Monthly Archives: December 2009

Goals and Themeword for 2010

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 9 Comments

Cover via Amazon Well looks like another chain-post, this time started by none other than the SQLRockstar Tom Larock (@SQLRockstar on Twitter). He poses the question “What are your goals and themeword for 2010?“. From there I actually got tagged … Continue reading →

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A Decade in Review

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 4 Comments

Wow, what a decade! We’ve seen quite a bit of change in our world (9/11, a war or two, minority as President) and I’ve had quite an eventful decade myself. Here’s a quick list of stuff I can remember off-hand … Continue reading →

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Beware Vendor Databases

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 5 Comments

This is just a quick post to serve as a warning sign to those who are DBAs in shops where you routinely get vendor pre-packaged databases (which should encompass about 99% of you). Today we had a vendor installing a … Continue reading →

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Real-world Value of Twitter at Work

Posted on December 22, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 5 Comments

Story of how Twitter can bring real-world value to professionals at work. Continue reading →

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Need #SQLHelp? Throw up the Bat-Signal

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Jorge Segarra 4 Comments

Brent Ozar (@Brento) and Aaron Nelson (@sqlvariant) were talking discussing on Twitter the creation of dedicated hashtag for those who need help with SQL Server issues.  As Brent is known for doing, he magically whipped up a blog post on the matter explaining how … Continue reading →

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