Category: People and Opinions

Announcement: Backup(n.) vs Back Up(v.)

Let it be known that the word “backup” is a noun (it refers to a thing), and “back up” is a verb (it refers to an action. I’m going to back up the database. It will produce a backup. I’ll save that backup until we back up the database three more times. This is how the terms are used throughout Books Online. I […]

Issues and opinions on the PASS anti-harassment policy (#sqlpass)

PASS just published an anti-harassment policy reminder, quickly followed by a  blog by Wendy Pastrick (about a bad experience at last month’s conference, and why it took a while to report it). We’ve had some conversation on Twitter about it all, and a couple of jokes, and some back and forth. Here are a few related items, and […]

A Data Age proclamation

Twice in two days now, I’ve gotten in discussions with people about the state of data usage…the idea that we have absolutely massive amounts of data at our disposal – especially us, as if you’re reading this, you’re likely a DBA or at least an IT professional – but that people are not using data to its fullest extent. […]