5 February–Panel: Myths, Misunderstandings and Successes in Data Analytics
On Thursday 5 February at 5:00 PM EST I’ll be moderating a panel on Myths, Misunderstandings and Successes in Data Analytics as part of the PASS Business Analytics 24 Hours of PASS preview. It’s...
View ArticleToronto SQL Server User Group PASS Summit Discount Code
Many Toronto User Group members will be attending the PASS Summit in November in Seattle Washington, including me. If you work with SQL Server, this is the only community-driven event for SQL...
View ArticlePASS Summit 2014 Speaker Idol—Judging You, Part I
This year we had a new item at the 2014 PASS Summit: Speaker Idol. Run by Denny Cherry ( blogs | @mrdenny ), this is a contest where people who have never been selected to speak at Summit get the...
View ArticleConfusing Community with Sales
There have been some blog posts floating around about a new PASS Summit policy. Most of the posts have been either misleading or ill-informed about why this new rule came about. Last year there was...
View ArticleSlide decks and PASS Summit: About Me Slides
I’ve been extremely lucky to have my sessions selected for speaking at PASS Summits for 4 of the last 5 years. One year all my topics (data modeling and database design) were deemed to be “off-topic”...
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