...and I'm not even referring to the User Groups which run regularly. The ones I'm referring to are SQLBits and the SQL Down Under Code Camp. SQLBits was in the UK last weekend, and was a massive success. I would've loved to have been able to attend, but it's a bit far to travel (I guess about 12000 miles). They had over three ...

Jos Verbaken was a student of mine a few weeks ago. He lives in Ballarat, and is known around the Melbourne SQL Server User Group circles. He did the 5-day course 2780 - Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Database. During the course, I encouraged the students to sit the exam 70-431, which the exam I wrote simulation questions for, and the ...

Nick Randolph made an interesting point. But first let me say that it's great that the Perth .Net group are doing this at all. It's a great move to develop a stronger community, and one that I would love to see happen in Adelaide some time. My problem with organising something like this is that I'm not in the city often enough, but I will try to ...