This is a good one - should how you dress make a difference? It shouldn't. but it seems to.

Consciously dressing to match or not match expectations of your...

Thanks for the article. It's good advice, as is the "make sure you use the million row table". I've made the eliminate joins mistake Phil refers to myself, and I've...

I don't have any of the "voice activated" things yet though I am interested in them. The problem for me is I'm "hard of hearing" ("Pardon. Could you repeat that"...

I'm disappointed but not surprised by what Steve says in his article. It's my experience too.

IMO "Data Modeling" is an extremely useful skill. It fits well with lots...

I haven't been asked many "design it" questions over the years. I hadn't thought about that until now.

Steve says "...There seem to be so few ER...

This is a topic which is worth discussing. I don't understand the technical details (and I'm sure the typical consumer doesn't) but I'm glad I'm being alerted to the issue.

Surveys are a useful tool, but if you don't know what the sampling approach is, or the relationship of the sample to the whole population, then they they can be...

I love it! I liked it so much that I pasted a print of the editorial into my notebook just in case I want to show it to someone in...

Thanks for that article Steve. I don't consider or describe myself as as DBA, but I do encourage people to go and talk to real DBAs ;-), Having read the...