📣 Last chance to join the IN PERSON portion of our next meet-up, where you can catch up with me and @sqlsocialite.bsky.social live and on site. Registrations for the in-person event must be done by 9AM PDT on July 22, 2025! Go to www.meetup.com/vancouver-mi...

I'll be hosting and speaking at an event next week in Vancouver, BC. This will be the 1st in-person event for this new Meetup Group - Vancouver Microsoft Data Platform Professionals! Check out the details and register today. Hope to see you Thursday July 24th @ 9AM! www.meetup.com/vancouver-mi...

Unfortunately, #PowerBI does little to help you compare changes across versions, or indicate "who made what change, when?" 😭 But don't be discouraged! @sqlsocialite.bsky.social has a solution using Git and the .pbip file format. 😄 Join us on July 24, sign up here: www.meetup.com/vancouver-po...

Struggling with Paginated Reports which is served by DAX, with parameters, and my gosh why does it always break the report when I make a minor change to the DAX... It seems I have to delete the parameter all over again to get it linked back up... is this just me...?

I found this article very intriguing! Carney’s Checkmate: How Canada's Quiet Bond Play Forced Trump to Drop Tariffs open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

To be clear, I'll be cheering Stephanie Bruno (wait, is she not on Bluesky?) and Shannon Lindsay ( @shan-gsd.bsky.social ) on as they conjure up their magic! They are luminaries in our community. I'm so lucky to know them. I'll be helping attendees during lab time, as they work on magic potions.

Forget about the tea leaves, there’s a smiley face in my empty coffee mug! I hope that’s a sign that 2025 is going to be happier!

trainingsupport.microsoft.com This site was working and now it is down. It is a MS Support forum. Pearson OneVUE Support directed me to it in order to get my exam link resent. It is for my Fabric DP-600 Exam that I hope to write in the next 48 hours. 😢 Reach out if you have connections. #dp600

I’m definitely NOT going to miss this…

Build REST API for your database in minutes and with "4 lines of code" using .NET Aspire 9 and a couple of Community Toolkit packages! You can use the API via Swagger right away! #dotnet #sqlserver #azure #aspire #api

Chilling at the library with 5 1/2 month old, “Bridge” at the local library. He is in a “Close” between my legs and is quite settled. He is not reacting to his environment. I am just boarding him for just a few days, but training doesn’t cease.

Yes, indeed! A wise choice…

Twitter's terms of service going into effect November 15 will move the forum for legal disputes to the northern district of Texas in front of a judge who owns Tesla stock and there are no anti-SLAPP protections. Elon will use it to sue his critics into silence. Get off of there by then.

How do you balance coupling in your application? @vladikk talks on .NET Rocks at https://buff.ly/3NR8ojS about his new book Balancing Coupling in Software Design!

Day 2 of #PASSDataSummit! Today I deliver the #WIT Luncheon keynote - Amplify Your Voice: Strategies for Visibility and Influence at Work. I look forward to seeing some of you in the audience! The session will ALSO be live streamed at 12:30 PM PT - passdatacommunitysummit.com/about/news/w...!

Just left the conference centre and I’m at my hotel to check-in. Then out for a walk and a bite. Anyone care to join me, or if you are at a restaurant now, let me know which one and I’ll join you! #PASSDataCommunitySummit

Blog Alert! A very special one, the first one in a series together with Valerie Junk on the hashtag#DP700 hashtag#MicrosoftFabric hashtag#Certification hashtag#MicrosoftLearn sqlreitse.com/2024/10/29/m...

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✨Announcing Kim Manis, Vice President of Product #MicrosoftFabric and #PowerBI, as the keynote speaker for #FabricFebruary 2025! 🚀 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCor... Find all the details on www.fabricfebruary.com 🎉

I’ve never seen one of these before - It’s enormous! Does anyone know what it is?

Salsa needs to walk on many different surfaces in his early years so that she is comfortable navigating the world in the future, with a human in tow. Initially Salsa was apprehensive. My job was to exude confidence so that he feels assured that everything will be okay. #ServiceDogInTraining

I have had “Salsa” for the past week. She’s 14 month old Guide Dog in Training with the BC & Alberta Guide Dogs. Her original border came down with Pneumonia, so I’m helping out until Salsa’s Puppy Raisers return from Vacation on the 10th.

Time for me to spread some puppy love! www.ami.ca/category/bli... I'm betting you'll need some tissues for tears. At the end of this 22 minute episode, if you manage not to cry, okay, but if you do cry, please give $5 to my fundraiser: www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/tea...

Annie - a pUpdate - where is she today? 🐕‍🦺 "I have been meaning to sit down and write this post for several months..." "We had Annie, our Service Dog in Training for significantly longer than most puppy raisers..." Read, and see more picture here: www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/tea... #TeamAnnie

Wow... That guy looks and sounds... so familiar... I might have met him somewhere, at some time... youtu.be/Gs7x22eMoys

Make sure you warn these folks down there how excited I am for this!! Gonna be fun and hope you all can make it!

If you're looking for a TweetDeck-ish experience, check out https://skyfeed.app. You can pin your feeds, choose the color you like, and easily create your own feeds! 🤓 (Pinned feeds don't seem to persist if refreshing or re-opening, but just keep the window / tab open for now.)

I'm going to Fully Charged LIVE next week in Vancouver, BC. I'd like to replace both my cars with Electric Vehicles I'm also going to look at feasibility of Solar Panels for my home, an upgrade to 200 amp service & new panel. The World's No.1 Home Energy & Electric Vehicle Show (fullycharged.live)

@timford.bsky.social Happy Birthday!

Still a few hours left to register for this afternoon's virtual session with Buck Woody Generative AI: Concepts, Tools, and Applications for Data Professionals https://www.meetup.com/dbavug/events/294225331/

Woohoo! CFS has opened!

Made by third-party developers, referenced by the Bluesky team on their blog: https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/7-27-2023-custom-feeds. As for credentials, you use App Passwords so you can login without giving full access to your account or password 😊

Don't forget that CFS for DATA BASH is closing soon! Last date is August 25th! Don't miss it and visit our website https://databash.live #sqlfamily #azurefamily #pbifamily #fabricfamily

A M4.3 earthquake occurred near Parkfield, CA two days ago. This is the site of the only earthquake prediction ever officially recognized by the US government - a prediction that failed. The fault remains heavily studied - why? Read our latest post! https://earthquakeinsights.substack.com/ 🧪⚒️

The rate of Antarctic sea ice growth has slowed down even more in the last few days... More visualizations at: https://zacklabe.com/antarctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/. More information on this extreme event at: https://zacklabe.com/climate-viz-of-the-month/. Data from the NSIDC. 🧪

Apparently I need to amplify this fantastic website which allows even organizers to notify potential speakers when a cfs is open. Due to the fact that I have noticed that at least one Microsoft Data Platform event that has yet to use it. https://callfordataspeakers.com/

Going through random coins and bills to take to coin collection shop. Some people enjoy collecting. I’m just a recovering pack rat! 11.25 British sterling 8.35 Euros 647 Mexican Pesos 0.77 USD 3.20 CDN Do any of these look familiar to you?

I made a #SQLFamily and #AzureDataCommunity feed 🤓 Hashtags aren't clickable, but you can still search for hashtags, and all posts with these two hashtags will show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:xbw4ippkcrqleyh42eo57gsh/feed/sqlfamily Like it, pin it, share it! 💙

🔍Looking to give Copliot a try in Azure Data Studio? Check out this video with Subhojit and me to understand the basics! https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/shows/open-at-microsoft/copilot-is-now-in-azure-data-studio-and-this-is-how-it-can-help-you