August 19, 2009 at 10:15 am
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
Jack Corbett (8/19/2009)
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
*Woot* Just got TechEd evaluation scores. Bar one comment, very nice!Congrats, but of course exactly what I'd have expected for you, barring the one negative comment.;-)
Comment essentially said that I need to stop making jokes because they're not funny (odd, people in audience were laughing), that I need to be more confident and stop trying to impress the audience.
Oh well.... Can't please everyone....
Humor is subjective. In some people's cases, it needs to be subjected to a baseball bat.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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August 19, 2009 at 10:53 am
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
Jack Corbett (8/19/2009)
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
*Woot* Just got TechEd evaluation scores. Bar one comment, very nice!Congrats, but of course exactly what I'd have expected for you, barring the one negative comment.;-)
Comment essentially said that I need to stop making jokes because they're not funny (odd, people in audience were laughing), that I need to be more confident and stop trying to impress the audience.
Oh well.... Can't please everyone....
Sounds like a wanker.
Did you get any constructive criticism? That's the stuff I live for, when someone actually has useful insights, not just "You did great" or "You stink."
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
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SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
August 19, 2009 at 11:03 am
Humor is subjective. In some people's cases, it needs to be subjected to a baseball bat.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
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August 19, 2009 at 11:13 am
Bob Hovious (8/19/2009)
Humor is subjective. In some people's cases, it needs to be subjected to a baseball bat.
Hey! I resemble that remark!
Hey, now I really like the avatar you have right now (2009-08-19 11:12 AM MDT).
August 19, 2009 at 11:28 am
Glad you like it, Lynn.
Steve: Suggestion for new functionality... name/avatar history. 😀
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August 19, 2009 at 12:14 pm
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
Does that make the slightest sense?
Yes, it did. There is probably something I'm not connecting with sub-queries so I'll dig into that. Thanks for the direction!
-- Kit
August 19, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Bob Hovious (8/19/2009)
Glad you like it, Lynn.Steve: Suggestion for new functionality... name/avatar history. 😀
That would be nice... but in Bob's case, Steve would have to devote an entire disk to keep track of all of his avatars! :w00t:
-- Kit
August 19, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Awwww... that's not true... I've got a couple thousand... errr dozen at most.
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August 19, 2009 at 2:04 pm
Grant Fritchey (8/19/2009)
Did you get any constructive criticism? That's the stuff I live for, when someone actually has useful insights, not just "You did great" or "You stink."
Nothing really useful. Couple "learned a lot", "good information", etc. Several compliments. Nothing that I can use to fix actual problems.
I think next time I do a local presentation I'll bribe my colleague to attend (if he's in the same city) and give some useful feedback.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
August 19, 2009 at 2:14 pm
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
Grant Fritchey (8/19/2009)
Did you get any constructive criticism? That's the stuff I live for, when someone actually has useful insights, not just "You did great" or "You stink."Nothing really useful. Couple "learned a lot", "good information", etc. Several compliments. Nothing that I can use to fix actual problems.
I think next time I do a local presentation I'll bribe my colleague to attend (if he's in the same city) and give some useful feedback.
Or video it, and review the video yourself. It's amazing what you'll note when you watch yourself in action. Sounds narcisistic, but it's really useful.
"Oh my God! I can't believe how many times I said 'um'!"
or
"Why was I blushing during that part?"
or
"My fly was down the whole time?!?"
or
"I really need to pay attention to the audience. Half of them fell asleep while I was talking about b-tree structures, and I didn't even notice!"
Watching yourself on video can be very, very interesting, and it's a great way to smooth out any rough parts.
And, if you want, you can send copies of the video to other people you want critiques from.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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August 19, 2009 at 3:39 pm
GSquared (8/19/2009)
Or video it, and review the video yourself. It's amazing what you'll note when you watch yourself in action. Sounds narcisistic, but it's really useful.
Do that and I'll probably be so depressed I'll never present again. 😉
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
August 19, 2009 at 4:54 pm
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
Party time next time I see my Lead (probably next week), I'll make sure he pays.I scored best whiteboard session of the entire conference and best breakout session of the DAT track. :w00t: :w00t:
Somehow, that just doesn't surprise me. Nice job!
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.
August 20, 2009 at 5:44 am
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
GSquared (8/19/2009)
Or video it, and review the video yourself. It's amazing what you'll note when you watch yourself in action. Sounds narcisistic, but it's really useful.Do that and I'll probably be so depressed I'll never present again. 😉
I agree. I can take criticism from others, but if I had to critique myself... game's over, time to go home.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
Author of:
SQL Server Execution Plans
SQL Server Query Performance Tuning
August 20, 2009 at 7:02 am
GilaMonster (8/19/2009)
GSquared (8/19/2009)
Or video it, and review the video yourself. It's amazing what you'll note when you watch yourself in action. Sounds narcisistic, but it's really useful.Do that and I'll probably be so depressed I'll never present again. 😉
It can definitely be brutal.
Studies have shown that people in the top 10% of their field are usually overly self-critical.
- Gus "GSquared", RSVP, OODA, MAP, NMVP, FAQ, SAT, SQL, DNA, RNA, UOI, IOU, AM, PM, AD, BC, BCE, USA, UN, CF, ROFL, LOL, ETC
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