Help Me Not Be Selected to Speak at the Dativerse Virtual Conference
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career
A call for speakers is open for the very first edition of the Dativerse conference, which will be held on August 13, 2021: http://dativerse.io/
kendra little
Free Virtual Event: Mental Health and Awareness Day on May 7th
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career
I’ll be giving a 10 minute lightning talk at the upcoming Mental Health and Wellness day event on May 7, 2021, hosted by the Data Platform WIT group.
Ten Ideas to Improve Online Tech Conferences
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career
Amid the global pandemic, online tech conferences have had a natural surge in popularity. I’ve attended quite a few of these in 2020 across several technical areas (database tech, DevOps, privacy, tech research). The conferences have been both large and small, both free and paid, and have been held across a few different regions and time zones.
Coping with the Pandemic (T-SQL Tuesday #132)
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career
This post is part of the monthly TSQLTuesday blog event. This month’s topic is from Taiob Ali.
Down Tools Week 2020 (10 minute video/podcast episode)
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career
It’s Down Tools Week at Redgate.
About This Episode
In this episode, I share what “Down Tools Week” is, what I’m working on this week, and why I think it’s a terrific experience for fostering creativity, innovation, and teamwork. In closing I share some thoughts on variations of this kind of project which you might use in your own organization.
Common Antipatterns in Database Development (28 minute video/podcast episode)
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devops-automation
Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it’s hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I share three things that should NOT be normal for database development– but which are incredibly common.
Everything I Never Wanted to Know About Collation (14 minute video/podcast episode)
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tsql-programming
, sql-server
I’m not an expert on collation in SQL Server, but there are a few important facts which I’ve had to learn the hard way. In this episode I share the basics, along with helpful resources to learn more.