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Tag: speaking

  • Talking Career and Unstructured Data

    The Denver SQL Saturday is coming in less than two weeks, SQL Saturday #169 is our second event in Denver, and the fifth in the state and I am honored to be able to speak. I have two sessions on the schedule:

    These are both presentations I’ve done in other places, and they’ve been received well. I’m looking forward to giving them again, and I hope that I’ll see some of you there.

    My busy fall actually starts a few days earlier, where I’ll be giving a talk on Contained Databases at the Colorado Springs User Group on Sept 19.

    After these two events, I start out on the SQL in the City Tour and then hit Dev Connections in October before finishing up at the other Colorado SQL user groups in November. Across those events I end up going to 11 events and giving 21 presentations.

    Whew, I need some tea and honey for my throat.

  • Sleepless in Seattle – SQL in the City 2012

    seattle_20081115_cA few years ago I went to Seattle a few days before the PASS Summit started. I took my middle son and we spent 3 days wandering around Seattle, seeing some amazing sights. We went to the Museum of Flight and the Underground Tour, along with a few other places and had a great time. This year I’ll be going early again, and I’ll get to spend a day with my oldest son, who lives in Seattle.

    However I’ll also be getting to work early. SQL in the City is coming to Seattle on Monday, November 5, 2012 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center. It’s just a short walk from the Convention Center on the water, and we’ll have another great lineup of speakers.

    If you are coming to the Summit, and would like a free day of sessions on Monday, sign up and come down. We’ll do training the Red Gate way, with great speakers, topics, discussions, debates, and food.

    This will be the end of our 2012 tour, but I’m sure we’ll have plenty of our SQL Star beer available at the end of the day. Register and come on down if you will be free on Monday.

    I’ll likely be in town on Saturday, and I’ll be going hard. I will likely get a run in early in the morning before the event, but I’ll be jogging along the water on Tuesday as well, so catch me on Twitter if you want to tag along.

    Register today.

  • The Charles River – SQL in the City Boston

    headI once rowed in the Head of the Charles Regatta. I had the 3d seat, starboard, in a 4 man boat and it was quite exciting to come up to Boston and row down the famed Charles River. It was hard, and the river was rough, tossing waves in our boat at times, but it was a great experience. This year I won’t be rowing in the Charles, but I am looking forward to a chilly run along the Charles on Oct 7. I’ll get into Boston around 4:30pm, race to the hotel, and then have an evening run. Follow me on Twitter if you want to join me. I’ll probably do a couple miles that evening, and again around 6:30am on Monday.

    The SQL in the City tour comes to Boston on Monday, Oct 8, 2012 with another great lineup of speakers. In addition to myself, g, and a number of our Red Gate developers, we have Adam Machanic (b | t) joining us to deliver a full day of free training to SQL Server professionals.

    Free. Just register and come down to the Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at the Harvard Medical School on Oct 8, 2012. It’s training The Red Gate Way at a great location, with fantastic material and plenty of refreshments. The staff is there to make sure you have a great day, as we do at every stop.

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    booksWe’re looking to teach you a few things, give you tips and tricks for working with SQL Server, debate you, answer questions, and have an inspiring day. Stop any of us, and ask a question, pick up a book for your library, and maybe even win a prize as we sip a beverage at the end of the day.

    It’s a great time and I’m sure you’ll find it worth your time to come spend a day with us talking about SQL Server.

    Register today, and come shake my hand in Boston on Oct 8.

    This is part of my SQL in the City series, covering a few thoughts on the US tour.

  • The Field Museum – SQL in the City 2012 – Chicago

    Chicago is a neat down. My first PASS Summit was in Chicago, back in 1999. My wife joined me with an infant son, and we took in the last baseball game of the season that year at Comisky Park. This year I was hoping to take in a game at Wrigley Field, but the season will be over for the Cubs when I arrive in Chicago on Oct 4.

    I’m arriving for the SQL in the City 2012 – Chicago event, part of our SQL in the City US Tour. We’ll be holding this one at the Field Museum, right near the lake, so guess where I’ll be running? I’ll likely job in San Francisco on Thursday before I leave, so my run along the lake will be a crack of dawn run on Friday, Oct 5. I’m hoping to convince Brent Ozar (b | t) to come with me, but I suspect he might want to sleep in before his session at the event. Maybe Jes Borland (b | t) will come instead.

    Those two, along with the incredible Powershell guru Allen White (b | t), Grant Fritchey (b | t), and a number of Red Gate developers will be speaking with me at SQL in the City 2012 -  Chicago. A bunch of great sessions are packed into one day, teaching you about SQL Server, inspiring you to try new tips and tricks, training you The Red Gate Way.

    2012_London_cThe Red Gate Way is a great location, good content, debate and discussion, answering your questions, and feeding you well. We talk about ways to make your job easier, give you new ideas to consider, and make learning fun. It’s our way of participating in, and improving the community.

    And it’s free. Just register and come down to the Field Museum on Friday, Oct 5, 2012. If you’re really ambitious, follow me on Twitter and plan on a  6:30am run along the lake. It might be cold, so dress appropriately, and we’ll do 2 miles, looking out over the water.

    Register today if you can come. I hope to shake your hand in Chicago.

    This is part of my SQL in the City series, covering a few thoughts on the US tour.