November 2010 - Posts

• The Top-Five Most Valuable Development Team Positions

  In many organizations, there’s a push to save cost. “Cost” is an integral part of a profit-and-loss statement in the organization. Even if you work in a non-profit organization, cost control is central. Of course, you can take cost-control Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2010 7:34 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Career, Concepts, Developer, Development

• Quote of the Day: On Worry

  Don't let worry be the default response to uncertainty. -Buck Woody Read More... Posted Friday, November 26, 2010 9:01 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Quote Of The Day

• Windows Azure Learning Plan - Storage

  This is one in a series of posts on a Windows Azure Learning Plan. You can find the main post here . This one deals with Storage for Windows Azure. Overview Overview and general information about Windows Azure Storage - what it is, how it works, and where Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:24 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Learning, Link Lists, Storage, Windows Azure

• Quote of the Day: On Good Questions

  "The only interesting answers are the ones that destroy the questions." - Susan Sontag Read More... Posted Friday, November 19, 2010 7:49 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Quote Of The Day

• Windows Azure Learning Plan

  Because Windows Azure is a platform, like Windows or Linux, there are a lot of things to know about it. Whenever I'm faced with learning such a broad technology I try to work "outside in" - that is, from a general perspective (understanding what it is) Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 16, 2010 8:23 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Cloud Computing, Learning Plan, Link Lists, Windows Azure

• Setting up SQL Server Management Studio for Teaching or Demos

  My friend Paul Randal posted a blog entry on how he sets up SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) for demonstrations . I do a lot of teaching and presenting as well, and I’ve set up my environment in a similar way to help the audience see what I’m Read More... Posted Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:17 PM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Conferences, Presentations, Tips

• Database Testing Links

  Yesterday at the SQL PASS 2010 Summit I did a presentation on database testing - I have two sets of links I mentioned there, one for the information I presented and the other for various tools I've tried. Enjoy: More information on Database Testing and Read More... Posted Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:38 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Conferences, Link Lists, Testing

• Microsoft User Experience Studies at PASS for SQL Server and Azure

  One of the great things about attending the Summit Conference for the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) is that you can participate in studies that Microsoft conducts to find out how we create our next projects. My good friend Dr. Mark Stempski, Read More... Posted Tuesday, November 09, 2010 6:07 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Conferences, Windows Azure

• Designing for the cloud

  With the advent of platform as a service (Azure and paradigms like it) it isn't enough to simply write the same code patterns as we have in the past. To be sure, those patterns will still function in Azure, but we are not taking full advantage of the Read More... Posted Monday, November 08, 2010 6:56 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Cloud Computing, Windows Azure

• Windows Azure Security Links

  Research shows that companies that are considering a “cloud” platform have various concerns, and that security is at the top of that list. I’ve put together a list of the resources I use for explaining our security posture, and the steps Read More... Posted Monday, November 01, 2010 9:59 AM by BuckWoody | 1 Comments Filed under: Azure, Cloud, Security, SQL Azure