Monthly Archives: June 2012
SQLPass Global Growth: Don’t be Afraid of Growth, Be Afraid of Standing Still
My TechEd Europe Speaking and Expo Sessions
- Tuesday 26th June: 11:30PM – 2:00PM
- Tuesday 26th June: 5:45PM – 7.30PM
- Wednesday 27th June: 12:00PM – 2:30PM
- Friday 29th June: 11:30AM – 1:30PM
My focus will be on Breakthrough Insights using Data Visualisation.
I will be presenting on Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation at the following times:
Room G106 on Thu, Jun 28 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
MSDN UK Team Blog Pointer: Writing Better SQL with your head in the Clouds?
In the article, I point out the benefit of Itzik’s series, which I see as follows;
– it helps novices to write better SQL
– it helps more practices SQL crafters to write SQL for SQL Azure.
If you’d like to take a look, head over and I strongly recommend Itzik’s series for everyone.
MSTechEd Follow Up References on Data Visualisation and Business Intelligence
I love the Flowing Data site, and Nathan Yau’s book is entitled ‘Visualise This: The Flowing Data Guide to Design, Visualization and Statistics‘.
Howard Dresner’s Site
Howard Dresner‘s site contains a lot of information, and I recommend that you look at all of it. Excellent work!
My TechEd Videos and Slides, plus my favourite session!
The TechEd material is fantastic and there are lots of good sessions to choose from. I’d like to point you in the direction of the Business Intelligence track at TechEd, and here is a sample of the great content to view:
The 12 Reasons to Love Microsoft SQL Server 2012 with Dandy Weyn, Sean Boon and Thomas La Rock
The Dirty Dozen: Windows PowerShell Scripts for the Busy DBA by Aaron Nelson
Building Self-Service BI Applications Using PowerPivot by Julie Strauss
and my personal favourite:
BISM: Multidimensional vs. Tabular with Marco Russo and Alberto Ferrari
There are too many to list here, so please head over to Channel 9 and take a look!
My TechEd 2012 Journey, and some ‘Thank You’ messages from me!
Before you dive into the slides, a few big ‘Thank You’ messages from me:
I want to say a big Thank You to the organisers. They have put in a superhuman effort to make TechEd a success. In particular, I’d like to thank Dandy Weyn who helped me to overcome some AV issues right before my presentation, along with the other help he’s given me along this TechEd Journey. There are other people as well, such as the organising team at Microsoft, and I’d like to thank them.
I wanted to say a big Thank You to the audience. I loved the participation. Although they may not realise it, they’ve given me a wonderful lifetime experience at TechEd, which I’ll never forget. It was awesome to meet so many people who love Business Intelligence and Data Visualisation as I do. Before I started the session, I asked audience members to introduce themselves and each other. If some post-TechEd friendships spring up as a result of this, I will consider my presentation a success in ways that don’t find their ways into the evaluation summaries.
Therefore, the slide deck is a team effort since I’ve had lots of input and support along the way. Please head over to the Channel 9 site in order to download slides and view the video. The download slides and video link is here, and I look forward to your comments!
Enjoy!
Jen