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How I Made the #SQLPASS Top 10 Sessions

conference, presenting, sqlpass
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This is the third year in a row that I’ve made the Top 10 Sessions at the PASS Summit list.  I’m really humbled and honored, and I can only think of one way to respond: with a Top 10 list of my own.  Here’s the Top 5 Reasons I Made the #SQLPASS Top 10 Sessions List: 5. I examined the feedback questions, n0t just the answers. Each year, PASS uses the same set of feedback questions to gather information: How would you rate the speaker’s presentation skills? How would you rate the speaker’s knowledge of the subject? How would you…
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How Windows Phone 7.5 Worked For Me

ios, iphone, klout, mango, microsoft, phone, review, wp7
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I’m an iPhone user, and I just spent the last two weeks using a Samsung Focus as my primary phone.  The Focus runs Windows Phone 7.5 as its operating system, and I was curious to see how the software stacked up. Am I biased?  Well, yes and no: I’ve owned every iPhone since the original one came out, but I’m not so blindly loyal that I shelled out money for an iPhone 4S.  My iPhone 4 is good enough, and I’m not the kind of guy who wants to be seen walking down the street telling my phone what to…
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I'd tell him I hate him, but he'd kick my ass.

Why You’ll Be More Interesting Next Year

fitness, life quest, nerdfitness, personal, personal development, quest
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You’re boring and overweight.  I know this because you, dear reader, are just like me – that’s why we get along so well.  So let’s work on this together. Steve Kamb’s Gun Show Steve Kamb (Blog – @SteveKamb), on the other hand, is interesting and fit.  I know this because his blog is named NerdFitness.com, his arms are the size of my legs (but not in that gross Ahnold way), and he’s living one of the most interesting lives I’ve seen. Steve turned his life into an adventure game – Steve’s Epic Quest of Awesome.  He’s built levels for himself,…
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Why I Run Behind And Sideways

consulting, life quest, personal, unemployment
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I’d like to thank my opening act, Dave Winer, for warming up the crowd. See, he was the featured guest on the StackExchange Podcast last week, and this week, it’s me. Let me bring you up to speed, kids, because there’s a lot of self-deprecating humor about to go down here that could be misinterpreted as bragging.  Dave Winer was a huge pioneer in the fields of blogging and podcasting, inventing some of the technologies that make it possible for me to write this post through my laptop and for you to read it through RSS.  Because I’ve been doing…
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Windows Phone 7 from Klout

Why I Misspell in my #WP7 Tweets

klout, microsoft, phone, review, wp7
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Just got the new Samsung Focus from Klout for being an influential tech person in Chicago.  First impression: the OS is gorgeous, but man, the autocorrect is awful.  Perfect example – type oh-space-e as if you wanted to type “one” and the phone just leaves it as “o e”.  I could forgive that if the space bar wasn’t THE BIGGEST KEY ON THE ENTIRE KEYBOARD and it’s located right next to the N, just begging my finger to hit it by accident. I’d post pictures of all the wonky app user experience problems, but Windows Phone 7 doesn’t have the…
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Why I Avoid Training Labs

conference, demos, presenting, training
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When I read Tom LaRock’s post about training I had a Carly Simon moment – I was pretty sure his blog was about me. He said, “I see the phrase ‘SQL Server training’ tossed around a lot these days and often times it makes me want to stick a fork in my eye…”

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Hi. I’m Brent.

That's me, Brent.

I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm on an epic life quest to have fun and make a difference.

I co-founded Brent Ozar Unlimited to help make your SQL Server go faster. I also maintain sp_Blitz® and the open source First Responder Kit repo.

My current car collection includes a 1986 Ferrari 328 GTS, a 1964 Porsche 356, a 1971 VW Type 3 Squareback, and more.

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