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 ...

I am in the process of finalizing a date (week of Sep 19) for a LiveMeeting event that will focus on the upcoming PASS Community Summit. It will be primarily targeted at the first-timers to the Summit, but everyone will be welcome to join.  There will be event information forthcoming on the PASS website - www.sqlpass.org. Here is a ...

I remember my first PASS Summit in Denver in January 2002 (Delayed from Sep 2001 in Orlando due to Sep 11).  One of the last sessions that I attended was led by Fabian Pascal.  He runs a website called www.dbdebunk.com and is rather entertaining at times.  At the time that I attended the Summit, I was teaching at High Point ...

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 ...

At the European Conference Eventin Munch, Germany, Rushabh and I decided to go back out since everyone else seemed to be too tired.  Some of the attendees had given us an address of a place where they were going to be for the night.  Rushabh's German skills are only slightly worse than mine.  I knew how to say some tings like ...

I was in Orlando for Tech for 2.5 days.  It was great to see some old friends and make new ones too.  I saw fellow SQLBloggers like Kalen, Kevin, and of course Peter to drop a few names.  Today, a colleague of mine on the Board of Directors with PASS shot me an e-mail.  On the red-gate website, there is a video testimonial by a ...