javascript version to see the right clue numbers.
