About

Hi, I’m Jen, and SQL Awesomesauce is my blog. Here I talk about SQL Server and other tech topics, plus MidnightDBA news and SQL community updates. Together, my husband Sean McCown and I video and write and run all things MidnightDBA.

In January 2011, I was named a Microsoft SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP). Sean surprised me with the news, and we got the whole thing – with call-in guests and all – on film during our weekly webshow (blog, with link to vid).

What I Do

Here’s a nice organized list of all the techie-nerd things I do online:

Blog	This blog, SQL Awesomesauce (syndicated on SQLServerPedia.com and SQLServerCentral.com
Videos	MidnightDBA.com training videos. I highly recommend my Beginning T-SQL for SQL Server newbies and as a review for experienced folk.
Webshow	The DBAs at Midnight webshow, with me and Sean. We broadcast live Friday nights at 11pm CST. We talk about tech and community topics late at night; we’re usually punchy so it’s pretty funny. (Also available as a feed.) Previews available on our YouTube channel.
Podcast	The MidnightDBA Blogcast, my audio only podcast. I read you blogs: Mine, Sean’s, and the occasional guest post.
Twitter and LinkedIn	I keep up the @MidnightDBA Twitter feed with updates and fun-fun-fun. And I’m on LinkedIn occasionally.
Swag	I create t-shirts and mugs for the MidnightDBA Zazzle store. All proceeds go to fund our giveaways (we don’t profit)
Reviews	ITBookworm.com, currently under construction (again). Check out our 2009 gift review for some of our favorite tech toys.
Petri IT Knowledgebase	As of May 2010, Sean and I are writers and forum moderators at Petri.co.il, the IT Knowledgebase. Check out the press release on StreetInsider!

And here are some of the things I do IRL:

I’m a Microsoft SQL Server MVP.
Member of NTSSUG, PASS, and the PASS Women in Technology virtual chapter
Presented at SQL Saturday #41 in Atlanta, #35 in Dallas, #52 Colorado, #56 Dallas BI Edition
Presented at the 24 Hours of PASS-Summit Preview and PASS Summit 2010 in Seattle.
On staff at the SQL University (by SQLChicken)
Blogged on the MVP Deep Dives ch5 for SQL Perspectives

For more about us personally, see our “Who Are the MidnightDBAs“.

Contact

In addition to finding me at various SQL Saturdays and PASS Summit, there are a few ways to reach me:

I read all the comments on this blog, so that’s a good place to start.
Feel free to email questions, suggestions, and comments to Jen@MidnightDBA.com
Follow me on Twitter, both as @MidnightDBA and @JenniferMcCown

Copyright

My site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. That means:

You’re free to copy, distribute, and transmit my work
You must attribute my work in the manner specified by me (but not in any way that suggests that I endorse you or your use of my work)
You may not use my work for commercial purposes without my express written permission
You may not alter, transform, or build upon my work without my express written permission

(By the way, I totally stole those descriptions from Brent Ozar )

Sure, you’re capable of plagarizing my work and going on about your life, but we will find out about it. Bad things will happen. See what we had to say about the last guy who plagarized (parts 1 through 4).

This work by Jennifer McCown is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.