How to Pick Blog & Presentation Topics
Stumped about what to write about? Not sure what to talk about to your local user group?
I bet you're focusing on the presentations you would ATTEND, instead of the presentations you would GIVE.
Technical Communication, Presenting, and Writing
Presentations, teaching, blogging, writing, and public professional practice.
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T-SQL & Development
How to Start a Technical Blog, Part 5: Blog Etiquette
Enough with the technical details - let's talk manners.
Give People Credit and Links
If you hear about something from somebody else, credit 'em. The internet is huge, SQL Server is huge, and we all get help to find the stuff we need to do our jobs every day. We find stuff through other people, and it helps to credit those people.
How to Start a Technical Blog, Part 4: WordPress Themes
In my series this week on how to get started blogging, I've touched on the business of blogging for yourself, why you should use Wordpress and how to configure it, and the best WordPress plugins. Today I'm going to focus on look and feel. WordPress uses a "theme" system to bundle images, CSS files and…
How to Start a Technical Blog, Part 3: WordPress Plugins
Part 1 explained the reasoning and decisionmaking process, part 2 recommended using WordPress, and in this entry I'll talk about what WordPress plugins I use here on BrentOzar.com and what they do. FeedBurner FeedPress Gets You RSS Stats Some of your readers will subscribe to your blog using RSS feeds. I won't explain RSS here,…
How to Start a Blog, Part 2: Configuring WordPress
In part 1, I talked about the basics of why you might want to blog for yourself (instead of a third party) and how to pick your domain name. In today's installment, I'll cover what blog software you want to use and how to configure it.
Use Self-Hosted WordPress to Run Your Blog
There's a bunch of ways to get your domain name up and running on the interwebz, and I think WordPress is the best because:
T-SQL & Development
How to Start a Blog
So you've been reading blogs for a while, and you want to know how to start a blog. It's really easy, it pays off long term in your career, and it's a great way to meet awesome people. I'm going to tell you all the things I wish somebody would have told me way back when I got started blogging in 2002.
T-SQL & Development
So You Wanna Be a Rock & Roll Star, Part 2
If my blog entry yesterday about my job as a SQL Server Expert at Quest Software sounds cool, then listen up: I'll let you in on how to get a job like this.
Be Really Passionate About Your Field
I have the coolest job in the world - for me. My job would be absolute torture for some people, but I love it, and I think that's the key.