Archiving my talks, part 3: PASS Summit — #PASS

With the imminent demise of PASS, I figured I should take Steve Jones' advice and archive my presentation links. I spoke at PASS Summit in 2019 (in Seattle) and 2020 (virtually). Naturally, I wanted to get as much as I could from my sessions from those two events. Unfortunately, it appears that the pages from …

#PASSSummit2020 part 5: The debrief #PASSSummit #PASSVirtualSummit

(Ed. Note: I had intended to get this out last week, but a family emergency prevented me from doing so, so this article is a week later than I'd wanted to post.) Now that I've had the weekend to recover from a busy PASS Summit 2020 week, I can write about my thoughts and impressions. …

#PASSSummit2020 part 4: The final day #PASSSummit #PASSVirtualSummit

Well, it's Friday. Today is my third -- and last -- day of PASS Summit 2020. I'll start right off the bat with why this day is important for me, personally: today is my day to present. The funny thing is, I'm not really presenting. PASS is using my prerecorded session that I put together …

#PASSSummit2020 part 3: My second full day #PASSSummit #PASSVirtualSummit

As I write this, I have the Day 2 Keynote about SQL Ecosystem and Innovation on in the background, but I'm not paying a lot of attention to it. There's a lot of technical information that goes beyond my scope of knowledge and interest. And that's okay. I might not be paying a lot of …

#PASSSummit2020 part 2: My first full day #PASSSummit #PASSVirtualSummit

I'm writing this midday during my first full day of PASS Summit. I want to note that this is my first full day, since I didn't participate in the pre-cons (which are an extra fee) on Monday and Tuesday. As I write this article, I'm sitting in on Kevin Kline's presentation on data governance. In …

#PASSSummit2020 part 1: Planning out the week #PASSSummit #PASSVirtualSummit

I decided that I would do what I had intended to do last year, but didn't: live 'blog my PASS Summit experience. So this is my first "official" article in which I write about my activities for PASS Summit 2020. These articles will be tagged in my categories as #PASSSummit2020. When I went to PASS …