My Greatest Weakness?

Around The Blogosphere
I was enjoying being an audience to the “greatest weakness” posts going around in the latest meme. This time it was started by David Stein who blogs (quite regularly) over at Made2Mentor.com in his post, “What is your biggest weakness? – The Classic Interview Question”.

As I said, I was enjoying reading the posts. [...]

December 15th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Community, Personal, Professional Development, Syndicate | 4 comments

Conciseness

Mike’s blog has been hijacked by a duck.

… okay, maybe not. Hi, I’m K. Brian Kelley and I am guest blogging on Mike’s blog. Normally I write on security topics over at SQL Server Central, but I couldn’t resist following up to this excellent blog post by Mike.
Why Conciseness Matters
Ever open an email that looks [...]

December 9th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Guest Post, Life Lessons, Professional Development | One comment

One Man's Trash...

Do you live in a town with a dump? I do (well, transfer station). On any given weekend you can find people looking for treasure in the scrap metal or electronics bins.
I never thought I’d say it, but over the past couple weeks of visiting the dump, I have found an amazing treasure that will [...]

December 7th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: DBA, Life Lessons, Professional Development, Syndicate | 2 comments

Alphabet Blocks and a Solid Foundation

Continuing in the theme from last week’s post correlating the DBAs role to aspects of various careers (Pilots, Chefs and Doctors) an illustration came to me this past weekend.
I was playing blocks with my 1 year old son. The game with him consists of me trying to hold him back for as long as possible [...]

March 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Best Practices, Life Lessons, Professional Development, Syndicate | Leave a comment

Checklists, Recipes and Algorithms

What do checklists, recipes or algorithms have to do with Database Administration? A lot… If we study a few career paths we can see how a checklist or process flow  makes their lives easier. I love stealing ideas from everyday life, working them into something useful for my DBA career and I think we have [...]

March 16th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Best Practices, Life Lessons, Pet Peeve, Professional Development, Syndicate | 11 comments