Voice of the DBA

Tag: speaking

  • Off to Live 360

    I am off to Live 360 today, on my last trip of the year. I’m excited to deliver two presentations tomorrow (VSTH03 and VSTH12), but a little sad this is a very quick trip. I’m coming back Friday, so in total I’ll be in Orlando for about 43 hours, I need to sleep, so my time is less than that.

    I haven’t been to this conference in a few years, but I’m looking forward to going back, even though it’s a short trip. I always enjoy these multi-tech conferences because I get the chance to learn something completely out of my area. In my limited time, I’ll learn about Shift Left DevOps security, because it’s interesting and Brian is a friend. I will also try to hit a GraphQL session since I know nothing about it and it works with various db stores. If I can, I might do some prompt engineering as well.

    If you’re at the event, I’ll try to swing by Wed afternoon and be there all day Thur. Feel free to stop me and say hi.

  • My 2024 PASS Data Community Summit Schedule

    I’m already up. It’s just after 6am in Seattle, but I’m moving and getting ready to head over to the convention center. The keynote starts at 8, and I need to be there to kick off the conference and introduce the Microsoft speakers.

    My day:

    • 8:15am open the conference and keynote
    • 10:25am – Essential Productivity Hacks with Grant
    • 11am – Redgate lunch with the board
    • 3p – customer meeting
    • 6p – expo hall reception, where I hope to have a beverage

    The rest of the conference has me in the community sessions, though not too many. I like that I’m not too committed as I was buried in 2022 and only slightly less in 2023. The rest of the week:

    • Thur, 12p – Hobby sessions, come hear me talk volleyball
    • Thur, 1p – Community conversations about user groups and events
    • Fri 945a – Community leader meet and greet
    • Fri 1145a – Emcee the Dev Lightning Talks
    • Fri 4p – heading home, well the airport

    This is a slightly compressed week for me as I really only arrived at the conference Tuesday afternoon. I spent a little time in Redmond Mon/Tue and then off Fri as I have Sat am coaching commitments at home.

    If you are attending the Summit and see me, please say hi.

  • Denver Dev Day Oct 2024 Slides

    Here are the slides from my talk today: CI in Azure DevOps

    If you have questions, please feel free to contact me (top menu above).

  • Webinar tomorrow: The Role of Databases in the Era of AI

    I’m hosting a webinar tomorrow with Rie Merritt from Microsoft. We’ll be talking about some of the sessions that Microsoft has planned for the PASS Data Community Summit as well as a discussion of how AI is changing our world.

    Register and I’ll see you tomorrow.