Steve’s tweets
- @zippy1981 Always do that. 5 hours ago
- @zippy1981 Not too often, some emails, but not that bad. However, when I need a job, I ask friends first, quietly.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8… 5 hours ago
- @zippy1981 Interesting. How would they know you need a job? 5 hours ago
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Monthly Archives: September 2010
No Guarantees
The keynote for SQL Saturday #52 in Denver, that didn’t go as smoothly as I’d like due to technical difficulties, however I am hoping I got my point across. Here’s what I wanted to say: Who does p90x? Body for … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged career, syndicated
The Design Investment
How much of an investment should you make in learning design? Steve Jones talks about why we should learn how to do it right. Continue reading
Posted in Editorial
Tagged career, software development
Grabbing SWAG
It’s getting close to the time for the SQLServerCentral party events this fall, and time to start gathering up SWAG to give to people. In the past, I’ve hosted a SQLServerCentral party at the PASS Summit, and it’s always been … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged conferences, syndicated
Common SQL Server Mistakes – Indexing Every Column
If one index helps speed up queries, than more indexes should help more, right? They do, but they also come at a price. Both in performance during data modifications (insert/update/delete), and in terms of space since each index must be … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Common SQL Server Mistakes, presentations, sql server, syndicated
SQL Saturday#52 – Colorado Recap
This past weekend was the first SQL Saturday in Colorado, and it went very well. I think everyone enjoyed it, the organizers were pleased, and I’m hoping that we end up with 2, or more, events next year. This was … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged SQL Saturday, syndicated
Hot Skills
What are the hot skills for 2011? Steve Jones talks about one that you might not have thought about. Continue reading
People are talking about you
I was listening to a friend give a presentation on getting a job recently. In the presentation, Chris Shaw, the speaker, mentioned my Modern Resume presentation, which was cool, but he also said something interesting in his talk. He said … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged career, syndicated
Food Drive
Don’t forget the food drive tomorrow for SQL Saturday #52 in Colorado. Please bring food, or even clothing/blankets, that can be donated to local people. I’ll be taking a portion back to the food back for my local area, and … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged SQL Saturday, syndicated
A day of rest
Not quite a day of rest, likely some chores in advance of another busy weekend at the ranch. I’m taking today off for a few reasons. Originally I had planned it as my kids were out of school and we … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged syndicated, work
Common SQL Server Mistakes – Multi Row DML Triggers
How often have you seen someone write a DML trigger like this: create trigger mytrigger on Mytable for insert as declare @id intselect @id = id from inserted update xx set yyy = zzwhere id = @id return There seems … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Common SQL Server Mistakes, presentations, syndicated, T-SQL
