Agloves: Great Gift for the Twitter Addicted
Last year while waiting for the Olympic Torch to pass by I was wearing my patriotic Vancouver 2010 giant red mittens. There was a sea of these red mittens lining the street and it was wonderful…until...
View ArticleHow To Have Fun In Seattle Without Even Attending SQLPASS
As I posted previously, I went to Seattle last week with Karen for the PASS Summit (SQLPASS). While I didn’t attend PASS, I thought it would be a great time to relax, see Seattle and catch up with a...
View ArticleField Testing Agloves in The Big Apple
This past weekend I had a great opportunity to use my new Agloves in the field, as I was speaking at SQL Saturday #59 in New York City. I love visiting New York, but it always seems that we visit...
View ArticleKaren’s Typical Day
I used this slide in my recent Webinar sponsored by Embarcadero Technologies. It’s a collage of photos to represent how it seems I spend my time. I’d love to see your typical day as you would...
View ArticleSo Excited to be part of #NASATweetup – Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch
Just in case you don’t follow me on Twitter, I received great news last week that I have been selected to attend the most amazing event, the NASA Tweetup, an invitation-only in-person meeting of space...
View ArticleImages from Maps: Kennedy Space Center #NASATweetup
One of the more fun types of data is image data, both meta data and actual images. So I turned to Google Maps and Bing Maps to see what various sites at the Kennedy Space Center looked like. Here’s a...
View ArticleMaking The Hard Decisions On A Project–Lessons From NASA
Image by nasa hq photo via Flickr A Right Turn Instead Of A Left Turn Some time ago, Karen and I put our names in to attend the #NASATweetup scheduled for the last launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour...
View Article#SQLRun Support Rob and Karen in the Portland Half Marathon
Click To Sponsor us Rob and I will be running the Portland Half Marathon (that’s 13.1 miles) on 9 October 2011. We’ve even created a hashtag, #SQLRun , to help follow our plans and races. Other...
View ArticleL-3 and Counting: We’re Off to #NASATweetup #NASAJuno Mission to Jupiter
Several weeks ago NASA announced a new Tweetup for the launch of NASA Juno, a mission to collect data about the origins of Jupiter. Rob and I were not selected in the first round, but waitlisted...
View ArticleWe did it! #SQLRun Portland Marathon, Half Marathon and 10k #SQLFamily
As I previously blogged, a group of PASS Summit attendees ran events in the Portland 40th Anniversary Marathon. And we all finished. Some with amazing times, and others (like me) with a "I’m happy to...
View ArticleKaren’s Last Minute Gift Ideas for Gadget + Data Lovers
I’m a gadget girl. I collect them like other people acquire coffee cups on their desk. I also love my data. So this list of gadgets and apps focuses on my loves of technology and data. None of...
View ArticleAstronauts Know Everything…
Recently @VenusBarbie visited Europe for the ILATweetup and SpaceUPEU events. I wasn’t able to go due to other commitments, so Rob had to take over escort duties for our traveling Astronaut Barbie...
View Article#EDW13 DAMA – Enterprise Data World
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View ArticleStuff Their Databases Say
If you’ve been to one of my “Stuff Your Database Says” sessions, you know I collect photos of how my data is messed up by information systems. Many of my frequent flyer friends can confirm that...
View ArticleA Different Sort of Database and Data Visualization
This legacy database system was used throughout Cologne during my recent visit. Do you know how to read it? I also wonder how far back it goes… And whether technology will eventually make it...
View ArticleTravel Photo – Sky
Sometimes I get to see more than hotels, office buildings and airports. Related posts: I’m on a Boat – Sponsors of the the SQLCruise How To Have Fun In Seattle Without Even Attending SQLPASS We did it!...
View ArticlePhotos From #NoSQLNow Event
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View Article#pdxmarathon Hills. Oh my.
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View ArticlePhotos From SQLSat Orange County
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View Article#SQLPASS #SUMMIT14 #MVPSUMMIT Checklist–50 Things Not to Leave Behind
shared some of these on Twitter, but I decided to pull them all together in one place. There’s be a lot of tips shared prior to these events, but I think these haven’t been covered nearly enough....
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