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Awww, aren’t they just so cute?!
Look at all of them fixin’ to jump in the pool! Heh. Not to minimize the difficulty that they’re embarking on, what with a 20% pass rate and all, but it’s great to see more people diving into the deep end of the SQL Server pool. Let’s hope as many Certified Read More...
Posted 19 March 09 01:19 by reedme | 0 Comments   
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I need a new dart board. Would the MOF circle work?
I’m spending some time this weekend dusting off skills that I haven’t used for a while. After staring @ this MOF circle for waaay too long, I suddenly got the urge to jump on the bike, ride home and play darts with the kids. Heh. I’m sure you’ll see the Read More...
Posted 07 March 09 04:13 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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The Problem with Software Architects
What’s the problem with software architects? Besides the fact that they think everything can be described in PowerPoint and Visio? With maybe a couple hundred pages of Word documents? Heh. It is problematic that “they” think things can be reduced to simple Read More...
Posted 27 February 09 02:14 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Back when I was an enterprise architect...
JP Morgenthal put together a brief care-and-feeding guide for managers of enterprise architects for CIO magazine. Back when I was an enterprise architect (or pretending to be one as a consultant), these are all things my management knew. Knew as in: I Read More...
Posted 05 February 09 12:16 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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I’ve had data days like that...
Brian Walker has a good pair of articles on Thou Shalt Nots™: I had the chance to examine three business databases in five weeks and I'm still staggered by what I found. These are SQL Server databases serving as critical business foundations for companies Read More...
Posted 26 September 08 03:22 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Can you tell a great architect from a bad one?
Since I'm going to be sitting as a panel member on an MCA review board soon, I'd like to think I can, but apparently some researchers are having trouble... Highly capable designers have an incentive to choose somewhat more difficult designs to better Read More...
Posted 11 July 08 11:24 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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Nominate your SQL Server wins for the 2008 TDWI Best Practices Awards!
Vote early and often for your favorite implementations on your favorite platform! (Hint: your favorite platform is SQL Server.) Have you completed a data warehouse or business intelligence implementation that you think other organizations could learn Read More...
Posted 10 January 08 10:11 by reedme | 2 Comments   
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Fun with software bugs in GPS units.
I'm sure it didn't tell him to stop and leave the car there, but... A computer consultant driving a rental car drove onto train tracks Wednesday using the instructions his GPS unit gave him. Man using GPS drives in front of train (Yahoo! News) Sometimes Read More...
Posted 04 January 08 09:51 by reedme | 1 Comments   
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The geekiest instant message that I've sent (in a while)...
As I'm getting ready to roll off the current engagement, I've been having conversations with the next vic-, er, person in line to "Assume the Position"® who was lamenting the lack of Rules of Engagement. Statement of purpose. Or even general Read More...
Posted 28 November 07 06:38 by reedme | 2 Comments   
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