What is Important When Interviewing Software Developers? Lately I have been interviewing a lot of candidates for senior and entry level software developer positions. I recognize that software languages and libraries will change over time; so, I am not looking for skills with particular languages as much as styles of writing code. Here are some of the things I look […]

SSWUGtv With Stephen Wynkoop Do you think Big Data should impact your privacy practices? Find out in this recent edition of SSWUGtv Watch the Show] Usage of TVP Can Fail Table Value Parameters (TVP) are a technique for passing a table as an input value to a stored procedure or a function. They are supported in SQL Server as of […]

SSWUGtv – SQL Server 2012 With Stephen Wynkoop In todays edition Steve interviews Gareth Swanepoel. Gareth talks about SQL Server 2012, extended events wizard and interface – how to performance tune, and more. Watch the Show The Good Side of Metro Design Now that I have spent some time with the things I don’t like about the Metro Style Design […]

SSWUGtv – SQL Server 2012 With Stephen Wynkoop In todays edition Steve interviews Gareth Swanepoel. Gareth talks about SQL Server 2012, extended events wizard and interface – how to performance tune, and more. Watch the Show Metro – What Is Behind It All? I’d like to wrap up my concerns about the Metro design principles with another epistle from David […]

Windows Metro – The Lowest Common Denominator The title is to get your attention. The fact is that Windows Metro will not necessarily be the Lowest Common Denominator anymore than other devices supporting tablet/smart phone style manipulations, primarily touch screens. Many good hardware devices are designed around the Android OS, which the Metro look and feel appears to emulate in […]

Metro Style Apps…is the Mouse Out? Dana brings me down to earth with her insight into keyboard commands for later versions of Office. For example, when reviewing my understanding of the new Metro Style design principles, I used the changes in Office as an example of making work harder. I have been using Microsoft Excel since 1985….yes, ’85. It was […]

Will Metro Style Apps Take Off? Personally, I’m torn about the prospect. Microsoft has moved from powerful, efficient GUI applications to simplistic, intuitive applications. I used to be able to do so much more in Excel without using the keyboards, or constantly switching between function buttons in the toolbar. For example, to switch windows from one spreadsheet to another all […]

Oracle Sponsors MySql Innovation Day MySQL is one of the most popular SQL engines in use today, from small to large installations on commodity hardware to big iron. Tuesday, June 5th Oracle will be hosting a MySQL webcast demonstrating the latest vision of MySQL with the Oracle influence. The following add is take verbatim from their Email. Mobile, Social, Web […]