A few weeks back, I presented on SQL Server Table Partitioning at the first SQLRally conference. The event was energizing and fun– there were great conversations and I sat in on fun sessions. I particularly enjoyed Todd Robinson’s session on caching with App Fabric.
I recently talked with @TheJudgeOfCheese (t) about design patterns and grocery shopping.
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.
It’s time to submit abstracts for the SQL PASS 2011 Summit. Here’s what I’d like to get up to.
You often don’t realize you’ve gone too far until it’s too late.
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.
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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