Cross posted from Stuart Ainsworth’s codegumbo. Obviously, the angst over the 2010 PASS elections still lives on for some, and some of you are probably ready to move on to more immediate concerns, but as for me, I’m stuck here trying to figure out what I should learn from all of this. I do think [...]
#passvotes Tweaks and Data Geeks: PASS Election 2011
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A PASSionate Community
Cross posted from Joe Webb’s blog. Much has been voiced about the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Nominating Committee’s decision to not put Steve Jones (blog, twitter) on the ballot for this year’s Board of Directors election. I’ve watched this controversy unfold with great interest, biting my tongue to keep from making rash or [...]
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A Community Divided
Cross posted from Joe Webb’s blog. People have been screaming from rooftops for a month now about the PASS election process, ever since a beloved member of our SQL Server community was shunned in his bid to run for the PASS Board of Directors. The community has reacted vocally. PASS has reacted defensively. And unfortunately [...]
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MacGyver Moments
In case you haven’t heard, your MacGyver Moments are those times when you improvised an excellent solution to a problem using non-traditional materials, techniques, or tools…
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Collaboration Nation Call to Action! Calling All SQL Server Bloggers and Twitterers
The Suggestion The Modern Language Association hasn’t made up all the new rules yet to govern how one blogger should reverence, er, reference another in their blog posts. But they should! Let’s get that ball rolling for them. I’m not exactly sure who started this format, but it’s my favorite. When writing a blog post [...]
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What Three Events Brought You Here?
Whiners and Whingers Get Wedgies There I was, just a couple weeks back, whining that I wasn’t getting tagged by friends when a new meme comes out. Sure enough, when my friend, Paul Randal (blog | twitter), starts a new meme with me as one of the first handful of people tagged, it’s taken me [...]
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Goals and Theme Word for 2010
NOT A WHINER I’ve been really intrigued by a meme making the rounds of the blogsphere concerning goals for the coming year and picking a theme word, rather than the usual New Year’s resolution. As with all memes, they start with a blogger picking the topic of discussion (in this case, Tara Hunt at HPC) [...]
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