Monthly Archives: October 2013

Recharge and Relax

Posted on October 23, 2013 by way0utwest

My boss informed me a couple months ago that I had 30 days of vacation stored up and needed to take some. I mentioned this to my wife and she scolded me for not taking enough time off the last … Continue reading →

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Solving Problems at Midnight

Posted on October 22, 2013 by way0utwest

I couldn’t sleep last night. I was tossing and turning, struggling to rest, and it seemed I was waking up every 20 minutes. My demo broke. I have a talk that I’m giving at the Denver SQL Server User Group … Continue reading →

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Minor Problems

Posted on October 22, 2013 by way0utwest

When I speak to people about blogging to increase the visibility of their brand, one of the questions I often hear from them is “what do I write about?” My advice is to take the every day occurrences, the things … Continue reading →

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Database Queries and Scalability

Posted on October 21, 2013 by way0utwest

I ran across this post with a very provocative title:  (thanks Brent Ozar Unlimited). It’s an interesting read from a developer, talking about how so many website designs aren’t built for scalable because they rely too heavily on a set of database … Continue reading →

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