SQL Server, PASS, and other data mishaps
A new blog is born
A new take on an old idea
As if there aren’t already enough blogs around about SQL server I’ve decided to start and build my own. For those of you tortured lucky enough to know me you’ll know exactly how hard the decision has been to start this blog.
I hope this blog will become a place that I can throw random thoughts about with almost reckless abandon. I plan on using this place as a sounding board for ideas as well as a place to store my ideas for use at a later time.
I will likely be focusing more on SQLPASS than on SQL Server troubleshooting itself so, this is where this blog will be different from most. I think SQLPASS could be so much more than it currently is and I intend to do my level best to make that happen
Oh, super huge thanks go out to Brent Ozar (twitter, web) for his awesome how to setup a blog series. Without that, I would not have this site today. I owe you a beer at the next SQLPASS Summit!
So, welcome to my world, please feel free to look around (theres nothing else here)
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about 3 years ago
Glad I could help, sir. But daaaang, you gotta make me wait all the way til November for a free beer? Jeez! Look forward to reading the blog though.
about 3 years ago
If you hadn’t decided to move to the cold northern tundra known as Chicago, Id buy you one at our next Houston SQL Users group meeting…
about 3 years ago
So glad to have you blogging, Allen! Your thoughts and ideals have already been enriching the community. But I’m especially glad to see you putting them out in blog form! Best regards,
-Kevin
about 3 years ago
Welcome to the club! I’ve enjoyed talking with you on Twitter and look forward to what you can do with more than 140 characters!
about 3 years ago
Ha! Fair enough.
about 3 years ago
Hey now! I resemble that remark
Great blog Allen – best wishes to you on a successful run!
I like your choice of content too. Getting more opportunity to hang with you at the Summit this year and attending the BOD Q&A session has me thinking too. Can’t wait to see some of your ideas!
about 3 years ago
I’m looking forward to seeing your posts. Then I will take them verbatim and post them on our blog – so write something good.
Just kidding, Have fun with it!
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Interested to see how the blog goes. I hope to make it to some Houston group meetings to finally meet you in person. Maybe you’ll inspire me to start my own blog.
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