{"id":5055,"date":"2013-02-05T12:53:05","date_gmt":"2013-02-05T12:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.simple-talk.com\/uncategorized\/making-pass-tick\/"},"modified":"2017-08-10T12:50:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T12:50:29","slug":"making-pass-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/blogs\/making-pass-tick\/","title":{"rendered":"Making PASS tick&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BiiDougTom.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/BiiDougTom_thumb.png\" width=\"244\" height=\"91\" alt=\"BiiDougTom_thumb.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the final day of a hectic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlpass.org\/summit\/2013\/\">PASS Summit<\/a> 2012, in Seattle, I caught up with Bill Graziano (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billgraziano\">@billgraziano<\/a>), Douglas McDowell (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/douglasmcdowell\">@douglasmcdowell<\/a>), and Thomas LaRock (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SQLRockstar\">@SQLRockstar<\/a>) and quizzed them on all things PASS; what it means to the SQL Server community, its plans for the future, and what makes the PASS Summit stand out from other events.<\/p>\n<p>Take the full 10-minute ride, or if you&#8217;d prefer to dip in for highlights, here&#8217;s the timeline:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>00:00 &#8211; Who are these people anyway?<\/li>\n<li>00:40 &#8211; How they got involved with PASS. Wayne Snyder is a persuasive man&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>01:28 &#8211; Who comes to the PASS Summit? A record number in 2012.<\/li>\n<li>01:59 &#8211; Networking and community at the PASS Summit<\/li>\n<li>02:33 &#8211; Memorable goings-on at PASS Summit 2012, and the famous &#8220;green room&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>03:45 &#8211; PASS and the SQL Server family<\/li>\n<li>04:50 &#8211; First-timer advice on getting the most out of the Summit<\/li>\n<li>06:14 &#8211; PASS plans for global expansion<\/li>\n<li>06: 51 &#8211; The brand new PASS Business Analytics Conference<\/li>\n<li>07:58 &#8211; Why attend PASS Summit 2013?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the final day of a hectic PASS Summit 2012, in Seattle, I caught up with Bill Graziano (@billgraziano), Douglas McDowell (@douglasmcdowell), and Thomas LaRock (@SQLRockstar) and quizzed them on all things PASS; what it means to the SQL Server community, its plans for the future, and what makes the PASS Summit stand out from&#8230;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200703,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,47125],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs","category-editorials"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200703"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5055"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72045,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5055\/revisions\/72045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5055"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.red-gate.com\/simple-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}