I’m really excited to be hosting this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, the monthly blog party that has been running since 2009. Because many of us have our brains fried after last week’s PASS Summit, I’m going for a non-technical subject: the opportunity to give a shout-out to people (well-known or otherwise) who have made a meaningful contribution to your life in the world of data.
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I can certainly think of many candidates for my submission, and the hardest part may be narrowing down the options to a manageable set. You may opt to write about a single incident, let rip with a mini-biography, or anything in between. And if you want to contextualise it with juicy technical detail, be my guest!
Since I’m hosting, I get to jump the queue at this point by thanking Adam Machanic. His blogging and writing has provided me with much food for thought over my SQL Server career, and I loved that one chance I got to attend a one-day precon with him a few years ago. He is a total rock star, and I mean that in the nicest possible sense.
Adam has created and gently managed this particular medium of T-SQL Tuesday, which has given me a few much-needed writing deadlines and an opportunity to connect with people I wouldn’t normally cross paths with. Exhibit A: Deb Melkin and I killing time with conversation in the airport last Saturday. We had never met before, but had participated in T-SQL Tuesday together – my first one IIRC – which was pretty much the extent of our prior acquaintance.
He has also helped me in a more direct way. A few months ago, I was considering submitting a session for SQL Saturday, and found myself staring at his great blog post on writing abstracts. Feeling the need to bounce some ideas around, I emailed him with a few simple questions. His very detailed response was helpful in getting my thoughts crystallised, but the interaction also gave me the courage to go for it. So thank you, Adam.
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You get the idea. Find a person or several people to pick on, and tell us a shareable story or two about how they have made a positive contribution in your life.
Housekeeping
The rules for participation are simple:
- Write your post.
- Schedule it to be published at some point on Tuesday, November 14 (UTC calendar day).
- Include the TSQL Tuesday logo in the top of your post.
- Link your post back to this one. Although trackbacks should work, it is a good idea to write a comment with the link on this post. I do moderate comments, so don’t worry if your comment doesn’t appear immediately.
- If you like, tweet a link to your post, adding the #tsql2sday hash tag. People will be watching the hashtag, so it’s a good way to get your post seen.
And that’s it! I look forward to reading all your stories, and I shall be publishing a round-up on Monday, November 20.
My WordPress scheduler chose not to publish this per my orders but whenever it felt like it. That’s why I’m early. So…first!
https://www.mlakartechtalk.com/t-sql-tuesday-96-inspire-make-difference/
Thanks for hosting, Ewald. Mine’s at http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/2017/11/14/my-inspirational-team/
Thanks for hosting! Here is my post. Handwritten thank you card posted via Twitter coming tomorrow 🙂
https://toddkleinhans.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/folks-who-have-made-a-difference-authors-and-avatars/
I wrote a thing on my blog. https://bornsql.ca/blog/t-sql-tuesday-the-contributing-factor/
Thanks for hosting! Great post topic. Here’s my contribution: https://blog.netnerds.net/2017/11/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Mr Cress, gracias for the hosting! Here’s my attempt at a contribution
https://nocolumnname.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
My first #tsql2sday post!
https://jimbabwe.co.za/2017/11/14/influences-and-influencers/
Here’s my T-SQL Tuesday post. https://blogs.sentryone.com/loriedwards/t-sql-tuesday-96-folks-made-difference/ Thanks for hosting!
Hi Ewald. Thanks for hosting! Here’s my article:
https://itsalljustelectrons.blogspot.com/2017/11/TSQL-Tuesday-96-Folks-Who-Have-Made-a-Difference.html
Thanks again for hosting a fantastic topic!
https://blogs.sentryone.com/andyyun/t-sql-tuesday-96-who-inspires-me/
tsql2sday 96
http://www.cjsommer.com/2017-11-14-tsql2sday-96-folks-who-made-a-difference/
Thanks for hosting! Here’s mine: https://debthedba.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/t-sql-tuesday-96-folks-whove-made-a-difference/
Here is my entry and my first T-SQL Tuesday post. Thanks 🙂
https://blogs.sentryone.com/johnmartin/t-sql-tuesday-96-finding-inspiration/
Thanks for hosting! Here’s my contribution :
https://danblank.co.uk/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Thanks for hosting. My contribution:
http://claudioessilva.eu/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Apologies; I put my comment in the wrong post. My contribution can be found at https://chrisyatessql.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/ thanks again for hosting.
Thank you for hosting, sir. Here’s my post. https://skreebydba.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Thank you for hosting. Here is my blog post. https://johnsterrett.com/2017/11/14/t-sql-tuesday-096-the-group-who-changed-my-career-forever/
I wrote a thing too:
https://blogs.sentryone.com/aaronbertrand/t-sql-tuesday-difference-makers/
Thanks for hosting Ewald! I really liked this topic. Here’s my post:
http://www.dba-art.com/tsql-tuesday-96/
Thanks for hosting!
http://clarkcreations.net/blog/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Only mentioned 2 people, since I’m fairly new to the SQL Community still. Perhaps an addendum is necessary as BrentO helped me this morning!
https://www.sqlevo.com/single-post/2017/11/14/TSQL-Tuesday-Folks-Who-Have-Made-a-Difference
thanks for hosting and great topic! Here’s my post: http://sql313.com/index.php/menu-main-blog/44-cat-career/67-tsql-tuesday-96
Great topic Ewald! Here’s mine!
https://sqlstudies.com/2017/11/14/it-takes-a-village/
Great topic. Thanks for hosting. Here is my blog –
https://dotnetvibes.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Thanks for hosting. My contribution:
Thank you for hosting! My contribution:
http://www.sqlnotnull.com/2017/11/11/tsql-tuesday-96/
T-SQL Tuesday #96: Thank You for Taking the Time: http://sqlsoldier.net/wp/sqlserver/tsqltuesday96thankyoufortakingthetime
Thanks for hosting! Here’s mine.
http://dataeducation.com/career-influence-usenet-strangers-t-sql-tuesday-096/
Thank you for hosting! Here is my post: https://littlekendra.com/2017/11/14/tsql2sday-96-kalen-delaneys-inspiration-for-adventure
Thanks for hosting, Ewald! Here’s mine: https://www.sqltheater.com/2017/11/14/three-pivot-points/
Thanks for hosting! Here’s mine: https://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
Thank you for hosting Ewald( forgot to comment here)
Here’s my contribution and my first t-sql tuesday post:
https://t.co/LJCoAnkMFF?amp=1
https://sqlmac.com/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-id-like-to-thank/
https://witsociety.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/t_sql-tuesday-96-in-the-beginning/
Thanks for Hosting! here’ mine https://sqlundercover.com/2017/11/14/t-sql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference-in-my-career-tsql2sday/
Here is my contribution.
http://bit.ly/2hB5O69
It ended up being a bit larger of an effort than I was envisioning at first.
Thank you for hosting!
http://sqlflipflopsdba.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-difference-makers/
Thanks for hosting!
https://mikedlynn.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/
i also wrote a post… thanks for hosting!
http://sql-sasquatch.blogspot.com/2017/11/tsql2sday-96-reflecting-on-those-that.html
Thanks for posting!
Here’s mine,
https://sqlundercover.com/2017/11/14/t-sql-tuesday-96-how-did-i-get-started/
I somehow messed up the pingback from my blog.
https://therestisjustcode.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/tsql-tuesday-96-folks-who-have-made-a-difference/