When I picture Paul Randal, I picture a guy who likes to run up to a bees nest at a crowded picnic and give it a good couple whacks. You know what I mean, it’s that laughing picture in his twitter profile. Or maybe it’s the devil’s advocate style he has. Maybe it’s his controversial [...]
5 Things SQL Server Should DROP
by Mike Walsh on 11. May, 2010 in Best Practices, DBA, Pet Peeve, Syndicate
Speaking at SNESSUG Wednesday!
by Mike Walsh on 11. May, 2010 in Community, User Group
Back in April, I invited Grant Fritchey to be our inaugural speaker to the Seacoast SQL Server User Group. My guess is he was frustrated with the traffic and time to drive from his office in Rhode Island up to New Hampshire in rush hour traffic. Why? Because shortly after his time speaking with us, [...]
SeacoastSQL First Meeting Recap
by Mike Walsh on 19. Apr, 2010 in Community, Syndicate, User Group
(Written the night of the meeting, edited and posted after)
Wow. I just got home from a really great night with a fun group of people. The first meeting (hopefully of many more) was a success (more on what that means from my point of view below) and we had an amazing turnout – By my [...]
Seacoast SQL Server Users Group Is Alive!
by Mike Walsh on 31. Mar, 2010 in Community, Syndicate, User Group
One of the things that have been keeping me from regular posts has been working on setting up a new SQL Server User Group. Well, that is now starting to really come together! Our first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday April 13th, 2010. We have a basic site, a logo and some plans. Still some [...]
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