SQL Saturday Orlando 2024 was held on October 19th, 2024. Hurricane Milton delayed the conference by a week. We were fortunate that other commitments had changed for that new date, and we could change travel plans and attend. Some speakers had prior commitments or were dealing with the effects of the hurricane and could not participate. … Continue reading A Speaker’s Journey: SQL Saturday Orlando 2024 →

SQL Saturday Minnesota 2024 was held on September 28, 2024. Since this was our second year back at SQL Saturday Minnesota, it did not require as much research since we liked the hotel and area we stayed in last year. My wife is our CTO - "Chief Travel Officer” - and does a lot of … Continue reading A Speaker’s Journey: SQL Saturday Minnesota 2024 →

When our plane landed in San Diego Thursday night, we had an opportunity to go out with one of our friends and his wife. But we had a couple of long days and planned to get up early to go to the local YMCA the next day. Sometimes, figuring out if you are passing up … Continue reading A Speaker’s Journey: SQL Saturday San Diego 2024 →

Data Saturday Dallas 2024 was held on September 7, 2024, at the Microsoft office in Irving, Texas. On Friday, I broke my tradition of working from the hotel and invested in myself by purchasing a pre-con session. Chuy Varela, a member of my Power BI study group (SML), encouraged me to sign up, and I … Continue reading A Speaker’s Journey: Data Saturday Dallas 2024 →

We attended the speaker dinner on Friday. You know the speaker dinner is great when you don’t want to leave, but know you need to go back to the hotel for a final run-through of your presentation and get some sleep. Data Saturday Columbus 2024 was held on Saturday, August 17, 2024, at Otterbein University. … Continue reading A Speaker’s Journey: Data Saturday Columbus 2024 →