If I had a favorite kind of politician, it would be the kind that, when asked a question, sighs tiredly, and then regains their gleam of manic optimism as they begin to speak about the path ahead. Given that, my two favorite politicians right now are Wendy Pastrick and Grant Fritchey. Both of these people are realists, […]
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The problem with PASS Summit abstracts (and submissions and selection and notification and…)
The problem with the PASS Summit session submissions process is that people don’t know why they’re rejected. So say we all. Speaking at PASS I say with confidence “so say we all”, because of a massive Twitter conversation this morning on the topic. If you’re not familiar with it, the general process for a speaker […]
SQL for Everybody
I read a terribly excited blog this morning by a guy who had just discovered Alt-F1 in SSMS. (If you don’t know, it runs sp_help on the highlighted object.) My very, very first instinct – I’m ashamed to say – was to think “Who doesn’t know about that?” That’s not right. In fact, that goes against […]