Monthly Archives: June 2010

This was my second year going to SQL Saturday in Pensacola and once again I enjoyed it. I stayed again at the Hampton Inn, and bandwidth sucked again. I remembered this from last year, and it was a struggle to … Continue reading →

I left TechEd this morning, actually too early, catching a 7:12am flight from New Orleans to Denver. Which meant a 5am alarm for me, not the most fun after being out with some fellow MVPs last night at the New … Continue reading →

It’s the million dollar question. Literally. I stopped by the SQL Server area at TechEd in the expo to talk to Val Fontana, a Microsoft’ie I’ve known for a few years to talk about the largest, and yet-to-be-released version of … Continue reading →

The Royal Canadian Mint, in Ottawa, is located at a large castle. How cool is that? Would you want to work there? They are a $2B corporation, but about $700mm without gold trading/processing, with about 950 employees. Not the Canadian … Continue reading →