Intro I've been using Keynote to produce gifs for social media posts. It's really simple to do in both Keynote and Powerpoint although the output from Keynote is slightly better in its delivery in my opinion. I've been asked a few times on how I've produced them, so I thought I'd put a post together to explain. I'll …

Data Weekender 3.1 is here Are you coming to Dataweekender 3.1 on Saturday 15th May? It's just over a week away!! And it's all free! I'm hosting track 3 I'm going to be hosting track 3. Track 3 is jampacked with #PowerBI awesomeness. And there's also a keynote "Into the Dataverse" from the highly entertaining …

Intro I've recently become a helper at SQL Bits, moderating in Manchester in 2019 and online in 2020. Back in April SQL Bits announced there wasn't going to be a 2021 conference (sad face) but instead they would rerun the 2020 content in a Q&A format; ANNOUNCEMENT #2 We have reached out to our wonderful family of …

I'm still friends with Redgate At the beginning of the year, Redgate graciously agreed to retain me on their Friend of Redgate program for a second year. This is despite a quiet year where we've not kept in touch as much as I'd have liked, I've been distant, we've liked each others tweets on Twitter and I managed just …

THE VAN IS BACK DataWeekender is a free online conference for the Microsoft Data Platform community. At 9am Central European Summer Time (CEST) on October 17th, the van is going to roll into town for only the second time! You can sign up for the event here. A NEW FORMAT The first event, which took place earlier this …

SQL Bits is finally here! In less than 24 hours the greatest show will begin, you have until 1pm to get your ticket! The last remaining tickets for SQLBits 2020 are available until Monday 1pm (BST) 12 noon (UTC). Re-write the stars and join us for what promises to be the Greatest Show in Town! Register here: …

I'm a friend of Redgate!! I'm excited to announce that I've been invited into the Friends of Redgate program! I have often been accused of being a Redgate fanboy and it's true! I've been a long-time user and ambassador of Redgate products so I'm super excited to write this post. What is the FoRG program? The …