Geeks on Screens with Coffee Mark Pryce-Maher

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 69 -  Dude , what number am I thinking of?   



Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Lord Richard Douglas (@SQLRich)  



Richard and I go way back.... way way back, no, much further than that....   This is going to be a ramble chat....  



I must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  



Love you!



youtube: https://youtu.be/xugheJ9yw84

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 63 -   Scary. DBA.  



Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Grant Fritchey  (@GFritchey)   

Welcome back to the first episode of season 4.   I will be talking to Grant about life, the universe and almost everything.  If you are lucky, we might talk a bit about PASS and ham radio.   



Bio: Grant Fritchey works for Red Gate Software as a Product Advocate. Grant has more than 30 years experience in the industry as a DBA and developer.   

Grant volunteers for the Professional Association of SQL Server Users (PASS) currently serving on the Board of Directors as the Executive Vice President.  



Grant is an active participant in the SQL Server Central discussion forums. He writes articles for SQL Server Central and Simple-Talk. He blogs regularly at scarydba.com. Grant is the author of the books "SQL Server Query Performance Tuning" and "SQL Server Execution Plans." He is co-author on the books "Query Store for SQL Server 2019", "SQL Server MVP Deep Dives 2," "Beginning SQL Server 2012 Administration," "Pro SQL Server 2012 Practices," and "Expert Performance Indexing in SQL Server."  

Grant teaches classes on data management and databases around the world. He teaches in the smallest user group settings and at the largest events.   I must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  Love you!



youtube: https://youtu.be/CarmpcVwlKs

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 62 -   Dress up



Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Blythe Morrow (@blythemorrow)  



Bio: Microsoft Data Platform. B2B Marketing. Owner at Paper Sword B2B. #SQLFamily. #StoryBrand Certified Guide. #MSPartner she/her  



I must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  Love you!



Youtube: https://youtu.be/1WI0aEaGv8w

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 61-   Christmas Special  



 Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Rob Sewell (@sqldbawithbeard)  

It's Christmas time, pandemic Christmas - we will have xmas jumpers and something else... no idea what.  I've not planned it yet. 



 Bio: Rob Sewell Rob is a SQL Server DBA, Devops engineer and PowerShell guru. Rob was also recognised a Microsoft Cloud and Datacenter MVP this year. Rob works with clients to enable automation, SQL Server best practices and Continuous Delivery using PowerShell, Git, VSTS, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy mainly on the Microsoft Azure platform or on-premises.  

I must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  Love you!



youtube: https://youtu.be/gHl-F1fM9JY

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 60  -  Wild SQL  



Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Gail Shaw (@SQLintheWild )   



Bio: Gail is a Database Specialist focusing on database performance tuning and database recovery, with a particular interest in topics such as indexing strategies, execution plans, and writing T-SQL code that performs well and scales gracefully.  



Gail is a Data Platform MVP, a Pluralsight author, writes articles for both SQLServerCentral.com and Simple-Talk.com, and has spoken at SQL Saturdays locally and internationally, SQL Bits and at the PASS Community Summit.  



Gail has been responsible for extending the lifespan of many an application by performance-tuning their databases as well as providing technical guidance on all things SQL Server related.  I



 must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  Love you!



Youtube: https://youtu.be/k1oNvDaLSZo

Geeks on Screens with Coffee Episode 59  -   BiML Queen  

Look who I bumped into at the water cooler/tea room/corridor? 

It's only Cathrine Wilhelmsen (@cathrinew ) 



 Bio: 

Cathrine loves teaching and sharing knowledge. She is based in Norway and works as a Senior Business Intelligence Consultant in Inmeta, focusing on Data Warehousing, Data Integration, Analytics, and Reporting projects. Her core skills are Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Biml and T-SQL development, but she enjoys everything from programming to data visualization. Outside of work she's active in the SQL Server community as a Microsoft Data Platform MVP, BimlHero Certified Expert, author, speaker, blogger, organizer and chronic volunteer.  



I must dash, the kettle has almost boiled.  Love you!

Youtube: https://youtu.be/F6fJDOb4xz8