Blogging From the 2009 PASS Community Summit
Conferences, PASS | October 31, 2009 | 1:08 pm Like a lot of other SQL Server bloggers, this week I will attempt to write regular blog entries each day, and hopefully include some photographs of the activities I attend. I am not an “official” PASS blogger, but I will try and offer my perspective of the event, with my own particular slant.
And next ...read more
Mahalo for Subscribing
Brad McGehee | October 30, 2009 | 1:21 pmMahalo (Hawaiian for thank-you) for subscribing to my newsletter. On a monthly basis I will share some great blog postings, presentations, and SQL Server articles with you; stuff that will, I hope, help you keep moving forward in your career as a DBA.
While you are here, assuming you haven’t done so already, don’t forget to check ...read more
Amazon.com Author Central Page
Books, DBA Career | October 28, 2009 | 12:56 pmIf you are a book author, Amazon.com now allows authors to promote their books with a new author’s page. The new feature is called Author Central.
Mine is at:
http://www.amazon.com/Brad-M-McGehee/e/B002RWVEB8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
The page allows you to add a photograph, a short bio, your blog RSS feed, and even a discussion forum. So if you are a SQL Server, or ...read more
2009 PASS Community Summit and SQL Server Connections Conference, Both in November
Conferences, SQL Server Connections | October 27, 2009 | 12:51 pm
If you will be attending either the 2009 PASS Community Summit in Seattle, WA, from November 2-5; or the SQL Server Connections Conference in Las Vegas, NV, November 9-12, please stop by and say hello.
Get Your SQL Server Questions Answered at ASK.SQLServerCentral.com
Database Administration, Free Stuff | | 12:12 pmWhile the SQLServerCentral.com forums have always been a popular way to get your SQL Server questions answered, and to participate in the greater SQL Server Community, SQLServerCentral.com is now offering a new feature called Ask.SQLServerCentral.com, which is a new way to find answers to your SQL Server questions. You can either find a question that ...read more
Four New Zealand Cities are Final Stops on 30 Day Speaking Tour
Speaking Schedule, User Groups | | 11:36 amAfter making seven presentations in Australia, I headed to New Zealand where I made four presentations in four cities, on four successive days. Because my schedule was so packed, I only got a couple of days in Auckland (New Zealand’s most populace city) to visit the sites.
The photo is of the Auckland Sky Tower, the ...read more
Red Gate Has 10th Birthday
Fun | October 23, 2009 | 6:20 pmI first met Simon Galbraith, one of the co-owners of Red Gate Software at PASS in 2002, when they had less than ten people on their staff. At the time, I was running SQL-Server-Performance.com, and they were the largest advertiser on my website. Eight years later, Red Gate is now celebrating its 10th birthday, and ...read more
Download the Free eBook “The SQL Server Tacklebox”
Books, Database Administration, Free Stuff | October 22, 2009 | 10:10 pmRodney Landrum, SQL Server MVP, is the author of the new book, The SQL Server Tacklebox: Essential Tools and Scripts for the Day-to-Day DBA. This 240 page book, and accompanying scripts, is chock full of advice for DBAs, from novice to experienced.
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