I was inspired by fellow blogger and all around good guy Nic Cain (Twitter, blog) to write about the PASS BoD election, ending 12/20. Here is Nic’s take on the subject. So, who am I voting for? I’m not telling you. It’s not that I don’t support the people I’m voting for – I really and truly do. It’s […]
Category: Community
#SQLLove for my Mentor
In 1986, my big brother Jim accidentally encouraged me on my road to geekdom by purchasing an Apple][e, and later by gifting various Apple games to me, and teaching me about pre-Internet BBSs. In 1992, my high school purposefully encouraged me on that same road by offering Programming 1 and 2 (using Borland Pascal!), and […]
Convince me to read books (WHERE LEN(argument) <= 140)
While you wait for my awesome upcoming blog on data exception notification with SSRS, let’s pursue a whim of mine. I want your techie book recommendations. Write me a tweet @MidnightDBA, or in the comments below, that compels me to read your book of choice. (Yes, you can recommend your own book.) But the tweet better […]