04 March 2024
04 March 2024

The Value of Conference Speaking

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Editor note: The call for speakers is open at on the Pass Data Community Summit 2024 Site, so join Jason in throwing your hat into the ring for this year’s Summit coming up in Seattle November 4-8! My Power BI Speaking Tour: This is the Way Over the past year, I decided I was going … Read more
06 February 2024
06 February 2024

The Fashionable Truth About AI

Over the past year, the topic of AI has really blown up in the general public. However, AI was already something very important to most corporations, but the Large Language Models (LLM) made it extremely fashionable. When something becomes fashionable, a lot of people try to ride the wave with no care about the truth … Read more
08 December 2023
08 December 2023

What Counts For a DBA: Duty

It has been a long month. We had the PASS Data Community Summit just a month ago, and I came home with a hitchhiking virus (no, not that one). I dragged through Thanksgiving, got better, and went on vacation. I got back home from vacation, and, well, I was sick again. Looking at my calendar … Read more
15 November 2023
15 November 2023

Autonomous Databases?

I was talking to some people today about the concept of Autonomous Databases. The idea is that the database platform can do most, if not all, of the work of storing and managing data by itself.   These are a few of the concepts that were shared primarily as discussion points, but you have to be … Read more
23 October 2023
23 October 2023

What Counts for a DBA: Preparation

While preparing for this career as an editor, my mind went to the joys of sitting at a computer editing documents. I expected this to include checking articles for technical accuracy, and proper English, formatting documents to meet the website standard, and posting the documents. I just knew that many of the firefighting skills I … Read more
25 June 2023
25 June 2023

The Value of Adventure

One of the things that makes you a well-rounded person is adventure. But often, when one thinks of adventure, they think of fun, grand, and most likely, well-planned adventure holidays. Climbing the Matterhorn, crossing the Gobi desert, or perhaps most adventurous of all, navigating Disney World on July 4th (shudder). In each of these types … Read more
30 May 2023
30 May 2023

The Importance of Tact

The concept of tact is simple. Telling people truths, often harsh truths, without making it seem harsh. Hopefully, it is clear that being truthful is one of the more essential things in life. As a person in technology (and certainly as an editor), we often need to be honest when the truth hurts a bit … Read more