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  • The Way0utwest Joker #SeattleSummitMoments

    I work for Redgate, who has been a great sponsor of the Summit in the past and now is charged with stewarding the event into the future. This post looks back at 2016, when I got into the swag.

    If you have a memory, share it with #SeattleSummitMoments.

    I’ve been with Redgate for almost 16 years now. Actually, my contract with them started 16 years ago next week. During that time, I’ve helped out at the booth numerous times at many Summits and other conferences.

    In 2016, we were launching SQL Clone, and as a part of this promotion, they decided to give away playing cards as swag. They had cards made, changing the suits to tech things (databases, angle brackets, bells, gears). You can see a closeup of them below:

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    While doing this, they decided to use me as the Joker, with a bit of a likeness of me. All i good fun, and Carly posed for a picture with me. I think this was her idea.

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  • Daily Coping 4 Nov 2022

    Today’s coping tip is to plan a fun or exciting activity to look forward to.

    I almost shouldn’t do this much, since I’ve had a great year with plenty of vacation. My wife is joining me in Seattle, and we enjoy the city, so I’m planning a dinner at the Purple Cafe. We’ve been there before, and we enjoyed their location in Chicago last year.

    It will be a fun dinner.

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.

  • The PASS Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour from Redgate

    At the Data Community Summit this year, Redgate is hosting a couple of lunchtime sessions, the Summit 2022 DevOps Devour Hour. A creative name, for sure.

    These are Thursday and Friday, over lunch. You can register, eat with us, and learn about a few products. I’ll do an intro each day and then engineers will help you work with our tools in a VM environment. Bring a laptop and we’ll get you connected.

    You can see more at this page, but register and come if you want to learn about Redgate tools on either (or both) days.

    The sessions are:

    Session 1: Thursday, Nov 17 – 12:30 to 2:15 PM

    • Topics – SQL Prompt, Flyway Enterprise, and SQL Monitor

    Session 2: Friday, Nov 18 – 12:30 to 2:15 PM

    • Topics – SQL Data Catalog and SQL Provision

  • Daily Coping 3 Nov 2022

    Today’s coping tip is to ask yourself, will this matter a year from now?

    It’s easy to get caught up in short term things. I’m behind on a few projects and maintenance items. I’ll get to them, but really, these are short term issues. They don’t matter a year from now.

    They will if I delay a year, but that’s not the case. This is a few days or couple weeks. Relax, be kind to myself, and slowly knock things out.

    I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.