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Be Excellent to Each Other

Imagine this scenario: It is a beautiful, sunny day with a cool breeze.  You are walking down the street feeling on top of the world.  Suddenly the person walking in front of you catches their foot and falls, scuffing their knee really bad.  Which would you do? Help them get back on their feet, seeing [...]

Talk to me Goose

SQLSaturday brought to you by foursquare A few months ago, I had the pleasure and honor to help organize the first SQLSaturday in Chicagoland with Wendy (blog | twittter)  and Ted (blog | twitter).  Let me first say that I thoroughly enjoyed it.  Obviously there are things we could of done better and some things [...]

Don’t Worry, I’ll Get To It

Looking back you realized where you made your first mistake.  You thought it would work out differently; in fact, you knew it would.  Alas, you believed the lie. Wait, let’s back up: Sweat mars your brow as you start to feel panic set in.  You reach for your mountain dew can and quickly put it [...]