Speaking at SQLSaturday #50: East Iowa 2010

25 August 2010 by Bob Pusateri in SQL Server , SQLServerPedia Syndication , Upcoming Presentations with zero comments

I feel extremely honored to have the chance to speak at SQLSaturday #50, which is taking place in Iowa City on September 18th.  The organizers have put together a great schedule consisting of some amazing speakers and somehow I got on the list too!

I’ll be giving a talk called “Application Coding Sins.”  As I’ve mentioned [...]

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Four Reasons Not To Learn The Dvorak Keyboard

19 August 2010 by Bob Pusateri in Hardware , Thoughts with zero comments

In my previous post I looked at 4 reasons to learn the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK).  I’ll now take a look at the other side and give you 4 reasons why you might not want to.

1.  You’re Already A Good Typist

If you’re reading this, chances are pretty good you’re a DBA, developer, consultant, or someone [...]

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Four Reasons To Learn The Dvorak Keyboard

17 August 2010 by Bob Pusateri in Hardware , Thoughts with 4 comments

For quite a while now I’ve been intrigued by the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK).  I was first introduced to it by my mentor at an internship during college, and after reading about how Dr. Dvorak’s layout of the keys came to be, I thought it would be neat to learn given its advantages.  After giving [...]

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“Password” is a Dirty Word

12 August 2010 by Bob Pusateri in Software , Thoughts with 2 comments

Take a moment to think about the really important passwords you use – maybe for your computer at work, email, financial information, or even the ‘sa’ account on SQL Server.  How many characters long are they?  Are they really all that difficult?  Are they:

Dictionary words?
Words with a few numbers or symbols substituted in place for [...]

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T-SQL Tuesday #009: Beach Time!

10 August 2010 by Bob Pusateri in SQLServerPedia Syndication , TSQL Tuesday with 2 comments

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Jason Brimhall (Blog | Twitter) and he’s asking what we do to prepare for some time off.   Databases don’t take any time off, and in my experience DBAs rarely do either.  We do earn our vacation like every other employee though, and every once in [...]

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