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T-SQL Tuesday #41: How I Started Presenting
Continue reading →: T-SQL Tuesday #41: How I Started PresentingFor my first T-SQL Tuesday post this is an appropriate title. I love speaking. It all started when the call for speakers came out for the very first South Florida IT Pro Camp. At the time I was a practicing project manager and was looking for excuses to keep my technical skills up-to-date. I was finding…
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How dotNet Miami was started
Continue reading →: How dotNet Miami was startedAfter the inspiration of starting a community and creating the vision the big question in my mind is how am I going to start this thing? Luckily, I had a guide. I started off by reading Dr. Greg Low’s (blog|twitter) The Rational Guide To Building Technical User Communities. This short book is a must read for…
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What dotNet Miami is all About
Continue reading →: What dotNet Miami is all AboutAfter deciding to start a .Net community the next step was to decide why dotNet Miami should exist. It’s not enough just to have a desire of community. If I was going to start a community what benefit would it provide? How would this new community provide value to it’s members and the Miami technical…
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Why I Started a .Net User Group
Continue reading →: Why I Started a .Net User Group“If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is restlessness, I am pleased. Then let there be ideas, and hard thought, and hard work.” – Hubert H. Humphrey Last year I started a journey. For years, I had been observing people interact in groups.…
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The A, B, C’s of Table Aliases
Continue reading →: The A, B, C’s of Table AliasesDear Developers, DBA’s and Power Users, There is something that I’ve been seeing in your SQL that it annoys me so much that it’s forcing me to bring it to your attention. Developers, DBA’s and power users hear my plea. Table aliases are wonderful things. They make SQL easier to read and more compact. I’m…
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Unraveling the mysteries of NewSequentialID
Continue reading →: Unraveling the mysteries of NewSequentialIDA few months ago we started development on a new system. From the ground up we redesigned everything from our business processes to how we store data. Part of the redesign was deciding on using SOA technology in our middle tier. This will allow us to separate our UI from our middle tier even further.…
