Tim Ford (blog, Twitter) tagged me thusly:
What have you implemented from the PASS Summit 2009? Did you find yourself using the code available without tweaks? If not, what did you have to do in order to get the code to function in your environment? What do you still intend to implement? I ask these questions of Jeremiah Peschka (twitter | web), Andy Leonard (twitter | web), and Jen and Sean McCown (twitter | web). I ask that they tag 2-3 more individuals with their response and link back to this original post. The goal is to show both first-time Summit Attendees and Veterans alike (and their Managers/Directors) that there is value in what you bring back from the Summit in that wetware you call a brain.
I put this off till evening, and read it to Sean….and we said, well, we only got to 4 sessions between the two of us. And while I still intend to go back and read my notes from Buck Woody's and Grant Fritchey's sessions – and in fact I have downloaded both session slides, and referenced them (especially on DMVs) – I can't say I've implemented code. Not the advertisement we might've expected, eh?
However…you know how everyone who came back from #SQLPASS (that's right, I hashtagged it in a blog, baby) keeps banging on about networking, and friends, and meeting people, blahdy blah? Yeah. Since I've been back, I've tagged my SQLPass peeps 6 or 8 times on different SQL issues. I got a great resource through Denny Cherry (@mrdenny) – authored by Bob Ward (@bobwardms) on AWE and 64-bit, got confirmation from Kim Tripp (@KimberlyLTripp) about nested views, and got a course syllabus from Buck Woody (@BuckWoody). I attended my first SQL Lunch today. I've also friended six new people on Facebook, all from the conference, and we're trading photos and memories. I announced the confirmed date for my user group's 2010 SQL Saturday, and almost instantly – through followers I gained at the Summit – got an inquiry about sponsorship.
What have I implemented? Community. Thanks, guys.
Tagbacks! Let's see, how about Colin Stasiuk (@BenchmarkIT), Tim Mitchell (@Tim_Mitchell), and Kendal Van Dyke (@SQLDBA).
-Jen McCown, http://www.MidnightDBA.com
(Oh, and if that's too much of a cop-out answer, I swear I'll post again after I go through my notes and/or get the summit DVDs. 🙂