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Saturday, March 15, 2008 8:44 AM

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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Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:50 AM

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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Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:52 PM

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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Thursday, November 01, 2007 8:07 PM

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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Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:42 PM

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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Sunday, October 14, 2007 11:21 AM

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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Saturday, October 13, 2007 11:27 AM

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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Friday, October 12, 2007 1:04 PM

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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Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:42 PM

Free SQL training at events in the UK and Australia

...and I'm not even referring to the User Groups which run regularly. The ones I'm referring to are SQLBits and the SQL Down Under Code Camp . SQLBits was in the UK last weekend, and was a massive success. I would've loved to have been able...
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Saturday, September 22, 2007 10:38 AM

PASS one day

This is not a review of day one of the PASS conference. It's a hope that one day I'll be able to make it to a big PASS conference. PASS is the Professional Association for SQL Server , and every year they have a large conference. This year's...
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Monday, August 20, 2007 4:35 PM

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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Friday, August 17, 2007 8:47 PM

Thoughts on TechEd

I enjoy TechEd . It's always good fun. Last week was my fourth TechEd, having attended for the past three years, plus in '99. The last three years have seen my involvement increase each time. Last year I proctored with the Hands-On Labs, and this...
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