Blogs

Free Session: The Mystery of Query Timeouts

By Kendra Little on July 25, 2011 • 2 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: webcasts , query-timeouts

I’m giving a webinar tomorrow! (Do people still use the word webinar? Was that just incredibly uncool?)

I am a Microsoft Certified Master in SQL Server

on July 12, 2011 • 1 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: certification , certified-master , mcm

I am thrilled to say I am now a Microsoft Certified Master for SQL Server 2008!

How to Make a Presentation: Writing Versus PowerPoint

on July 6, 2011 • 7 min read

Category: webcasts-and-conference-sessions

Tags: how-to-write-a-presentation , powerpoint , powerpoint-how-to , presentation , presentations-2 , technical-writing

How do you make your next PowerPoint presentation great?

Come Check Out Portland for SQLSaturday Oregon

on June 29, 2011 • 3 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: portland , sqlsaturday

I’ve been living in Portland, Oregon a couple of weeks now. I’m reporting back on what I’ve found.

Are You An Expert?

By Kendra Little on June 27, 2011 • 3 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: exceptional-dba , career

Should you call yourself an expert? And what does it take to be an expert?

How I Got Past a Writing Block

on June 23, 2011 • 3 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: blogging , pomodoro-technique , writers-block , writing

I’m not Stephen King, but I enjoy posting regularly. Somewhere between SQLCruise, consulting work with BrentOzar PLF, and moving to Portland, I got stuck.

Audience Feedback from SQL Rally

on June 22, 2011 • 3 min read

Category: database-administration

Tags: presenting , sqlrally , table-partitioning

A few weeks back, I presented on SQL Server Table Partitioning at the first SQLRally conference. The event was energizing and fun– there were great conversations and I sat in on fun sessions. I particularly enjoyed Todd Robinson’s session on caching with App Fabric.