When I first heard about Twitter, I had zero interest. I’m not exactly known for being succinct, so how could I possibly say anything meaningful in 140 characters or less? More importantly, who would care?   Then one day I received an email explaining that I had been mentioned by SQL_Joker on Twitter and could I [...]

Although my recent series was of MDX posts, ending with A Gentle Introduction to Sets, was intended merely to be an introduction to MDX, and not a full-fledged course, I have a few more things to share with you! I had hoped I could wrap it up last week. As it turns out, I needed [...]

I’ve been silent for a while on this blog. Not for lack of anything to say or lack of activity, but simply for lack of time! If I’ve not been jet-setting from one place to another, I’ve been delivering presentations at events and classes – in person or online – or writing an article or [...]

I read an article today on Women in Technology – A Call for Obsoletion by Claire Willett. I started to comment and realized it was turning into a whole post on its own! I, too, have been puzzled by the disappearance of women in the field. Coming up on 27 years in IT, I am [...]

We live in interesting times with regard to the availability of technical material. We have lots of free written material online in the form of vendor documentation online, forums, blogs, and Twitter. And we have written material that we can buy in the form of books, magazines, and training materials. Online videos and training – [...]