SQL Saturday Virginia Beach — I’m speaking June 8!

I just found out today that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #839, Virginia Beach on June 8! I will be doing my presentation about the role of documentation in disaster recovery! I'll post about this event again as we get closer to the date. See you there in early June!

SQL Saturday Boston BI — this Saturday, March 30

This coming Saturday, March 30, I will be speaking at SQL Saturday #813, Buston (BI Edition)! This is my first SQL Saturday for 2019, and it will be the third time since last September that I will be speaking in the Microsoft facility in Burlington, MA! I will be doing my presentation on how to …

#SQL101: Developing an introductory presentation to SQL Server

So far, all of my SQL Saturday presentations have been professional development talks -- "soft topics," as they're often described. I don't present about technical topics, but I do present topics that are of interest to technology (and perhaps other) professionals. This is not to say that I don't have technical skills. I do have …

No events near you? Try a virtual group — or start your own!

As I'm writing this, I'm sitting in on a webinar by Matt Cushing called Networking 102: Getting Ready for a SQL Event. (It was originally named "Networking 101," but I guess he didn't want it to conflict with mine! 🙂 ) This is actually the same session that I attended at Washington, DC SQL Saturday, …

Don’t forget to edit your system messages

One of my current work projects is a administrative guide for our application. After a recent status meeting, one of the developers sent me a list of validation error messages that might appear during data imports. I was asked to make sure the validation messages were included with the documentation. While going through the validation …

College is important… but so are trades

My wife and I built (well, okay, not literally) our house in which we're currently living. While it was under construction, I went to visit the site roughly every other day. I wanted to check on progress and make sure there weren't any issues. Besides that, I enjoyed watching the structure go up. I remember …

Monthly CASSUG meeting — March 2019

Greetings, data enthusiasts! This is a reminder that our March CASSUG meeting will take place on Monday, March 11, 5:30 pm, in the Datto (formerly Autotask) cafeteria! Our guest speaker is George Walters! His talk is about security features from SQL 2005 through 2017! For more information, and to RSVP, go to our Meetup link at http://meetu.ps/e/FWkSv/7fcp0/f …

Virtual presentation: Networking 101: Building professional relationships

Next Friday, March 8, 2:00 PM Eastern time (7:00 PM UTC), I will be doing my presentation about professional networking! This is part of a series of presentations for the PASS Professional Development Virtual Group. If you're interested in attending, use this link to register for the event! This is the same presentation that I …