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PNW Day of Data 2026

admin July 19, 2026 0 Comments

*speaker photo from SQL Saturday 2025* The indefatigable Steve Jones made a decision to go from the SQL Saturday brand to Day of Data. You may think it was presumptive for the Oregon group that all lives in Vancouver to claim the name for themselves, but there was a method to my madness. As we increase interest for Day of Datas in our region, the name is setup for a dash.... PNW Day of Data -...

Day of Data Baton Rouge 2026 – back home

admin July 19, 2026 0 Comments

When I was fortunate enough to be chosen to speak at #DayofDataBR, and I saw that tickets to New Orleans were quite a bit cheaper, I took the opportunity to fly there first. Louis Armstrong has always been an idol of mine, as I was growing up as a wannabe jazz piano player. I would listen to him along with some of the other influences from that era to understand the style. I'm glad I was able to...

Azure Storage – Day of Data Baton Rouge – 18 Jul 2026

admin July 10, 2026 0 Comments

You did everything right. You moved SQL Server to Azure, you paid for premium storage, you sized the VM generously. And it's still... slow. Your users are grumbling, your dashboards look fine on paper, and you're starting to wonder if the cloud was oversold. Here's the uncomfortable truth I've been sharing on stages this year: in Azure, you're paying for a service, and Microsoft is only going to...

Moving Forward

admin February 10, 2025 0 Comments

As I have told many people, I was REALLY busy between the last week of October and through Christmas. All good stuff, all busy. January was just the normal busy, but I used the time to make lists. Lists are good. You get immediate organization, you can check off items, and you can track your progress. Yes, this is the typical whiny post from someone who makes a blog and then ignores it for...

Being a Speaker – PASS Summit 2020

admin November 30, 2020 0 Comments

As I mentioned in an earlier post (I know, way earlier), I was honored to speak again at PASS Summit, the first virtual one. First of all, the PASS team worked their collective tails off to make sure everything went smoothly. I KNOW there were technical difficulties. I felt them myself. I KNOW my demos were a little hard (more than a little) to see on the darned window that wouldn't expand. For...

On Business Continuity

admin June 10, 2020 0 Comments

Business Continuity, why is it so important? If the business can't run, it can't make money. Even more critical is the customer trust that will be lost by the business not functioning. There are quotes on that it takes ten times more effort to keep a customer than it does to gain a new one. If your company can't provide the needed goods/services, etc, your former customers will be moving onto...

Es Beginnt mit mir. Es Beginnt mit dir.

admin May 24, 2020 0 Comments

Welcome to my blog. I've only been threatening to write this for at least five years and I've finally pulled the trigger. No, my German is certainly not good enough anymore to write a blog, but I still enjoy keeping some words fresh in my mind. It truly does begin with you (and me). We need to move ourselves forward in order to enjoy our lives. In my "Becoming a Master" presentation, I hammer...