This was a jampacked show! We’re still kind of patting ourselves on the back for this week…
Quick news:
- @BoingBoing Screwed by the TSA? Now there’s an app for that. http://dlvr.it/1WFCqD
- @SQLChicken Want a free, online T-SQL Formatter that doesn’t suck? Thanks @Redgate! – http://format-sql.com #redgateluv #redgate #sqlpass
- @SQLSoldier Just nominated @SirSQL for the Exceptional DBA Award. Seems like a no-brainer for finalist to me. http://bit.ly/ZTHmU
- @SQLShaw The May #TSQL2sDay question. http://wp.me/pd7Hs-dbA DBA’s Ethics. I can’t wait to hear what ya say.
- Jen: I’m doing Warrior Dash on June 2!
Features:
- Same day SQL Saturday submissions:
- @EddieW Blogged my take on submitting to multiple same-day #sqlsat events: http://indydba.com
- Big blog this week on double submitting. Some good stuff in there, esp the comments.
- BUT: How do you track/pass along information about bad speakers??
- Sean rant: SAN guy migration project
- Jen’s “youtube” mashup andcomments:
- @SQLDefender I can’t believe this BS is still there http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzg2NTk1NTky.html#sqlpass #sqlrally
- @jenstirrup @sqldefender it’s clear that @midnightdba does stellar #sqlfamily work. IMHO don’t tweet links that just give oxygen to detractors
- Sean on chargeback and anti-dev
- Kevlar’s chat comment: “Invincible ignorance”
- @Mike_Fal’s Blog on FILESTREAM on Server Core: http://bit.ly/ITxYeI Know your Powershell, people.
- Speaker evals: @NancyHidyWilson blogged Improving Speaker Rating Evaluations http://wp.me/p19eeP-89 < She was talking about the evaluations. I agree that they need work, but what kind of questions do we want on them? And how do we encourage people to give the feedback?
- Sean’s helpdesk PSA
- Sean: database consistency across groups / do it now
- Jen’s session on deadweight joins: @unclebiguns I love when I find tables in a query that are never used. No cols in select, later Join, WHERE, GROUP BY , ORDER BY
- S: …?
- – Qif peanut buttter –
- Sean and the SA breach
- Jen on hiding at work
- Jen on “backing up tables” (non-geek speak)
- Sean gives a Golden Shower award….to his server team!
- – DBA Roadmap ad —
- Sean: You make your own luck. I have a blog on that.
- Jen: Why is it always the database?
Twitter Tidbits:
- @MidnightDBA Reading @TimMitchell’s Transaction Rollbacks with Identity Values http://bit.ly/KzvzdX Oh good, I don’t have to blog this myself…
- Anne Wheaton@AnneWheaton Scheduled my always-unpleasant-but-necessary lady exam. Or as I like to call it, ma’am-o-gram. Reminder mom reminding you to schedule yours!
- Cami@Nuurdygirl Rocky Horror Slide Show. #LessAmbitiousTheatre
- Jen & Sean McCown@MidnightDBA [S] Les Ennuyeux #LessAmbitiousTheatre
- Jen McCown@JenniferMcCown Oklahomeh #lessambitioustheatre
- David Stein@Made2Mentor If your DBA ain’t happy, you ain’t happy.
- FatherJack@fatherjack can take your kids to their grandparents? then take photos. Like this guy http://bit.ly/HSHpfU
- Jen & Sean McCown@MidnightDBA @sirsql @nuurdygirl http://youtu.be/m4QDz3c3Auw Armstrong and Miller flyboys
- Jen & Sean McCown@MidnightDBA @sqlrunner “WAH WAH, I DON’T HAVE A FLYING CAR”. Shut up and enjoy your tricorder and communicator.
- Jen McCown@JenniferMcCown Also, I did this, too: http://bit.ly/K3cajC (Sharing and wasting your time on Twitter since 2009, folks…)
- Jen McCown@JenniferMcCown YOU. SPEAK. TRUTH. http://bit.ly/IOz9he
- Jeremiah Peschka@peschkaj Oh the painfully bad humor http://gluecomic.blogspot.com/2012/04/beck-sql.html
- Jonathan Coulton@jonathancoulton Dear internet: pics or it didn’t happen (please do not send me pics). Happy First of May you freaks!
- Karen Lopez@datachick I once had someone send me their phone number as a PPT slide.
- Nerdist News@NerdistNews This video is nuts… literally. Watch the infamous lobby scene from #TheMatrix recut with peanuts: http://bit.ly/KtgHIN
- Paul and Storm@paulandstorm [S] In heaven, a UPS truck pulls up to your house every five minutes.
- Jungchan Hsieh@JungchanHsieh Deciding between COALESCE and ISNULL in SQL Server http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2689/deciding-between-coalesce-and-isnull-in-sql-server/ via @mssqltips
- We need a Kitchen Nightmares show, but for IT. Seriously, we should do this.
- Isn’t it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4QDz3c3Auw
- Progress through small wins: http://thetalentcode.com/2012/04/25/the-power-of-small-wins/
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