A trauma patient can be “splinted to death.” So can a database server. It happens during at least one ambulance call each year and I’m sure it happens in many more data or network operation centers each year, too.
This post is my attempt to start back up with my “Lessons From Disasters” series I promised [...]
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Don’t Splint Your Database Server To Death
6 Reasons I Won’t Hire You
Looking for that next technology job? I’ll let you in on a little secret – six little secrets – Reasons I’ve said “no thanks” to SQL Server candidates when interviewing them for clients & employers:
1 – “I Don’t Know” isn’t a phrase you know…
I ask different kinds of questions. Some are questions you’ll find in [...]
I’m Thankful For: Self Employment
This is Thanksgiving week here in the US. This week, I am going to try and share a post each day about something I’m thankful for. So far I’ve shared how I’m thankful for:
Perspective – Why looking back at past challenges can make current ones seem, well, not that big.
Relationships – I am where I [...]
I’m Thankful For: Perspective
This is Thanksgiving week here in the US. This week, I am going to try and share a post each day about something I’m thankful for. We’ll start today with perspective – Why I’m thankful for it and why I think you’d benefit from some looking back with perspective in mind as you contemplate whatever [...]
Relationship Advice From The FCC
I never thought a government agency would teach me a life lesson. That was until I had a long drive to a client site and pondered the FCC label you see on electronics, motors, and the like…
I was listening to my Zune Pass music in the truck driving to a client a couple [...]
If You See Something, Say Something
I get to tell you an embarrassing story and I get to kick off a series of posts I’ve wanted to do for awhile now. Why? Because it’s “meme Monday” Check out Tom LaRock‘s post about the topic and the idea he came up with a couple months back.
This week Tom asked us to [...]
Best Practices: Explain and Understand Them!
Stop expecting people to blindly follow your advice. Stop blindly following the advice of others.
I’m borrowing a lesson from the man who proclaimed he knew exactly when the world would end (last weekend October 21st now). If you only have a minute, my point is simple and I’ve hit it before here -
For Those [...]
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