Tim Mitchell

Reflections on My First-Ever Presentation, Fifteen Years Later

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

May 3rd represents a small but significant milestone in my career. It was 15 years ago today, on May 3, 2008, when I delivered my first public technical presentation....

2023-05-03

My Office Setup

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

At the PASS Summit a few weeks ago, I had a great chat with some folks about our home office setups. More and more of us are working from...

2022-12-02 (first published: 2022-12-01)

Returning to PASS Summit

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

In just a couple of weeks, the PASS Summit will return to Seattle, Washington. This one will be extra special, since it’s going to be the first in-person Summit...

2022-10-31

Creating a Generic SSRS Report

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

Creating useful reports is part art and part science. On one end of the spectrum, you have visually appealing and highly customized reports and dashboards that are truly works...

2022-04-13 (first published: 2022-03-31)

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What Stephen King Taught Me About Data Storytelling

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

I’ve been a fan of macabre fiction writer Stephen King since I first picked up The Dark Half sometime in the early 1990s. Since then I’ve read dozens of...

2022-03-20

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Let’s Talk About Your Development Environment

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

Let’s talk about your development environment. Specifically, I’d like to chat with you about the virtual space where your data architecture team, software developers, and information curators do their...

2021-06-07

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Let’s Talk About Your Development Environment

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

Let’s talk about your development environment. Specifically, I’d like to chat with you about the virtual space where your data architecture team, software developers, and information curators do their...

2021-06-07

Moving On From PASS. What’s Next?

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

The COVID-19 global pandemic was by far the biggest influencer of 2020. This virus has cost over 1.8 million lives worldwide, and has upended normal life and commerce for...

2021-01-12

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Moving On From PASS. What’s Next?

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

The COVID-19 global pandemic was by far the biggest influencer of 2020. This virus has cost over 1.8 million lives worldwide, and has upended normal life and commerce for...

2021-01-12

Connecting to SharePoint Lists with SSIS

• by Tim Mitchell

• Tim Mitchell

SharePoint lists are popular and simple tools for storing modestly-sized discrete sets of data. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) includes a source component to allow reading data from SharePoint...

2021-01-15 (first published: 2021-01-09)

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