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Tycho Brahe and Moving to Portland

Tycho Brahe and Moving to Portland

on May 23, 2011

This much we agreed on: Tycho Brahe was a visionary, an astronomer, and he lost a big piece of his nose.

The rest was murky. I thought he died from syphilis, and that possibly his nose had been lost the same way.

Jeremiah said he lost his nose in a duel, and that he died of some sort of toxicity related to refusing to pee.

We were in the car, going somewhere. I think we were going to Portland and it was move-related. This is, you see, because we’re moving to Portland.

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SQL PASS Submissions 2011

SQL PASS Submissions 2011

on May 4, 2011

It’s time to submit abstracts for the SQL PASS 2011 Summit. Here’s what I’d like to get up to.

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Down the Rabbit Hole

Down the Rabbit Hole

on May 2, 2011

You often don’t realize you’ve gone too far until it’s too late.

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What Do You Call a Group of Experts?

What Do You Call a Group of Experts?

on April 25, 2011

What’s an expert?

A variety of definitions of “expert” get tossed around – a specialist, someone with comprehensive knowledge, the person who knows more about a topic than anyone else within six feet. Many people go the way of the Supreme Court and say they know an expert when they see it.

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Do you work with data? You have options.

Do you work with data? You have options.

on April 15, 2011

In preparing for the SQLPeople event, I thought about the role, motivation, and techniques of a “knowledge worker” in today’s society.

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SQLPeople events

SQLPeople events

on April 13, 2011

Not too long ago, Andy Leonard (blog|twitter) dreamed up the idea to create the SQLPeople community. The community is forming around the stories and ideas of its members. The SQLPeople website shares stories.

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Can you write a story in 11 words or less?

Can you write a story in 11 words or less?

on April 4, 2011

“Sam Beckett, revised: Code again, error again, monitor better.”

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