Monthly Archives: December 2014

Citizen Programmers

Posted on December 11, 2014 by way0utwest

The Citizen Programmer, a piece at Simple Talk, really made me stop and think a bit. On one hand, the idea of building a platform that enables any end-user to perform rudimentary programming is a noble goal. If you can do … Continue reading →

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Converting Dates

Posted on December 10, 2014 by way0utwest

I ran across a post recently where someone had dates stored as characters (never good), but also in this format: CYYMMDD. I’d never seen that, and thought it was strange. The person was asking for a way to convert this … Continue reading →

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Managerial Moneyball

Posted on December 10, 2014 by way0utwest

I really enjoyed reading Moneyball. Its a book about baseball and data and how information should be used to choose baseball players for the Oakland As. It’s an interesting approach, one that has rarely been used in the sport in the … Continue reading →

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T-SQL Tuesday #61 – Giving Back

Posted on December 9, 2014 by way0utwest

It’s that time of month again, the time when we have a day where everyone writes on the same topic. This month Wayne Sheffield is the host and has chosen Giving Back as his theme. It’s a good one with … Continue reading →

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