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Thu, Jul 16 2009 21:55

Four speaking engagements coming up

I’m just going to list them… This Saturday (July 18th), at Code Camp SA . I’m going to be talking about functions in SQL, particularly those that involve BEGIN and END. At the end of the month, at the ACS Branch Conference . I’m going to be part of a...
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Wed, Jul 1 2009 13:23

Big events every month this quarter

A new Financial Year in Australia, and a bunch of technical events coming up. Of course there’s the usual monthly user groups , but there’s more – particularly if you’re in Adelaide. July sees CodeCampSA in Adelaide on the weekend of July 18/19. I’ve...
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Wed, Apr 1 2009 20:00

Time zone limbo

Australia is currently in an interesting week for time zones. Up until a couple of years ago, Daylight Savings finished on the last Sunday in March. That’s when the clocks got put back to Standard Time, as the Australian summer ended. Last year though...
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Mon, Oct 6 2008 21:03

Presenting at ADNUG this week

I haven't been to ADNUG for a while. I love that the group is there, but over the past year or more, I haven't prioritised getting to the meetings. I've been to meetings of equivalent groups in Melbourne and Sydney, but not to the Adelaide...
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Sun, Oct 14 2007 22:42

SQL Code Camp concludes, plus poor Catherine Eibner

The SQL Down Under Code Camp finished this afternoon after a successful couple of days, but was marred by the news that Catherine Eibner , whose company sponsored the Influencers Party at TechEd AU this year, had shattered her wrist and was in hospital...
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Fri, Oct 12 2007 13:04

User Group meeting with Christine Bishop

Yesterday we had Christine Bishop come to Adelaide . She's the Product Marketing Manager for SQL Server and BI for Microsoft Australia. That makes her handy to know if you're in the SQL space, and we had a nice crowd come along to the user group...
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Mon, Aug 20 2007 16:35

My favourite thing about SQL Server 2008

A few people have asked me what my favourite thing is in SQL Server 2008 ("Katmai"). But my favourite thing isn't actually a feature at all, it's a mindset that Microsoft are taking with it. This mindset is "We will only put features...
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Tue, Jul 3 2007 19:03

Darren Gosbell in Adelaide on July 12th

What a great week for Adelaide having Australian SQL MVPs presenting! Code Camp SA on the weekend of July 7th and 8th features the Gregs (Linwood and Low), and BI expert Darren Gosbell will be coming to speak to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group the...
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Tue, Jul 3 2007 18:28

An Adelaide icon waves goodbye

The State Bank building was built in Adelaide in 1988, and remains the tallest building in Adelaide. When the bank (not the building) collapsed in the early 90s, it became Santos House , and got branded with the Santos logo. It was like this when I first...
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Tue, Jun 5 2007 15:16

Interviewed

Debbie Timmins , who I met through the ACS , asked to interview me. If you're interested to know what she asked, and how I responded, then check out http://deb.foocode.net/?p=87 Deb has been involved with the Young IT side of the ACS recently, and...
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Mon, May 28 2007 21:03

Corrupt Paul Randal in Adelaide

Ok, not so much _in_ Adelaide as, umm... well... Ok, he's going to be presenting a session remotely, about corruption in Microsoft. Or at least, the way that Microsoft handles corruption in SQL Server. Paul Randal must be corrupt himself, because...
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Mon, Apr 2 2007 21:01

Some new CodeCamp MVPs

It's great when a new quarter starts, because we get to find out who the new MVPs are. This time, my good friend Peter Ward has received the gong in the SQL world, and in the Dev world, friends Grant Holliday and Paul Stovell (both from Readify) have...
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Wed, Feb 21 2007 10:02

Paul Turner

Paul Turner is an Adelaide guy I know well. He's been a trainer at Kaz for quite a while, is on the local ACS executive committee with me and has been involved in the local .Net user-group too. He's had a couple of major lifestyle changes in the last...
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Tue, Feb 20 2007 9:48

Coffee and Community

It's amazing how coffee can be conducive to community. Community is about sharing, it's about developing passion and enthusiasm, it's about friendship. And coffee is too. The age-old invite - "Let's do coffee" - is a great way to sit down with someone...
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Wed, Jan 17 2007 7:00

Powershell script from my SQL presentation

Last week I presented at my user-group about PowerShell and why every DBA should know this. The talk went for just over an hour, and as most of the audience hadn't used PowerShell at all, I started from the top and really pushed concepts like "You pipe...
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Thu, Dec 28 2006 9:55

Darren & James' podcast

Adelaide's stock is increasing again. :) Darren Neimke and James Chapman-Smith have started a podcast about user-experience. The pilot can be downloaded from Darren's blog . It's really quite good too! It goes for just 15 minutes, and I'm trying to encourage...
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Mon, Dec 11 2006 20:06

Adelaide SQL UG this week

This Thursday Greg Linwood of Solid Quality Learning is coming to the Adelaide SQL Server User Group to talk present about Performance Tuning. It should be a great time. Greg does a lot for the SQL Community in Australia, and it will be really good to...
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Thu, Nov 30 2006 9:41

ACS BEC meeting

Last night I attended my first ACS Branch Executive Committee (SA) meeting. It was certainly quite interesting. Great to meet the other people, even some of those who are stepping down from the committee now (presumably to be replaced by me!). The new...
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Thu, Nov 30 2006 8:55

Evaluation forms

Evaluation forms are great. There's something really nice about mulling through a pile of them after a meeting, having a look at what people wrote. It's also good to have audio-only copies of your presentations, so you can listen back to them to see where...
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Tue, Nov 7 2006 9:31

Office 2007 RTM today, great time for a talk about it and SQL!

Office 2007 has RTM'd today, and this includes Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This is great timing, with Grant Paisley coming to Adelaide to give his talk about integrating BI and MOSS. This is a great talk, and if you're going to be...
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