T-SQL Tuesday #41 – A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

This post might come a bit late but this is in response to  Bob Pusateri‘s T-SQL Tuesday topic  about presenting. T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blogging event, with a different community host each month.

So, how did I come to present and loving it?

“a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”

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Presenting session: Anatomy of a Join at SQL Saturday #211 in Chicago

I’m thrilled to announce that I will be presenting for the second time at SQL Saturday  in Chicago  my Internals  session “Anatomy of a Join” on Saturday April 13, 2013!

Location is: Devry Addison Campus 1221 N. Swift Rd, Addison, IL 60101

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about [...]

My road to PASS Summit 2012

It’s been a while since I decided to give back to the SQL Server community  and start speaking at community events. I started on a journey as a speaker that has been incredibly rewarding and even though most of the time I paid for it out of my own pocket, the knowledge and the friends [...]

A tale of two cities : Presenting Anatomy of a Join at SQL Saturday #160 and #149

Next 10 days will be pretty busy as  I will be presenting  my session “Anatomy of a Join” at  SQL Saturday #160  in Kalamazoo, MI on Saturday September 22, 2012 and the following week at SQL Saturday #149  in Minneapolis, MN on Saturday September 29, 2012

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Speaking at SQL Saturday #126 in Indianapolis

I will be presenting  my session on “Optimizing SQL Server I/O with Solid State Drives” at  SQL Saturday #126 in Indianapolis on Saturday July 28, 2012!

There is also a pre-con available: Allen White will present a one day Pre-Con on Friday July 27th from 8am to 5pm

Register Now at http://indysqlpowershell.eventbrite.com/

Location is: University of [...]

Presenting at SQL Saturday #119 Chicago

I will be presenting  my session on “Optimizing SQL Server I/O with Solid State Drives” at  SQL Saturday #119 in Chicago on Saturday May 19, 2012!

Since this is the 4th time I’m presenting this and I kept accumulating a lot of ideas related to Solid State Drives I decided to start a series of [...]

Beer, brats, unicorns, paper airplanes and 36 awesome sessions

I’ve been meaning to write my blog post on last week’s SQL Saturday experience so finally I got to work so here it is:

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After the previous weekend marked a record with 5 (five) SQL Saturday events all around the world on Apr 14 it was time for Wisconsin to show what [...]

Speaking at SQLSaturday #118 in Madison,WI

I am happy to announce that my session on “Optimizing SQL Server I/O with Solid State Drives” was selected for SQL Saturday #118 in Wisconsin’s capital, Madison on Saturday April 21, 2012!

Location is: Madison Area Technical College – Truax Campus 3550 Anderson St, Madison, WI 53704

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Speaking at SQLSaturday #110 in Tampa,FL

I am happy to announce that my session on “Optimizing SQL Server I/O with Solid State Drives ” was selected for SQL Saturday #110 in Tampa, FL  on Saturday March 10, 2012!

Location is: K-Force, 1001 East Palm Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those wanting to learn about [...]

SQLskills Community Mentoring and me

As some of you might be aware Paul Randal (blog | twitter) has just announced the launch of a new SQL Skills Community Mentoring program for a few individuals that took part in the SQL Skills Immersion Events. I’m deeply honored to be one of the select few that get access to invaluable advice from [...]

We are family!

This is the second time I’m writing a post in the  “Meme Monday” series and this time it originates from Tom LaRock (blog | twitter). The topic is : What #SQLfamily means to me.

This weekend I participated in a #SQLfamily reunion in Washington, DC. Some might argue that this is called SQL Saturday #96 [...]

Presenting 2 sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in Washington, DC

I am deeply honored that I was chosen to present 2 sessions at SQL Saturday #96 in Washington, DC this Saturday,   November 5, 2011!

Location is: Microsoft MTC 5404 Wisconsin Ave, Suite 700 Chevy Chase, MD 20815

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Subway: Friendship Heights Metro Station

SQLSaturday is a training event for SQL Server professionals and those [...]