15Feb 2011 by Grant Fritchey 3 Comments

UN-SQL Friday #003–Vendor Love

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The love that dare not speak it’s name… Yes, love for vendors. <shudder> Oh, I mean I love my new employer, but other vendors, no never. Although, there was this one time, at band camp… Well, I don’t think we need to go into the details here, Let me just express a little love for a vendor that might not hit everyone’s radar every day, but one that I use almost daily, especially while I’m working on a book. That’s TechSmith, and their excellent tools Camtasia and Snagit. I was introduced to Snagit by Apress, who required their authors to use the tool while working on screen captures. They even provided a licensed copy. I dutifully installed it and started using it. I was impressed. Although, I found out it…
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19Nov 2010 by Grant Fritchey 5 Comments

Un-SQL Friday: Branding?

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Following in Midnight DBA's more interesting half new blog fest topic. My branding? I don't have a clue. There, I said it. Up until very, very recently, I've just been doing stuff. I haven't really even tried to think about what the plan was. Write a book? Sure, sounds like a cool challenge. Write another one? Well, the last one didn't kill me, OK. Start a blog. Jump on Twitter. Pick a Name. Could I pretty please present at PASS? I've been very focused on building my name, but I honestly never thought about my brand. It's just not something that occurred to me. Yes, I am that slow. Now recently, stuff has been happening and I'm suddenly concerned about it. I too went through FreeCon with Brent Ozar (blog|twitter).…
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