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Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:30 PM

Database Versioning Demonstration Uploaded

Fulfilling my promise at TechEd , I’ve finally completed a self-directed demonstration of the database versioning techniques I first presented at last year’s TechEd and which was alluded to during this year’s TechEd SQL Tricks presentations. It’s published
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Monday, November 24, 2008 9:30 PM

Travelogue: Three Hours in Barcelona

A photo-laden documentation of an afternoon out and about in a classic European city. No technical content, but some great pictures, and even a multi-lingual pun!
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Friday, November 21, 2008 10:45 PM

TechEd Indexing Presentation Now Available on MSDN Code Gallery

Well, it took me long enough to figure out how to get this done, didn’t it?  The good news is that I have a brand new tool in my arsenal..  the bad news is that I burned a bunch of precious rural bandwidth trying to upload this material to inappropriate
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Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:30 PM

Back In-Country: Greetings From JFK

Greetings from the Delta terminal at JFK Airport in beautiful South Ozone Park, NY, where I’m currently laying over on my way back to Orlando.  As I was getting up at 6am Barcelona time, my wife was watching Friday night’s episode of David Letterman
Posted by Ward Pond | 1 Comments
Thursday, November 13, 2008 3:45 PM

A Note to the Attendees of Today’s “SQL Tricks” Session

During today’s session, many of you were sufficiently interested in the “ versioning of database components ” trick that I offered to post the deck from last year’s session here on the blog. Well, I’ve looked at the deck and it’s frankly a little thin. 
Posted by Ward Pond | 3 Comments
Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:30 PM

What’s The One Thing A Technical Presenter Doesn’t Need?

A case of laryngitis. Yup. As I mentioned yesterday , my voice got a little flaky towards the end of yesterday’s SQL Tricks presentation here at TechEd EMEA 2008 Developers . By the time I got back to the hotel to call Gale and the family, pretty much
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:45 AM

My Favorite Pieces of Feedback for “SQL Tricks” So Far

Microsoft is constantly looking for ways to improve the experience of both presenters and delegates at TechEd. Since last year, the feedback system has been enhanced to the point where I’m now able to see my attendees' evaluations, including comments,
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:00 AM

Hello From Barcelona

Greetings from the Speakers’ Lounge at the Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona , where TechEd EMEA 2008 Developers is in full swing. Over 3,000 developers from all over the region have gathered to share and learn best practices for the care and
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008 10:00 AM

Scripts for “SQL Tricks: Insights from Microsoft IT”

UPDATED 22 November 2008 with Code Gallery URL. A ZIP file of the scripts from the SQL Tricks: Insights from Microsoft IT presentation I’m giving in Barcelona this week is available for download here . The tricks will be familiar to long-time denizens
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Thursday, October 16, 2008 6:00 PM

Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers Session Schedule Released!

Earlier this week, I got my session schedule for my talks at this year’s Tech·Ed EMEA 2008 Developers in Barcelona . DAT04-IS, SQL Tricks from Microsoft IT, will be offered on Tuesday, 11 November from 1:30pm until 2:45pm. DAT03-IS, Real-World Indexing
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Thursday, October 02, 2008 2:30 PM

More On Machine Translation: A Response for Hugo

No, that's not "moron machine translation", but if you read Hugo Kornelis' candid and very helpful comments on Tuesday's Windows Live Translator post , you're certainly aware that machine translation (MT) has its pitfalls. The pun in the paragraph above
Posted by Ward Pond | 2 Comments
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 5:30 PM

Don't Like My English? Try Me In Portuguese (and Eleven Other Languages) With Windows Live Translator!

This is the coolest thing I've seen in quite awhile.. Microsoft Server and Tools (the group that brings you, among others, the MSDN , TechNet , Expression , and CodePlex sites) is leveraging the latest translation technology from Windows Live and Microsoft
Posted by Ward Pond | 4 Comments
Friday, September 26, 2008 10:30 PM

La Font de Canaletes Works Its Magic

La Font de Canaletes is a public fountain near the head of La Rambla de Catalunya in what it currently the center of Barcelona, Spain: When I was in Barcelona last November, I reported that I "drank generously from the fountain, hopefully sealing
Posted by Ward Pond | 3 Comments
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 2:00 PM

I'd Much Rather Be At TechEd 2008 Developers..

.. but my appendix had other plans. I underwent the fabled 0400 Sunday morning emergency appendectomy following a burst on Saturday evening, May 17. Absent a misguided 16-hour attempt to leave the hospital 72-hours post-op (my last gasp at joining you
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Friday, May 16, 2008 4:45 PM

Eighteen Days Until TechEd Developers North America 2008!

This afternoon, I attended a briefing for TechEd North America 2008 presenters and staff, and yesterday I got my booth schedule for the event.  I've got my Hands-On Lab for SQL Tricks finished, and I was happily surprised to hear earlier this week
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