10Dec 2010 by Grant Fritchey 15 Comments

12 Days of SQL, On the 2nd Day of SQL…

PowerShell
Microsoft gave to me, an excellent new management language. Yeah, so it doesn't rhyme or match the song in any way, but as far as gifts of the season go, PowerShell is it. There are a couple of problems with PowerShell, first, it's not installed everywhere, and second, DBAs just haven't quite latched on to this new language as a management tool. That second problem is absolutely not one that I would say about Aaron Nelson (blog|twitter), our next 12 Days of SQL blogger.  Aaron is one of the leading lights out there educating DBAs, and everyone else for that matter, about the strengths and capabilities of PowerShell as a management language for SQL Server. I've said it twice, and I hope you noticed, but I didn't say scripting language,…
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24Nov 2010 by Grant Fritchey 4 Comments

FreeCon

Misc
I got my FreeCon. What's more, I did it in public and didn't get in trouble. FreeCon is the brain child of Brent Ozar (blog|twitter). Basically Brent gathered together a few bloggers & writers from the SQL Server community, some extremely well known, like Tom LaRock (blog|twitter), some in the middle, like me, and others that are clearly up & coming like David Stein (blog|twitter).  He jammed us all in a room and made us talk to one another. OK, that's a lie. He invited us out to this lovely little poetry space in Seattle the day before the PASS Summit was due to start, where we imbibed good food & coffee and had the opportunity to share a lot of great information with each other. The basic concept was…
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19Nov 2010 by Grant Fritchey 5 Comments

Un-SQL Friday: Branding?

Misc
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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