At the last Connections conference in April, the conference organizers tapped a bunch of speakers for interviews, articles, and other content to put into a free “newsletter” called MyDevConnections, and now it’s finally available. It covers all the Connections conferences, so isn’t just limited to SQL Server. As far as SQL is concerned, Kimberly and I wrote an article about our favorite SQL Server 2008 features (data compression and filtered indexes, respectively), and Ross Mistry wrote an article on hardening a SQL Server 2005 installation. There’s also an extract from a Women in Technology interview that Kimberly took part in. Overall there’s 84 pages of content in the PDF, with some adverts for the Connections shows (obviously). Check it out at http://www.devconnections.com/mydevconnections/S08_DevOnlineMag_Web.pdf
2024: the year in books
Back in 2009 I started posting a summary at the end of the year of what I read during the year and people have been