Wow, 6 Years Without A Post

Hard to believe that six years have passed since my last post.  I've been busy apparently.  Going to start making posts again after attending a PASS webinar entitled "What SQL Server Professionals Can Learn From Writing and Blogging" by Edwin Sarmiento.  The webinar was sponsored by the Professional Development PASS Virtual Chapter.

[http://www.EdwinMSarmiento.com]

So, what is a 19 year experienced Oracle DBA doing learning Microsoft SQL Server?   I'm Starting to work with different RDBMSs and NOSQL technologies.  Which is really a blast after being limited to only one vendor.  I'm also getting to work with DataStax [Cassandra].  Who said you can't teach an old dog new tricks?

In Edwin's presentation, he talked about the 3M's with blogging:

MASTERY

• Writing helps CLARIFY your thinking
• Writing forces you to VALIDATE your assumptions
• Writing helps REINFORCE your knowledge

MARKETING

• Writing helps ESTABLISH CREDIBILITY
• Blogging builds your ONLINE REPUTATION (e.g. Brent Ozar, Pinal Dave, ...)

 

 MEETING

• Writing builds CONNECTIONS with readers
• Writing helps you see other's PERSPECTIVE
• Writing develops valuable RELATIONSHIPS

 

That is all for now.  Edwin recommended scheduling 15 minutes everyday for blogging.  My time is up ;-)