Earlier this month, my friend Tim Ford (b|t) proposed an idea: A 2016 challenge to technical bloggers: 1 introductory level blog per month… #mvpbuzz https://t.co/BQ4T6U6zbg — Tim Ford (@sqlagentman) December 28, 2015 I think this is a fantastic idea. The hardest part of beginning anything is that we usually don’t know what questions to ask. […]
Ed Leighton-Dick helps small and midsize businesses solve their most challenging database performance, resiliency, and data security issues at Kingfisher Data, the consulting firm he founded in 2014. He has taught thousands of people at over 200 events, including the world's largest Microsoft data platform conferences, and he has been a leader in the Microsoft data community since 2008. Microsoft has recognized Ed seven times as a Data Platform MVP for his expertise and service to the data community.
New Year, New Look, New Focus
Happy New Year, and welcome back! One of the projects I undertook over the holidays was to give the site a facelift. I didn’t follow my original plan, but I definitely like the way it turned out. I hope you like it as much as I do. Another of my holiday projects was to resuscitate […]
[T-SQL Tuesday] Data modeling: The trouble with prefixes
This month, Mickey Stuewe (b|t) hosted T-SQL Tuesday, giving us a topic of “data modeling gone wrong“. This is a fantastic topic – there are just so many ways that data modeling can go wrong, even by experienced pros – that I wanted to chime in, even though I wasn’t able to get a post written by […]
SQLNewBlogger, Week 3
I have a confession to make: I haven’t been writing much this week. Last weekend, I didn’t feel well and didn’t do much of anything. This week, I’ve been buried in work and didn’t have time. Because of those, I missed Tuesday’s post, and I don’t have a writing prompt or a recap ready for […]
SQL New Blogger Challenge: Week 1 recap
Thanks to everyone who participated in week 1 of the SQL New Blogger Challenge! Eight posts were written this week and linked on Twitter (#SQLNewBlogger), and I think I saw some that weren’t tweeted with our hashtag. That’s a great first week! Andy Levy (b|t) once again generated a digest of the posts for this week. […]