The time has come, voting is now open for the Tribal Awards finalists. Let’s recognize the people who go over and above for the technical community in the following 11 categories.
Article that saved my bacon in 2013
- Break large delete operations into chunks by Aaron Bertrand: http://www.sqlperformance.com/2013/03/io-subsystem/chunk-deletes
- Transaction Log VLFs – too many or too few? By Kimberly Tripp: http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/kimberly/transaction-log-vlfs-too-many-or-too-few/
- Temporary Tables in SQL Server by Phil Factor: www.simple-talk.com/sql/t-sql-programming/temporary-tables-in-sql-server/
- Clone an Azure VM using PowerShell by Jamie Thomson: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/jamie_thomson/archive/2013/11/04/clone-an-azure-vm-using-powershell.aspx
- Why Your Performance Review Sucks by Thomas LaRock: http://thomaslarock.com/2013/10/performance-review-sucks/
Blog of the Year
- Brent Ozar Team Blog: http://www.brentozar.com/blog/
- Paul White’s Blog – http://sqlblog.com/blogs/paul_white/default.aspx
- Paul Randal’s Blog – http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/
- Jonathan Kehayias – http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/jonathan/
- John Sansom – http://www.johnsansom.com/
Person you’d most like to have a beer with
- Paul Randal
- Brent Ozar
- Gail Shaw
- Grant Fritchey
- Mladen Prajdic
Best Presentation at any Tech Conference
- PASS Keynote – Dr. David DeWitt
- Erin Stellato – Extended Events – PASS Summit
- Steve Jones, Database Version control @ SQL in the City Charlotte
- Neil Hambly, Why Are We Waiting, SQL Saturday #238
- Rob Farley, These are not the joins you are looking for, PASS Summit 2013
Best Tech User Group
- Sacramento SQL User Group
- AtlantaMDF
- MADPASS
- DC Pass
- San Francisco SQL Server UG
Best New Community Voice
- Rob Sewell
- William Durkin
- Mickey Stuewe
- Mark S Rasmussen
- Koen Verbeek
Beyond the Call of Duty
- Niko Neugebauer
- Grant Fritchey
- Jonathan Kehayias
- Jonathan Allen
- Jeff Moden
Best Free Script
- sp_WhoIsActive Adam Machanic
- sp_blitz Brent Ozar
- MaintenanceSolution.sql – Ola Hallengren
- Diagnostic Info Queries.sql – Glenn Berry
- DBA_IndexDefrag – Michelle Ufford
Most Authoritative Voice
- Paul Randall
- Jon Kehayias
- Gail Shaw
- Paul White
- Grant Fritchey
Best Outfit
- Andrea Allred in her Princess Gowns
- Gail Shaw and her Jedi Robes
- Jason Strate with his Unicorn Head
- Steve Jones as The joker
- Allen White in his SQLKilt
SQL Karaoke Performer of the Year
Ed Watson – Just a Gigolo (No video! But we do have a picture)
Kathi Kellenberger, Mama’s Broken Heart
Colin and Jason Strate Tik Tok
Darcy at MVP Summit
Tim Mitchell, You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling
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