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One Thousand Tweets

I noticed last month that I was approaching 1,000 tweets with my @marktabnet account.  I decided to blog to mark the event.  I use WordPress to blog, and when I submit this post, I have an add-in which will officially send my 1,000th Tweet.  In this blog post, I will talk about Twitter, and how I plan to use it in 2012.

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Speaking at SQL Saturday 86 BI Edition Tampa

I will be traveling to my first SQL Saturday in Tampa, Florida.  I have been to several SQL Saturday events in Florida before.  This particular event is on November 5, 2011.  This post provides the details.

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Comments on PASS Summit Friday Keynote

Today’s keynote was by computer science guru Dr. David DeWitt.  I had heard that DeWitt was a good presenter, and found that to be true.  He focused on Big Data, and specifically went through how Hadoop works (as contrasted with alternatives) along with a contrast between Hadoop and PDW (parallel data warehouse).  This blog post has some comments on that presentation and on the day in general.

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Comments on PASS Summit Thursday Keynote

Today’s keynote at the Professional Association for SQL Server (PASS) Summit was based on the phrase “The Fantastic 12 of 2012″.  I’m thinking the “Fantastic 12″ was a spin-off of the movie and comic series “The Fantastic Four” with the number changed to twelve, to both avoid a copyright issue and to align with the new name “SQL Server 2012″.  I did not take much notes during the keynote, but my blog post today is informed by a brochure called “The Fantastic 12 of 2012″ handed out by Microsoft on the exhibit hall floor.  This blog post will cover some of the contents in that brochure.

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Comments on PASS Summit Wednesday Keynote

I am blogging from the PASS Summit in Seattle, WA.  This morning’s keynote session with Ted Kummert of Microsoft had the expected announcements about SQL Server.  In this post, I will talk about some of these announcements and what they might mean for data mining.

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PASS Summit 2011

I am attending PASS (Professional Association of SQL Server) Summit in Seattle, Washington this week. 

  • If you are also at this conference, and would like to meet me, let me know by using the contact form on http://marktab.net
  • My Twitter handle is @marktabnet – I have already been tweeting from the event, and will be doing so during the event
  • I am on Linked In

This blog post will contain some data mining events where I will be leading, and other social events where I plan to be (at least for part of the time).

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Tribute to Steve Jobs

In the past hour, the news has been reporting the passing of Information Technology icon, innovator, inventor, leader, and billionaire Steve Jobs.  He lived to be 56 years old. I never met him directly, but did see him up close in 1993 (which I will describe in this post), and his company’s products have impacted my life (also in this post). 

I honor his contribution to the world even though I professionally am a part of the Microsoft MVP program, and Microsoft has been a long-time competitor and collaborator with Apple.  Yes I own the PC, but the fact is, I touched and used the Apple first.

Steve Jobs as a University Topic

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