Thoughts in the Cloud

Resources to help when sitting the 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Certification Exam. This is the overview page of the Exam. I...

Some great advice from Mike Rowe from Dirty Jobs. Although at the same time I do think people should aim high but they shouldn't cloud...

I did a Gamification course on Coursera a while back and this video was referenced during it. While not the greatest topic it is a great vi...

I do enjoy seeing these future vision clips. It does give inspiration and ideas for today. Microsoft in 2019 [HQ]: http://youtu.be/RWxqSEMX...

This is a TED talk, seeing things like this really do inspire you. Dan Berkenstock: The world is one big dataset. No…: http://youtu.be/7pV...

The XML for SQL Server Reporting Services Reports are stored in the ReportServer Database of the server. Its possible to pull the XML out an...

A favorite article of mine, was brought to my attention by a friend of mine. Its pretty impressive what Target was able to do but at the sam...

That seems pretty high to me. I understand there are times in emergencies etc but I would like to know a bit more about the rest. Telst...

An interesting article on how Westpac is using its data to target communications to its customers. Nothing really new but it is a bit of a ...

Interesting stuff, but like most of these tools you really need to use them first before you can make a call on them. http://www.techrepubl...

I found this a useful article on SQL Server Central. SQLCLRs are a great way of integrating SQL Server with other applications and/or to cr...

In theory "All Sci-Fi Spaceships Known to Man", it is missing the ship from Space Balls though. I guess it wouldnt of fit on the s...

How to Survive Your Monster-In-Law infographic

Two reasons for this one. Firstly I'm loving Data Visualisations at the moment, they are a great way to put across a message or visualis...

I must I like this one a bit more because of my love of Basketball/sports in general, but still the amount of information put into is great....

I'm really impressed at how well people are visualizing data theses days. Below is another great example, it makes you want to read eac...

Im sure a lot of people do this already but for those of you who dont there is an easy way to find the row counts of all of your tables with...

A good article on what some organisations are doing in the way of analytics. Whenever you provide any information to some one or interact in...

If you haven't already got  SSMS Tools Pack  I highly recommend it. I use it a lot for the SQL Snippets which allows short cuts for ex...

Something I've found useful in the past is being able to source user details from Active Directory. Its nice being able to link the...