My daughters are crazed!

April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Completely normal, I assure you.This is also completely normal. If by "normal", you mean totally out of control.And here too, we're being totally normal. … [Read more...]

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SQL Server Performance Tuning and Optimization in Jacksonville, FL on April 27th

April 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment

One last reminder -  If you're interested in learning more about troubleshooting and optimizing SQL Server performance, please consider coming to the full-day seminar I'll be giving this Friday.  Full details are here: http://sqlperftuning.eventbrite.com/.  We'll be working some exercises, so bring your laptop with an instance of SQL Server 2008 (or later) running on it.  It'll be fun! I also encourage you to come on down to SQL Saturday 130  the following day - whether there's an official registration for you or not.  (But don't tell 'em I said that).  :^) Come by the booth for a visit. … [Read more...]

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Old Albaquerque

April 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment

On a recent biz trip, I was able to visit oldtown Albaquerque.  Very atmospheric and charming.  Here's a snap of the old mission church. … [Read more...]

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Laguna Hills Sunset

April 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I traveled back to the Quest HQ a couple months ago and was able to enjoy a very nice dinner with several of my colleagues.I snapped this photo with my cell phone as we walked from the parking lot to the restaurant.  You can make out Catalina Island on the horizon.  Just beautiful. … [Read more...]

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The Italian Always Finds a Way Out

April 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Anna somehow seems more Italian lately.  Maybe it's puberty? … [Read more...]

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Katie’s Premature Aging Problem

April 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment

She looks like an old Scottish man! … [Read more...]

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ITPro, Re-architect Your Life

April 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Have you ever found yourself wanting to make a major shift - in skills, in roles, in relationships? One of my good friends, Jimmy May (Blog | Twitter), accomplished a set of major career and lifestyle revisions including relocating to Redmond, taking on a huge new level of job responsibility as part of the Microsoft SQL Customer Advisory Team, and achieving the noted accreditation of Microsoft Certified Master. Jimmy and I were chatting about undertaking major life changes like these and, as is often the case, his thoughts were too good not to share. Be sure to explore these excellent … [Read more...]

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Spring SQL Cruise

April 11, 2012 by Leave a Comment

I was especially blessed to be chosen as a speaker and instructor for SQLCruise.com.The SQLCruise concept is simple - let's hold classes for IT professionals on a cruise ship.  We conduct our classes while at sea and, when in port, we conduct some outings and generally have fun.This trip we went to the Bahamas, the Netherland Antilles, and the US Virgin Islands.  Here's one of the vistas on St Maartins.  Fun snorkeling between the beach on those two islands too!One of the attendees knew me and even had one of my embarrassing rockstar shirts that Quest made up a year or two … [Read more...]

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Starting this week: Dublin, Maidenhead, and London

March 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

This might be most most overcommitted four-week period of time ever in my life.  I'm tired just thinking about it! Not only am I traveling internationally and speaking over the next few weeks, I'm also helping on two book projects, learning some new applications from Quest Software, and helping on a small Transact-SQL refactoring project. Swag on hand? I've got a special printing of 500 video training DVDs for this trip: SQL Server Training on DMVs Performance Monitor and Wait Events Plus, I'll have a few posters, stickers, and other goodies.  Come see me!   SQL Saturday … [Read more...]

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The Expert’s Conference (TEC) – For AD, SharePoint, Exchange, PowerShell and Other Admins

March 19, 2012 by Leave a Comment

What is TEC? The Expert's Conference (TEC) is a multi-day event featuring five co-located Microsoft educational conferences at the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina April 29-May 2.  It's pretty - see! The event includes advanced 400-level training on Microsoft Directory & Identity (including Active Directory), Exchange Server, SharePoint, Virtualization (Microsoft Hyper-V) & Workspace Management, and PowerShell Deep Dives.  There are lots of great activities for Quest and Microsoft customers and partners.  In addition, there's a Quest Software Day, with User Groups … [Read more...]

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