As an adrenaline junkie (skydiving, motorcycles, competition shooting, angel investor in startup companies, etc), I just want to say that: "What you don't know WILL hurt you." Anybody who says...

You're doing it wrong!

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If you're not getting a suite (or staying @ the Holiday Inn, even in...

I had a 100% travel gig for a couple or three years, until about a year ago when I took the current position (zero travel, since a 15-minute commute doesn't...

Wayne West (1/15/2009)

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Old habits die hard. I spent my formative years as a DBA in a 4.21/6.5 environment where you did everything by hand. It warn't like them...

If it's back2basics time, why is everybody focused on when The Economy™ will get back to its previous highs? Of course, by The Economy™ most people seem to mean The...

Steve Jones - Editor (1/13/2009)

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OK, I'm really confused now. I was going to change the picture to a new shirt, but most people like the shirt.

Hmmmmm, I think I...

Don't forget data governance in this equation. It's much harder to rotate out old backups (or to provide opposing counsel with just the most recent backup) if you've got them...

Steve Jones - Editor (1/12/2009)

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Not that I ever got asked to come, but I wouldn't wear a tie to interview with you, David 😀

course, not sure I could pass The...

Lynn Pettis (1/12/2009)

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David Reed (1/12/2009)

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I had a rule in startup-land that I never hired anybody who showed up for an interview in a tie, especially if they asked about interview...

Holy hot threads, Batman. 26 pages of replies? Seems like people seem to care about how others dress... Zowie.

I had a rule in startup-land that I never hired anybody who...

If the Netbook runs XP or higher, PGP Disk ought to work fine if you want to encrypt the drive. I haven't found a satisfactory netbook that runs Vista/Bitlocker yet.

I...

Not naive at all. Just too few people do it.

SCOM (which MOM was rolled into) is designed to manage operations, applications, automate routine admin tasks, etc. It's a bit bigger...

Reading that article was great affirmation. It reads like they're describing the place I work! Most of the time, anyway.

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Mr. Ingevaldson forgot to call out my current favorite hobby horse,...

I disagree on it "being difficult" to document deployed configurations and keep track of operational details. The number one problem that we see in the field with customers is a...

Not to be a contrarian, but gregariousness is overrated and usually counter productive. I thrive on chaos, personally, having worked in lots of startups and open-concept "agile" shops, but I...