Month: February 2010

Every now and then, I get frustrated with the way my web site looks.  I toss a stick of dynamite at it and start fresh. This weekend I splurged on the Headway WordPress theme, a premium theme that has a slick GUI editor.  I can make different pages look wildly different without too much effort.…

I’ll be presenting at the Nashville PASS chapter, an all-day virtual conference, and SQLSaturday Chicago! Come join me – all of these events are completely free.

Every year, Microsoft hosts an MVP Summit event at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington. MVPs pay their own airfare to get to the event, but once you’re there, Microsoft picks up the tab for food & hotels. MVPs have to share a room, and I think that’s fine because it emphasizes the community portion of…

Just got some more giveaways for SQLSaturday Chicago courtesy of our publisher, Wiley: Watch this video on YouTube Thanks so much to Wiley for supporting the community!

Penton Media publishes several IT-related magazines including SQL Server Magazine and Windows IT Pro, and is involved with the DevConnections conference.  They announced that they’re filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which means they pay back a portion of their debt and the rest is erased.  BtoB Media reports that Penton’s revenue fell about 26% last year.…