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The votes are in. No recounts necessary. 10 November 08 01:17 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: I know who the winners are, but you’ll have to wait for the results until a week from Friday, though. Heh. The winners will be announced from among our nine finalists on the last day of SQL PASS 2008: Friday 21-November 2008. Be there! Read More...

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Is everyone a winner? 28 October 08 09:25 AM | reedme | 1 Comments: Without getting into the philosophical question for the ages “Is everyone a winner?”, the question came up about Finalists® over the weekend. Because we had to kick a number of entries that didn’t meet the simple rules outlined in the Official Contest Read More...

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Everybody wants to know... 19 September 08 04:52 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Everybody wants to know how many entries there are. Well, everybody who put in an entry anyway. Heh. Next week, we're going to put up the survey for YOU to select your favorites. You're welcome to count them. Heh. I will blog about the entries, one per Read More...

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Better late than never... 12 September 08 04:12 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: OK, so it's been a couple weeks since the contest entry period closed, and I've been remiss in announcing that fact. Sorry!! (Thanks for the reminder, Jonathan.) Over the next couple weeks, I will be blogging a little bit about each qualified entry. After Read More...

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Wow, will you look at the time? 25 August 08 02:48 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Between frenetic RTM activities and summer vacations, I haven't posted in a while. Sorry!! The less-than-one-week countdown has started. Be sure that you've published your CodePlex projects and submitted your contest surveys. We've almost reached the Read More...

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Want to be an open source guinea pig? 01 July 08 01:59 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Paula's looking for you. Since you've created a SQL Heroes contest entry, you're obviously a qualified CodePlex Developer™, right? CodePlex project developers wanted - Port 25: The Open Source Community at Microsoft She's just looking to interview you, Read More...

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They would be SQL Heroes... 30 June 08 02:29 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: I love chocolate. I think genetic engineering is interesting, if a little more art than engineering (a lot like software engineering). However, these guys would definitely be SQL Heroes in my book if they were using SQL Server. Better Chocolate Through Read More...

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Individual T-shirts for entrants going in the mail... 23 June 08 04:09 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: I've got a few Ts left over after Tech*Ed 2008, and I don't want 'em to go to waste, so I'm going to put T-shirts for individual entrants in the mail next week. Those of you who have signed up already will be getting an email from me asking what size Read More...

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Do I have to attend SQL PASS to win? 16 May 08 03:46 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: Short Answer: No. Longer Answer: Nope. Long-ish Answer: Not at all, but you do have to PLAY to win. Heh. I.e. if you've been putting off creating your CodePlex project and submitting your contest survey, you're running out of time... Old-fashioned USENET Read More...

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In case you need an excuse to NOT participate... 23 April 08 10:04 AM | reedme | 2 Comments: Not everybody likes contests apparently... (Foex, I have yet to win anything in the game alpha testing contest that I love playing these days. *pout* ) But Dan seems to have taken an irrational dislike to YOUR contest... I'm starting a crusade at Microsoft Read More...

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MVP dinner. No pictures. Just contest swag... 16 April 08 09:41 AM | reedme | 2 Comments: It was cool to meet lots of smart folks at the SQL Server MVP dinner last night. I got a chance to meet some of my long-time heroes! For those of you @ the summit who didn't get your swag (or the size you preferred), come on over to Building 34 when you Read More...

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When does attitude define a SQL Hero? 09 April 08 03:14 PM | reedme | 1 Comments: Your attitude defines you. Good or bad. For better or worse... If your attitude isn't positive, change it! Every day is another opportunity to start over. SteveW asks the Rhetorical Question of the Day™: "Is this good career advice?" It's rhetorical because Read More...

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Can IT Pros play, too? 08 April 08 02:46 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: When more than one person whose opinion I respect asks me a "silly" question, I have to reevaluate my assessment of "silly." So... Yes. IT Pros can play, too. It's in the Official Contest Rules ™. I promise. There are no restrictions on the kinds of deliverables Read More...

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There are even SQL Heroes in Romania! 03 April 08 03:16 PM | reedme | 0 Comments: One of the many great things about this job is getting to meet really cool people. Take Cristian, for example. He's an independent consultant, a SQL Server MVP and an instructor who's out there every day teaching people how to better use our products Read More...

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Get a Hero Hack Pack and get started! 01 April 08 09:50 AM | reedme | 0 Comments: If you don't have all tools you need to start coding your contest entry (or writing something interesting - since it could just be documents instead of code), you can get them free: Order your own Hero Hack Pack and get started with Open Source. Each Read More...

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