As I finish up preparing for the Sep 20 (@1pm ET) webcast, I thought a final blog post may be appropriate in order to quickly reference many of the areas that I have touched upon.  Naturally, much of this information is geared towards First Timers, but Alumni are welcome to join in the webcast as well and are encouraged to help spread even ...

I really don't think that you can get the full flavor of the Summit unless you delve into Social Networking.  There are multiple vehicles for social networking.  Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, LinkedIn, and Yelp are all tools in the Social Networking Toolbox.  At the Summit, the best one of these is Twitter.  With twitter, yo ...

One of the things that you should do is map out your ''Learning Itinerary'' before coming to the summit. It probably will change once you get onsite, but having a plan will save you time and perhaps some frustration.  You can go to the Summit website and start to build your schedule. When you arrive at registration to get your badge and ...

SQL Saturday is coming to Charlotte next month!  If you are in the area, come on by.  We have a great line-up of speakers.  Find out more information at http://www.sqlsaturday.com/33/eventhome.aspx  

As I reviewed the sessions by our pre/post-con speakers who also participated in the 24 Hours of PASS event, I was disturbed that the single session with the MOST attendees during the event had no audio (no one can hear you scream in cyber-space).  Immediately, I conferred with Pual and Louis.  We decided that a ''redo'' was the best ...

I have been busy on organizing an event which I hope that many in the community will find useful.  The event will consist of 24 1-hour webcasts featuring some of the best community speakers on SQL Server.  The event will begin 2-September-2009 at Midnight (GMT - no daylight time - so that is also UTC).  I am in the Eastern Time zone ...

I posted earlier that we are holding an organizational meeting in a virtual world called ''Second Life''.  Second Life is a Virtual World where you interact with others by voice or typing or gestures.  Here are the details: Where:  Microsoft User Group Island (Classroom 1) - http://slurl.com/secondlife/Microsoft%20Island/190/73/22 ...

Are you interested in SQL Server?  Have you heard about User Group Meetings (perhaps in your area), but it is difficult to get there?  Do you like the idea of webcasts, but get bored due to little interaction?  Come join us in establishing an Official PASS Chapter in the Virtual World of Second Life.  Second Life is a Virtual ...