SQLRockstar – Name That Caption Contest

thehelpfuldba — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:32:10 +0000

Recently Tom LaRock aka SQLRockstar launched a contest to promote his new book and its supporting website.

The contest involves coming uo with a caption for the banner image on the site. You then have to blog your suggestion with a link to the contest and then put a link to your blog in the comments of his post. I really enjoy these creative exercises and couldn’t pass up a chance to win his new book, so here it goes…

My official recommendation is:

“A World of Data Awaits”

“A World of Databases Awaits”

If you have a suggestion, follow the link to Tom’s site and follow his steps for entering. I look forward to reading all of the other entries.

PASS Summit 2009

thehelpfuldba — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:36:56 +0000

As many people know, I’m currently in Seattle at the 2009 PASS Summit. Its been a busy week so far, and things are just getting started. Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending a pre-conference seminar presented to bestselling author and “Small Talk Expert” Don Gabor. What an experience! I learned a great deal of things that seem like simple concepts, but I had never thought about before. Something as simple as smiling and not crossing your arms to make yourself more open and approachable. He also taught us a few tricks that he uses for remembering peoples names and he had us try it out. The results were quite impressive. At the close of the session we received a copy of his book “How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends“. I look forward to reading it and suggest that if you ever get the opportunity to attend one of his seminars, don’t pass it up.

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SQLRockstar – Name That Caption Contest

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