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Mon, Oct 19 2009 17:53

A Tripp to Melbourne?

I feel like it’s been a while since I’ve been to Melbourne (although I did pass through the airport there on my way back from Wagga ). I don’t know when I’ll be there next, but I have felt tempted to try to get there this week. Partly it’s because my...
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Wed, Sep 30 2009 23:50

A busy month – a new book, a new car, a new phone

I don’t know why Septembers are always busy. This one feels like it’s been interesting, and I’m not sure life will be the same again. But first, some of the biggest news – the book that I wrote a couple of chapters for is now available...
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Thu, Aug 27 2009 23:06

More SQL Conferences coming up, including SQL Bits and SQL Down Under

I know I won’t be there, as I’m a million miles away in Australia, but being from the UK myself, I always have an interest in the UK SQL community and in particular, events like SQL Bits. This is the fifth SQL Bits conference , and they keep getting larger...
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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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Tue, Mar 17 2009 10:44

Things You Know Now

This blog meme is doing the rounds… I’ve been tagged at least twice now ( Jason Strate and Greg Linwood ), so I suppose subconsciously I’ve been thinking about this stuff for a few weeks already. Since I do a lot of training, I tend...
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Mon, Feb 16 2009 10:27

A reason to visit Manchester

I shouldn’t knock Manchester – I’m sure it’s a great place. Being from the London area though, I’ve always had to find reasons to consider visiting Manchester. Now that I’m living in Australia, finding reasons to go is even harder. Manchester’s stock...
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Sat, Jan 31 2009 8:27

Jamie’s SQLMesh

Jamie Thomson is a useful guy. He’s a SQL MVP, generally considered one of the world’s authorities in Integration Services (SSIS), but also very keen on the Live space . So it makes sense that he’s now combining the two – he’s gone and created a Code...
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Wed, Jan 28 2009 10:37

Running a user-group meeting on a hot day

It's 44C here today in Adelaide. Yesterday made it to 43.2C, and my lunchtime session of the Adelaide SQL Server User Group had its lowest attendance for a long time. There were a few influencing factors which I will need to learn from: 1. The heat...
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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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Mon, Oct 6 2008 19:13

Congratulations, Mitch

A good friend of mine from Perth got awarded MVP status this past week. Mitch Wheat runs the .Net User Group over there, and does a terrific job. He does a lot for the community, and is incredibly smart. I'm really pleased for him. PS: There are a...
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Thu, Sep 18 2008 14:46

Improving Your T-SQL Arsenal - slides

I've given this presentation a couple of times at user-groups now - last week in Adelaide, and this week in Melbourne. I posted the scripts to my blog recently, making them available to people who heard this talk at TechEd Australia at the start of...
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Thu, Aug 7 2008 23:13

UNICEF Australia project at TechEd

It was unfortunate news when I heard that the UNICEF Australia site was hacked a little while ago. An old colleague of mine called me to let me know, and to ask if I knew anyone who could help them out. I used to work at a hosting company with this guy...
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Sat, Mar 15 2008 8:44

User Groups in Second Life

The morning after the Adelaide launch of the 2008 products , I got to enjoy breakfast with quite a handful other Adelaide community leaders, and few of the Microsoft DPE team. Conversation was remarkably varied, and one of the things that came up was...
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Tue, Mar 4 2008 7:50

Melbourne Launch

So I'm at the Heroes launch in Melbourne today. I'm going to hang out at the Experts booth, so if you're here and have a question about SQL Server 2008, why not come over?
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Thu, Dec 13 2007 21:52

My trip to Perth

I was in Perth last week, teaching a private course. The course went well, but best of all, I got to meet a good Perth-based friend of mine for the first time. I've known Mitch Wheat for ages online, but he's always just been on the other end...
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Thu, Nov 1 2007 20:07

SQL and Virtual Earth

A while back I was talking to Bronwen Zande, of Brisbane-based SoulSolutions and GeekGirlBlogs . Anyway, she and her partner John are big fans of Virtual Earth . As it's well publicised that SQL Server 2008 will have new spatial types , including...
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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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Sun, Oct 14 2007 11:21

SQL Down Under talks, and England wins

This weekend is getting better and better. With England winning in both the football and the rugby , my mood is pretty good anyway - despite having to give the first presentation of Sunday morning at the SQL Down Under Code Camp . The local TV channel...
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Sat, Oct 13 2007 11:27

SQL Down Under Code Camp begins

Two days of intensive SQL Server training , thanks to experts from around Australia and Kevin Kline from the US. All the Australian SQL Server MVPs are coming (five here so far, two more coming soon). The coffee is great (thanks Peter ), the company is...
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