Saturday March 01 2008 was the second SQLBits conference. This is not an ordinary conference - it's a community conference created by some of the UK's leading SQL Server practitioners. Tony, Simon, Allan, Darren, Martin & Chris put an amazing amount of effort in to organising the event and I think the result was there for all to see. I was especially grateful as this gave me the opportunity to try my hand at doing some public speaking to a large audience. It was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. I hope to do more in the near future. So a big THANK YOU to the guys for all their sterling work.
All the people I spoke to seemed to really enjoy the day and everyone seemed so positive about both the conference and SQL Server. It was a really energising experience both giving the talk but also answering people's questions and helping out where I could. This was just as well as frankly I was shattered after a number of really late nights making sure everything went swimmingly.
I'd therefore also like to say a big THANK YOU to all those of you that attended my session, "I/O! I/O! It's off to disk we go...", and especially to those that provided all the feedback. It really helped me understand what I had done well and what hadn't gone so well. I now know about "Zoomit" and will be certainly trying this out next time.
It really is the best feeling and so if you feel like you want to give it a go then please feel free to get in touch and I'll pass your details on.
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My final slide deck is now attached to this post. However, please note it uses powerpoint 2007 and so you will either need to install the compatibility pack or use the aforementioned product...