As I mentioned in an earlier post, I first met Tomislav Piasevoli’s (blog|twitter) in 2008 at the PASS Summit in Seattle, and saw him again most recently again in Seattle at PASS Summit 2011. There I had the pleasure of telling him personally how much I liked his book. There are not many MDX books [...]

I’ve been working with the Microsoft SQL Server BI stack since late 2000. When I started with SQL Server, my “community” consisted of my co-workers, my clients, and me. As communities go, it was a great community to be in. In 2001, our small boutique consulting company EssPro, founded by Mike Luckevitch, merged with another [...]

It’s already half a week after PASS Summit 2011 and my head is still reeling! Just when I think PASS Summit can’t possibly get any better, it does. When Erika and I arrived at the Washington State Convention Center on Sunday afternoon to register, I felt like I had just been there for Summit 2010. [...]

This morning’s keynote was opened with a SQL-themed song (written by Rob Farley) performed by the dynamic duo, Rob Farley and Buck Woody. Here are links to videos: Keynote Intro with the performance (excluding lyrics) Keynote Intro with ”I Should Have Looked the Other Way” Lyrics Thanks go also to Wayne Snyder (@SQLWayne) who, as immediate past [...]

I will confess that of all the summits I’ve attended in previous years, I rarely attended keynotes and certainly did not attend two keynotes in a row. Yet here I am! It’s a privilege to join the fine cast of characters from the SQL Server community at the blogger’s table at the back of the [...]