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  • 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 mum is about to turn sixty, but also because my friends...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Oct 19 2009
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  • 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 put my name into the hat for speakers, and will try...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jun 30 2009
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  • 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 .Net Group for a while. But this week I will! I've...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Oct 6 2008
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  • 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 bunch of other new MVPs this October as well (plus...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Oct 6 2008
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  • 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 the month, so now I've got around to uploading...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Wed, Sep 17 2008
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  • 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, and had seen quite a few websites get hacked one...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Thu, Aug 7 2008
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  • 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?
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Mar 3 2008
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  • 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 of the wire. Now I know what he looks like! It was...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Thu, Dec 13 2007
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  • 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 fancy ways of integrating with Virtual Earth, I asked...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Thu, Nov 1 2007
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  • 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 sent cameras just after I finished, so I think I...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Sat, Oct 13 2007
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  • 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 great, and there are so many more people here (than...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Fri, Oct 12 2007
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  • 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 to attend, but it's a bit far to travel (I guess...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Wed, Oct 10 2007
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  • 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 into the CTPs once they are basically complete...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Aug 20 2007
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  • 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 year I presented both a session and an Instructor...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Fri, Aug 17 2007
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  • Code Camps galore

    We all know that Adelaide hosted Code Camp SA recently - it was a great success, and some people even wished I was there ! TechEd is coming up of course, but now there are two code camps scheduled for October, on the same weekend (13-14) and at the same venue! Yes, that place is Wagga Wagga - one Wagga...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Sat, Jul 21 2007
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  • How to find TechEd Australia 2007 in a search tool

    This is just hilarious, but kinda sad for Microsoft. I was in a class, and asked who amongst the students were going to TechEd this year. I had a couple of strange looks, so I pulled up Internet Explorer and went to search for the event site. Knowing that searching tends to be the best way of finding...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jul 3 2007
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  • 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 following Thursday. He'll be presenting about...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jul 3 2007
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  • Code Camp hits Adelaide

    July 7-8 is the date for Code Camp SA. If you're superstitious and seven is your lucky number, then it might be worth pointing out that the date is 7/7/7. It's being organised by ADNUG, UniSA and the ACS, and you can find a full list of speakers here . I won't be there, but the Australian...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jul 3 2007
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  • 70-431 exam tips, and congrats to Jos Verbaken - MCTS

    Jos Verbaken was a student of mine a few weeks ago. He lives in Ballarat, and is known around the Melbourne SQL Server User Group circles. He did the 5-day course 2780 - Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database . During the course, I encouraged the students to sit the exam 70-431 , which the...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Tue, Jul 3 2007
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  • 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 we've had quite a few conversations about various...
    Posted to Rob Farley by Rob Farley on Mon, Jun 4 2007
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