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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...

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How 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...

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Field 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...

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Karen’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...

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So 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...

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Images 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...

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Making 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...

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#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...

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L-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...

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We 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...

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Karen’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...

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Astronauts 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...

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#EDW13 DAMA – Enterprise Data World

Related posts: Images from Maps: Kennedy Space Center #NASATweetup Love Your Data #SQLRun Support Rob and Karen in the Portland Half Marathon

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Stuff 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...

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A 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...

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Travel 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!...

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Photos From #NoSQLNow Event

Related posts: Big Challenges in Data Modeling–Modeling for NoSQL, Schemaless & Unstructured Data 22 Aug I’m Speaking at #SQLSat104 Colorado Springs 7 January 2012 Join me in Kansas City this week...

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#pdxmarathon Hills. Oh my.

Related posts: NOT Attending SQLPASS. But I am Going to Seattle Making The Hard Decisions On A Project–Lessons From NASA #SQLRun Support Rob and Karen in the Portland Half Marathon

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Photos From SQLSat Orange County

Related posts: Join me in Kansas City this week — it’s a throwdown! 27 June Big Challenges with Data Modeling: Data Modelers and DBAs Let’s Talk Agile Development and Data Modeling…Friends or Frenemies?

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#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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