I saw a tweet on the #SQLHelp hotline last night from Mike Talon ( blog | twitter ) asking “Is there an #Exchange version of #SQLHelp?” My immediate reaction was: Wow!! What a compliment to the #SQLPASS community that other communities want to help each other like we do! [Insert Giant Community Pat-On-The-Back] I know [...]
Posts under ‘Productivity’
PowerShell Learning Resources
Yesterday a conversation on twitter about PowerShell learning resources lead me to realize that: The PowerShell tab on my own site could use some updating BUT: It’s grown to the point where it’s probably not all that useful for someone starting out. To that end here are 7 8 key resources that I would recommend [...]
Controlled Failure is the Key to Learning More
Recently Andy Leonard ( blog | twitter ) tweeted: “I was asked recently about secrets to success. My reply? “Never fear failure.” :{>” I really agree with this in a lot of ways. Surprised? Don’t be, there’s a big difference between ‘not fearing failure’ and ‘liking failure’. I don’t get up in the morning because [...]
Bite Sized Blog Posts
For the next several weeks (about 9) I will be really busy with a data center move and doing some presentations on PowerShell. During that time I’m sure I’ll find all kinds of cool uses for PowerShell and SQL Server and I’ll post them as quick as I can in a small bite-sized format. This [...]
Lunch-n-Learn #01: SQL Server 2005 Features
Yesterday I did a quick Lunch-n-Learn here at my company on a few SQL Server 2005 features and this post is just a follow-up to remind everyone what we saw and where you can find those features. I will try to still make this useful for those of you who didn’t attend. 0: To make [...]
Goals for 2010
It’s that time of year so here’s a quick blog post so that I can track how well I achieve my goals for 2010 My goals for 2010 are pretty simple. Spend more time with my daughter Finish reading my PowerShell In Action book Help run and market a very successful year of the App [...]
Second Time Zone in Outlook Calendar
I wanted to take a minute today to try and give everyone that is going to the PASS Summit a helping hand with being in a different Time Zone next week. As nice as it would be if we could all focus in on just the PASS Summit, some of us might still have some commitments [...]
