Conferences and Classes

In just a few weeks, Brent, Jes and I will be giving a full day pre-conference session at the SQLPASS 2013 Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Our pre-conference will be Tuesday, October 15, 2013. There’s only a few seats left! This pre-con’s going to be killer– we’ve got 240 folks registered and ready to learn.…

Hello from Seattle! I’m excited to be sitting front and center of the 10th Women in Technology Luncheon at PASS Summit! This year’s topic is “Women in Technology: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going?” We’ll be hearing from an excellent panel! Stefanie Higgins, a Sr. DBA for Disney and former PASS board…

All four of us – Brent, Jeremiah, Jes, and Kendra – got sessions approved for the PASS Summit in November!  Here’s what we’ll be covering: Shazam! We’re speaking at the PASS Summit! A Developer’s Guide to Dangerous Queries – Jeremiah Peschka Jeremiah says: “SQL Server does a good job of working with whatever garbage we…

I feel like the luckiest guy in the world: I get to take part in six major SQL Server events in 2012.  Here’s where I’m going and why: January 26-Feb 4: SQLCruise Miami SQLCruise is the highlight of my year.  This year, we’ve transitioned SQLCruise completely to Tim Ford – he owns the event start…

PASS takes bloggers seriously. This is the third year I’ve been offered press-style sit-down interviews with members of the PASS Board of Directors. On Friday, outgoing President Rushabh Mehta (@RushabhMehta), upcoming President Bill Graziano (@BillGraziano), and PASS Marketing’s Alison MacDonald talked with me for over an hour about PASS, the Summit, finances, membership, web sites,…

Time for another keynote liveblog.  Let’s get started. It’s #SQLKilt day!  Bill Griaziano is kicking things off in a kilt: Bill Graziano Supporting #SQLKilt Day 8:19am – Bill introducing Tim Radney and Jack Corbett as outstanding volunteers. 8:22 – Lori Edwards is the 2011 PASSion award for her outstanding work making this such a great…

I’m presenting right now at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle, and I’m just about to show my attendees the latest incarnation of my Blitz script. In the past, my manual Blitz script has helped DBAs all over the world discover ugly problems in SQL Servers.  However, one thing has been bothering…

Welcome to the big show!  I’ll be liveblogging today’s keynote at the Professional Association for SQL Server Summit in Seattle.  If you’d like to check out some of the photos I’ve taken so far, check out my Facebook album for the Summit. You can watch the keynote live, and refresh this page every couple of…

Want a complete session schedule, conference center maps, feedback forms, and more all on your phone?  There’s an app for that. Go to Guidebook and download the app for your iPhone, Windows Phone 7, Android, or Blackberry.  After launching it, you’ll be prompted to download a guide.  Type in PASS Summit, and we’re near the…

It’s votin’ time, folks. SQL PASS 2011 community sessions have been selected by the Program Committee, but there are still five slots up for grabs. Those five sessions are up to you, the community. My Potential Session – “No More Bad Dates: Best Practices for Working With Dates and Times” Vote for me and save…

If you’ve never been to a conference before, the PASS Summit and Dev Connections events seem like things that happen to Other People.  This year, I wanna help make you one of us.  You’re a geek, right?  Let’s break this down into numbers. Lightning Talks at the PASS Summit What It Costs to Attend a…