Two years ago, we were talking about how cool it would be to get a bunch of unpublished authors to write about what they thought was important about databases. You know, tribal knowledge. So we sent out a call for abstracts and got the ball rolling on one of the coolest things we’ve ever been a part of: TribalSQL.
Thanks to the authors, a slew of volunteer peer editors and technical editors, and not least of all Red Gate software, we’ve got a community-created, professionally-polished tome coming out in very short order!
Check out www.TribalSQL.com for information about the book, the authors, the backstory, and the wonderful charity that this project benefits, Computers 4 Africa. And of course, watch the Red Gate Book Store for the impending release…
Thank you, Red Gate! Thank you to the editors and the new authors. Thanks VERY much to all the folks who contributed to this project!
The man who really pulled it all together (after we pulled it all together)
Red Gate editor Tony Davis, who is rabidly (I presume) supportive of the Chelsea Football club and has a “penchant for real ales“.
(Thanks for all the emails, Tony. Show me a real ale and I’ll buy you one. Maybe three.)
The volunteer editors…
- Brent Ozar, a SQL consultant whose “true skills are knitting and water polo.”
- Frank Moore, er, for whom I’m finding it difficult to find a link…
- Meredith Ryan, the chapter chair person for the Women In Technology Virtual Chapter of PASS
- Neil Hambly, who has the noble objective “genrally cajoule Sql server to OBEY and FULFILL my every command”
- Sean McCown, a chef-turned-DBA who might seem somewhat familiar to you
- Thomas Stringer, a Microsoft PFE with a SQLife
And definitely the authors and peer editors!
Each and every one a wonder and a gem, and also very kind to animals and children. Also hardworking: getting through three-plus rounds of edits over two years is no small feat:
- Ben Seaman
- Bob Pusateri (author)
- Chuck Lathrope (author)
- Colleen Morrow (author)
- Craig Purnell
- Dave Ballantyne (author)
- David Tate
- Dev Nambi (author)
- Diana Dee (author)
- Ed Watson
- James Zimmerman
- Jason Thomas
- Jason Yousef
- John Barnett (author)
- John Morehouse
- Joseph D Antoni
- Justin Dearing
- Kevin Feasel (author)
- Mark S. Rasmussen (author)
- Matt Velic
- Melody Zacharias
- Nicholas Cain
- Robert Volk
- Scott Murray
- Shaun Stuart
- Stephan Lawson
- Stephanie Locke (author)
- Steve Stedman
- Tara Kizer (author)
- Thomas Rushton
- Wil Sisney (author)
And one more…
Thanks to Melanie Townsend over at Red Gate, for coordinating the TribalSQL site, graphics, authors, and associated miscellany!
