Month: August 2010

Why I’m Disappointed in the PASS Election Process

Last Updated February 12, 2017

A little time has passed since we found out PASS didn’t allow Steve Jones (Blog – @Way0utwest) on the ballot for the Board of Directors election, and I’ve heard a lot from friends of mine on both sides. There’s a lot of passionate disagreement when somebody who’s done all this can’t make the cut: Steve…

Underemployed Developers: Meet Project Phoenix

Last Updated January 23, 2011

Brent Ozar

A few months back, Microsoft gave MVPs a few MSDN Ultimate subscriptions to pass on to community members, no strings attached. I quietly gave mine to a few deserving folks who I thought could be future MVPs, but Arnie Rowland (Blog – @ArnieRowland) had a better idea. Arnie’s Project Phoenix encourages developers to propose a…

Help me stop a jerk from abusing #SQLHelp

Last Updated August 25, 2010

Brent Ozar

Aaron Nelson (Blog – @SQLVariant) had an excellent idea about a year ago. Anytime someone needed help with a SQL Server question, they could include the phrase #SQLHelp in the tweet. Community members set up a search for that term in their Twitter tool, and whenever the questions came in, we would answer. Here’s instructions…

PASS Board of Directors Election 2010 #passvotes

Last Updated February 12, 2017

Brent Ozar

#SQLPass

The Professional Association for SQL Server holds annual elections for the Board of Directors. The Board decides things like: Where to hold the annual PASS Summit – for the last couple of years, it’s been in Seattle, and the Board decided to keep it in Seattle for another few years. I blogged about my frustrations…

Guess Who Got My Old Job at Quest?

Last Updated August 18, 2010

Brent Ozar

Today, I’m thrilled to see that my very good friend Jeremiah Peschka is the newest community guy at Quest Software. (They’re going to say he has a “new” job, not “my” job, but that’s because the Quest folks are very smart and they tailor the job to fit the person, not the other way around.) …

Stop Using Twifficiency, You Bozos

Last Updated August 17, 2010

Brent Ozar

Every few minutes, I see somebody tweet something about their Twifficiency score. Now, I don’t have a problem with shallow people who want to compare their metrics with others – okay, maybe I do – but let’s take a step back for a second and look at what’s happening when you use that tool. When…

GTD: Why Things Have Been Quiet Around Here

Last Updated January 23, 2011

Brent Ozar

A few months ago, I had The Idea. I wanted to conduct SQL Server training on a cruise ship. I emailed a few buddies and offered to start a company called SQLCruise with them, and out of three friends, only one could say yes. I don’t have anything against the two who said no. I…