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Twitter Improves My Writing

Twitter improves my writing because it forces brevity and promotes vocabulary with only 140 chars, Inspires creativity for re-tweets
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Previously, I mentioned that I had joined Twitter reluctantly. I thought of Twitter as merely a recreational outlet, but it has increased my productivity and learning. In my relatively short time with it, I’ve learned about [...]

User Management Screen Problems

I’ve been in the process of auditing my user permissions, which is a daunting task when you administer a larger user base. I’ll elaborate on the entire project later.

One glaring omission I’d like to mention is the inability to customize the User Management (USER) screen. FastForms excludes it, and Form Customizer throws a [...]

Never Underestimate Your User. Expect the Unexpected.

Never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected.

Earlier this week, I was reminded of this post from some time ago. Yes I know I’ve already used that picture, but you can ever have enough Swayze. The company in question uses a 4-4-5 Calendar for accounting and this makes reporting more difficult. For [...]

Vendors Can’t be Put on Hold and Other Inconsistencies

As I pointed out in a previous article , various areas of M2M function differently. When you spend enough time administering a M2M database you realize that at one time there were several different individuals or teams working on various modules (sales, invoices, purchasing, production, etc) and they did not communicate enough.

For [...]

Psst. Buy SQL Server MVP Deep Dives

I haven’t really ever asked my readership (all 3 of you) to do anything, but I’d like to do so now. Buy SQL Server MVP Deep Dives, a book about most aspects of SQL Server written entirely by Microsoft MVPs. From their site:

QL Server MVP Deep Dives brings together the world’s most [...]

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