Blog Posts I Couldn’t Write in 2014
Every year, I finish up by emptying out my list of blog post ideas. It’s a freeing feeling, letting go of these ideas that I just couldn’t find a way…
From Blog to Business: Rethinking My Attitude About Community
Over 13 years ago, I started BrentOzar.com as a personal blog. Since then, I slowly turned it into a SQL Server focused blog, then an evangelism platform when I worked…
How to Do a Successful Lightning Talk
Ten-minute presentations aren’t easier than 60-75 minute sessions. They’re much, much harder. Start by writing the first sentence and the last sentence. If you only have ten minutes, you don’t get the…
How to End Every User Group and Conference Presentation
“To learn more, go here.” Say this while pointing at the screen, which is displaying a short link to a page on your blog. That page has your list of resources…
Why I’m Not Learning Analytics
Business analytics is a hot career right now. Here’s why I’m smiling and nodding as it goes whizzing past: Analytics projects start as short term experiments. This sounds awesome at first for…
Survey Says: the PASS Summit 2014 Session Ratings & Comments
After conference attendee feedback comes in, I like to blog about it to talk about what worked and what didn’t. Here’s the abstract PASS selected this year: Developers – Who…
My Favorite WordPress Tools: 2014 Edition
I keep my How to Start a Blog post updated, but here’s some of the more advanced tools I’ve been using lately. These aren’t really install-and-go – they require a…
How to Have a Great Time at Conferences Like #SQLPASS
One of the things I love about conferences is that I’m suddenly surrounded by hundreds or thousands of people who do exactly the same thing I do for a living.…
Why I’ll Miss SQLBits XIV (Updated: I’m Going!)
UPDATE 30 Oct – Good news! The SQLbits organizers reversed course on this decision and let presenters opt out of the pre-con recordings. I’ve submitted sessions (including pre-cons) and I’m…
On Business
Quick background: I started BrentOzar.com as a blog over a decade ago, and today it’s a successful consulting company that gets tens of thousands of spam comments per day. I…
Hi, I’m Brent Ozar. I live in Las Vegas, Nevada. I’m on an epic life quest to have fun and make a difference.
Some of my projects include Brent Ozar Unlimited, PollGab, and Smart Postgres.
I love teaching, travel, laughing, and collecting vintage sports cars. You can follow me on Instagram, Bsky, Facebook, LinkedIn, Github, and Reddit.