Thanks to all who attended my sessions at recent SQL Saturdays! In July, I presented two sessions at the SQL Saturday in Iowa City; this past weekend, I presented at SQL Saturday in Kansas City. My slides for both are now on my presentations page. On October 12, I’ll be doing my last SQL Saturday […]
Thoughts about Microsoft’s retirement of the MCM
I was quite surprised, to say the least, to hear today of Microsoft’s sudden retirement of its advanced certifications. (For those who haven’t heard, Microsoft sent an email late Friday announcing its decision to retire the MCM, MCSM, and MCA certifications on October 1, just one month from today.) For many of us, this is […]
Spring SQL Saturday Sprint!
If any of you are in the Midwestern US, you can come see me speak both of the next two weekends. Both are new sessions, and they should be great! On April 6, I’ll be presenting “Get Involved!” at SQL Saturday #206 in Madison, WI: SQL Saturday is a great place to learn more about […]
Reboot
Two years ago, I was first inspired to start blogging by a session at the annual PASS Summit. It took me about eight months to finally get things together to start writing… and then I stopped. Finding time for this has been difficult, between the demands of work, family, and leading a PASS chapter. I […]
I’m presenting in Madison!
One of my goals for the year was to present at least twice. I’m happy to say that I’m making progress on that goal – my first presentation was selected for SQL Saturday #118 in Madison, WI! I’ll be presenting “Practically Normal”, a practical introduction to normalization. Normalization is a key concept in a relational […]