{"id":1007,"date":"2008-09-03T11:35:25","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/paul\/post\/One-year-on.aspx"},"modified":"2008-09-03T11:35:25","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:35:25","slug":"one-year-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/one-year-on\/","title":{"rendered":"One year on&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><FONT face=Verdana size=2><br \/>\n<P>Well, it&#8217;s been a year since I left Microsoft (8\/31\/07) to join Kimberly running SQLskills.com &#8211; and what a blast it&#8217;s been!<\/P><br \/>\n<P>From 8\/31\/07 to 8\/31\/08 I&#8217;ve:<\/P><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI>Had one front-page article in TechNet Magazine<br \/>\n<LI>Written two whitepapers<br \/>\n<LI>Presented at 4 conferences<br \/>\n<LI>Taught in 5 countries outside the US<br \/>\n<LI>Taken 39 flights (still 18 more to go in 2008&#8230;)<br \/>\n<LI>Posted 182 blog posts<br \/>\n<LI>Had more than a million hits on my blog!! 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