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  • The Free-Con Returns to Seattle

    On Monday, October 24, 2016, there will be a Free-Con in Seattle for those that might not be attending a pre-con before the Pass Summit. Put on by Jason Brimhall and Wayne Sheffield, there’s a set of 6 sessions you can attend for free that day.

    Register now to come.

    They are asking for a $25 lunch fee to cover lunch, but you can opt out. However, please don’t register if you can’t come. I’m sure plenty of people want to go and extra registrations can upset planning.

    If you can come, the lineup is impressive:

    • Jason Brimhall
    • Wayne Sheffield
    • Grant Fritchey
    • Tjay Belt
    • Chad Crawford
    • Gail Shaw

    This is an alternative to other pre-conference sessions that PASS puts on, and you have to chance to learn about PowerBI, Temporal Tables, Wait Stats, Impact Analysis, and Azure SQL Data Warehouse.

    If you aren’t attending another event on Monday, perhaps you’d like to come to the Free-con and enjoy learning and discussing SQL Server with a few highly talented SQL Server pros.

  • Monday Night Networking at Summit 2016

    It’s PASS Summit time and that means Andy Warren and I are doing another Monday Night Networking Dinner.

    For those of you that haven’t come in the past, Andy and I aren’t buying you dinner. What we are doing is setting up a time and location for people to come and meet others that are attending the PASS Summit. This is a great chance to meet other data professionals if you don’t have any other plans.

    Details:

    Monday, October 24, 2016

    Location: The Yardhouse, 1501 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA (map)

    We are doing things a little differently to spread the load on the restaurant. It’s Monday night, which means football in the US. To try and ensure people can find a place to sit and meet, we’re asking you to sign up for tickets at a particular time and come down within 10-15 minutes of that time.

    The times are:

    5:30 – Sign up

    6:30 – Sign up

    7:30 – Sign up

    8:30 – Sign up

    Come down, join us, wear your Summit badge, and have a good time.

    You’ll have to buy your own food and drinks (or maybe some for a new friend), but it will be an enjoyable experience.

  • Back for a Day

    I hope everyone is well in Florida, but the hurricane caused a postponement of SQL Saturday Orlando. Fortunately I caught the note early enough on Wednesday and spent about an hour at lunch cancelling travel plans and moving my flight from DC to Orlando to Denver to an early DC to Denver flight on Thursday.

    That worked out well, as I delivered my session just before lunch, raced to the airport and made a flight out to Denver, arriving in time to get down to watch my daughter’s volleyball match. I even only missed 9 points.

    Now ‘I’m sad in that I won’t make the 10th SQL Saturday in Orlando, but I am happy to have a day back in my life to catch up on a few things.

  • Off Again

    It’s another week of travel for me, starting early this morning. This is another crazy trip, and yes, I did this to myself. However, I am taking note this time and I’ve already declined and refused a few things for 2017 to try and avoid these trips.

    My week:

    • Tues am – Fly to DC, get prepped.
    • Wed – Speak VS Live
    • Thur – Speak in the am at VS Live, catch a late afternoon flight to Orlando. Arrive after midnight.
    • Fri – Work a bit, then help Andy Warren with getting ready for the 10th SQL Saturday Orlando. Ten!!!!!!
    • Sat – Speak, SQL Sat Orlando, twice.
    • Sun – am flight home. I’ll be likely doing a few chores on Sun, maybe helping my daughter practice some volleyball or do homework (or both).
    • Mon – work, then fly to Las Vegas in the early afternoon
    • Tue – Speak at IT/Dev Connections twice.
    • Wed – Speak at IT/Dev Connections. Catch evening flight home.
    • Thur – Try to get back to normal. For a week.

    I head to the PASS Summit on the 24th, so not a lot of time to try and establish some normalcy at home and work. I have to find a way because I turn around and have two work trips in Nov and two more in Dec, plus a Christmas vacation with the family.

    For 2017, I’m planning less, so we’ll see if I learn anything.