Category: People and Opinions

2010 PASS Summit Interviews

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date December 30, 2010
Categories In News-ish, NonSQL, SQLPASS, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC
3 Comments on 2010 PASS Summit Interviews

It’s entirely fair to say that the highlight of my professional year is the PASS Summit in Seattle, and the highlight of the Summit is the recorded interviews we do each year (starting in 2009). The way we pick interviews is, we say “Who do we like, and/or is really cool, and/or would like to […]

Quick Thoughts on Learning

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date December 29, 2010
Categories In NonSQL, SSC

I’m looking for the attribution for a quote – it’s something I first heard from Sean, and we say it all the time: You never understand a thing until you teach it. Along the way, I found this: We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we […]

RTFM365, Week 3

Post author By Jen McCown
Post date December 28, 2010
Categories In Random helpfulness, sql server, sqlserverpedia-syndication, SSC, TSQL
3 Comments on RTFM365, Week 3

Well, my brain has increased by 12.4% in terms of SQL knowledge this week, as a direct result of my BOL readings, and according to numbers I’ve just made up. I’m sure it’s accurate. The thing that has me preoccupied this week is how much I’m looking up and reading (what one might consider) basics. I […]