Women in Technology at SQL Rally
For the inaugural SQL Rally in Florida last year I wrote a blog post urging men to attend the Women in Technology (WIT) luncheon. I wanted to express my opinon that it wasn’t for women only and that it was important for men to be part of the discussion about the issues women face in [...]
Getting the most out of SQL Rally
I’m headed to Dallas for SQL Rally this afternoon from Colorado and I’m really looking forward to it, not just because I’m going to present a session on Columnstore Indexing, but because of everything else I get to do. I’m one of those people who over the years has had to learn how to attend [...]
SQL Saturday #131 Phoenix Recap
This past weekend I attended and presented at the 131st SQL Saturday in Phoenix, AZ. I got a chance to do 3 sessions, one of them an experimental session where I debated Jeff Renz on the merits of data warehouse architecture. He took the Data Vault side and I argued for Dimensional Modeling. The session [...]
