June 2006 - Posts

Rogues Gallery

Published Mon, Jun 26 2006 4:15 | GregLow

Carl Franklin was busy at TechEd. There's a scary looking bunch of us in his rogues gallery. http://www.intellectualhedonism.com/2006/06/26/DearMom.aspx

Airline Baggage Handling

Published Sat, Jun 24 2006 1:51 | GregLow

Once again, I'm sitting in Brisbane and my luggage is *somewhere*. After spending the last day trying to deal with the airline baggage folk, I'm struck by the unrealistic world in which they seem to live. I was on an Alaska flight from Seattle to LAX...

RD Program at TechEd

Published Fri, Jun 16 2006 11:57 | GregLow

I can't describe how much of an honour it has been this year to have joined the MSDN Regional Director program. This has really been brought home to me at TechEd where so many of the RDs are present. Getting to spend time with "older hands" in the RD...

Webcast from TechEd

Published Fri, Jun 16 2006 1:01 | GregLow

I've had a few people asking about the session I did at TechEd in Boston earlier today. It is now available as an on-demand webcast at: http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/WebCastEventDetails.aspx?EventID=1032298238&EventCategory=5&culture=en-US&CountryCode...

ReadiFridays

Published Fri, Jun 16 2006 0:54 | GregLow

I will be delivering seminars on Upgrading to SQL Server 2005 in Melbourne (30 Jun), Brisbane (7 Jul), Sydney (14 Jul) and Canberra (21 Jul). This is part of ReadiFridays. At our web site, we describe ReadiFridays as "a series of free half day events...

Good luck Rocky & Joseph

Published Fri, Jun 16 2006 0:43 | GregLow

It's public news today that two of my colleagues are moving on. Rocky Heckman was an MVP in the developer security area and has drunk the Koolaide. He's joining Microsoft in the next few weeks. Joseph Cooney is also moving on shortly. Both these guys...

TechEd Boston - Speaker Training

Published Wed, Jun 14 2006 23:33 | GregLow

I had the pleasure of spending an hour today with Richard Klees . Richard is the speaker trainer provided by Microsoft here at TechEd in Boston. All speakers had an option to sign up for a 1 on 1 session with Richard or for a group session. What amazes...

SQL Down Under Show 17 - Gert Drapers - Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (Data-Dude)

Published Thu, Jun 8 2006 0:53 | GregLow

Hi Folks, SQL Down Under Show 17 featuring Microsoft Architect and Development Manager Gert Drapers discussing the upcoming Visual Studio Team Edition for Database Professionals (formally known as Data-Dude) is now available for download from www.sqldownunder...

The Short Straw

Published Mon, Jun 5 2006 6:55 | GregLow

A number of sessions at TechEd Boston have to draw the short straw. I got one of them :-) I'll be presenting my "A SQL Server DBA's Guide To CLR Integration" as DAT329 at 8:00AM Thursday June 15th. Yes, that's 8AM in the morning. It'll be good to see...