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SQL Saturday Homecoming

Minnesota Sql Saturday #149

RA RA REE kick them in the knee

RA RA RASS kick them in the other knee

And the crowd goes wild!

OK OK OK, this is why I am a DBA not a cheerleader…

Homecoming is always a fun time and for Rick ( b | t ) and I it is no different. We started our journey a few months back with the grand vision of presenting at SQL Saturday #149. We went out on the road to SQL Saturday #159 Kansas City and SQL Saturday #161 East Iowa to share our presentations, and now its time for our homecoming. This coming Saturday, September 29th 2012 Rick and I will be presenting again at SQL Saturday #149 Minnesota.

Currently we are scheduled to present Freaky Fast Development Tips in Room: Rapson 45 at 8:30 AM. Then we follow that up with SSRS: Reporting on Reports in Room: Rapson 43 at 2:15 PM.

SQL Saturday #149 Schedule

So come on out and celebrate our homecoming with us!

Freaky Fast Database Development Tips

Join Rick and Dave on this most excellent adventure as they teach you how to get more work done in less time. Leave your checkbook at home, because this is all about maximum productivity with minimum budget. Leave with Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio shortcut keys, extensions, macros, and add-ins. We guarantee you will see something you haven’t seen before, or your money back. Co-Presenter: Rick Krueger (@DataOgre)

SSRS: Reporting on Reports

Business Intelligence gets a lot of press these days, but do you often wonder to yourself as you are writing a report, ‘Who is going to use this’? Learn about the rich information that SSRS is already capturing for you about your reports: who is running them and how often, how long do they take to execute, how much time is spent in data retrieval vs rendering, which parameters were passed in, and more… Co-Presenter: Rick Krueger (@DataOgre)

Another Success at SQL Saturday #161

East Iowa Sql Saturday #161

So my adventure continues…

One short week after a successful pair of sessions in Kansas City, Rick ( b | t ) and I found ourselves back on the road to East Iowa. This road trip was much shorter, and we were able to make (and find) the happy hour event at Back Pocket Brewing in Coralville, IA. If you happen to be in Coralville, I recommend the Double Bock or Slingshot both are pretty tasty. We met up with Ed Leighton-Dick ( b | t ) first, followed by Pat Phelan ( t ) and Eric Selje ( b | t ). Later Sheila Acker ( t ) and Larry Toothman ( t ) arrived. After a couple hours of great conversations, it was close to 8:00 PM and we all proceeded to the speakers dinner. Ed picked a great Italian restaurant called Monica’s. I was able to sit next to Karla Landrum ( b | t ) and Russell Fustino ( b | t ) and had great conversations about everything from SQL Server to family and friends.

One of my primary objectives in speaking at the SQL Saturdays is getting out and meeting new people in the SQL Family, and so far so good. But now it was time to get back to my hotel and review the session materials one more time…

Dave and a Hawkeye

The next morning we made our way to the SQL Saturday #161 event. One thing was very apparent, we were in Hawkeyes Territory. Now as a side note, I saw two kilts at the SQL Saturday #159 event in Kansas City, and now here in East Iowa I am seeing another kilt, maybe this is a new trend for all SQL Saturdays…

We presented Development Tips at 11:00 AM and Reporting on Reports at 3:45 PM. We received very positive feedback and had great dialog in both sessions. Thank you to all of you that came to the sessions. I was able to see Erin Stellato ( b | t ) present on statistics, she did an amazing job! Overall I thought the event was great, Ed and his team did an amazing job organizing the schedules and the event overall. After the event we stayed and mingled at the after party for about an hour before we made our way back home to Minnesota.

Minnesota Sql Saturday #149

The drive home to Minnesota was nice, all the stress and worries were gone and I could finally relax. As I reflected on the past two weeks, I was rather amazed of our accomplishments and realized that I am hooked on presenting at these sessions. Now I am looking forward to SQL Saturday #149 in our home town…

BTW, I just found out yesterday that both of our sessions were selected. Hope to see you there as my adventure continues…

Kansas City and East Iowa Here We Come…

Rick Krueger ( b | t ) and I are going to Kansas City and East Iowa.
Why you say…
Well let me tell you… We were fortunate enough to have our abstracts selected for both SQL Saturday events, we are also submitting for SQL Saturday #149 in our home state of Minnesota.

At SQL Saturday #159 in Kansas City we were notified that two of our abstracts had been selected. Currently we are scheduled to present Freaky Fast Development Tips in Database Development – Room: Room 4 at 1:00 PM. Then we follow that up with SSRS: Reporting on Reports – Business Intelligence – Room: Room 3 at 2:30.

SQL Saturday #159 Schedule

Then one week later at SQL Saturday #161 in East Iowa we are scheduled to present Freaky Fast Development Tips in Room 3 – Room: 2520B (Conference Room) at 3:30 PM.

SQL Saturday #161 Schedule

If you are going to either event, stop by and say hi, check out our sessions, we love to talk and look forward to meeting you. Hope to see you in Kansas City, East Iowa, and possibly Minnesota

Freaky Fast Database Development Tips

Join Rick and Dave on this most excellent adventure as they teach you how to get more work done in less time. Leave your checkbook at home, because this is all about maximum productivity with minimum budget. Leave with Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio shortcut keys, extensions, macros, and add-ins. We guarantee you will see something you haven’t seen before, or your money back. Co-Presenter: Rick Krueger (@DataOgre)

SSRS: Reporting on Reports

Business Intelligence gets a lot of press these days, but do you often wonder to yourself as you are writing a report, ‘Who is going to use this’? Learn about the rich information that SSRS is already capturing for you about your reports: who is running them and how often, how long do they take to execute, how much time is spent in data retrieval vs rendering, which parameters were passed in, and more… Co-Presenter: Rick Krueger (@DataOgre)

Inspired by David Klees ( b | t ) blog post Speaking in Kansas City and Iowa City! whom will also be presenting at both events with Andy Galbraith ( b | t ).

Look at me now…

Who would have thought I would be blogging and tweeting (@IngeniousSQL) about SQL and other random thoughts, whats next presenting at a local PASSMN conference or at SQL Saturday #149 with my good friend Rick Krueger aka the @DataOgre.

Well this is the first of many Blog posts, stay tuned for my first SQL Blog as well as Java MySQL and PHP.

More to come…