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I Love Creative People
LGTM (Looks Good to Me) is a song about AI and the way it’s been used, or maybe how a lot of people think it’s been used in organizations. I find it catchy, creative, and most importantly, funny. I chuckled out loud. As a side note, this is one of the amazing things I see with technology these days. There are many incredibly creative people who do amazing things. Even the music/reels/etc. that I don’t like can…
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The Book of Redgate: Fun with Images
We’ve celebrated our birthday many times at Redgate. In the Book of Redgate – 2012 edition, the book opens with a photo album of the early years. We’ve got a bunch of images from up high, where employees were spelling out our anniversaries. We have the 12th anniversary here, with a disorganized view. and an organized one. There are other photos in the book as well, which mimic what we have in the offices. In each location,…
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The #MS_DatabaseConnector## Role: #SQLNewBlogger
I had seen these roles in various instances, but never dug into the new Fixed Server roles added to SQL Server. They are supposed to help ensure the principle of least privilege is followed. In this post, I look at one of these, the ##MSDatabaseConnector## role. Another post for me that is simple and hopefully serves as an example for people trying to get blogging as #SQLNewBloggers. Users and Logins This role is a new one that…
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Planning for Change
Update: My apologies to Randolph for the incorrect pronouns. They should be correct now. Over the last year, I’ve been asked numerous times when I’m plan to retire. This question has come from friends, parents of kids I coach, coworkers at Redgate, and even from Microsoft. A few people have asked about my succession plans for leaving, as I have a public site at SQL Server Central, and the charity in SQL Saturday. I’d like those things…
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Great Things
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Post-Impressionist Painter. I ran across this quote recently and it struck me that it’s expresses a thought I’ve had for some time. Instant, magical success isn’t often what it appears. Anyone that seems to have sprung up overnight with success in anything has often spent a lot of time getting ready. Outside of lottery winners, of course. If you bought…
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