Yes, it is 2010… to some it could not come soon enough, to others it is already here.  Every time you write the date do you have to scribble through “09” and replace it with a “10?”  Well, last week was the week to start keeping our New Year’s resolutions. And frankly I am not that big on New Year’s resolutions, I like the concept usually make a few resolutions on my birthday each year, but I just never have been one to participate each New Year.  But this year I have a resolution… To Blog.

 

It is really a little embarrassing. I have been active in the SQL Server and Microsoft BI technical community for over 10 years, have been a user group leader and technical author for a majority of that time and I have managed to survive without ever having a blog.  Of course I have done the easy stuff: LinkedIn, FaceBook, Plaxo… I even tried Twitter twice.  Amazingly these days I author hundreds of emails each week, many of them displaying immense forethought and possessing great readability… but for some reason I am not capturing those types of communication for a wider audience in the form of a blog.

 

Call me inspired or challenged, but one of my colleagues on the PASS Board of Directors is Andy Warren.  Andy is a prolific blogger and I enjoyed and appreciated his commentaries featured in the PASS Community Connector throughout 2009.  Andy is a tireless contributor to the technical community and when it comes to PASS and serving the community he is a strong advocate of transparency.  There is always lots of debate around how much transparency is desirable, but better overall communication is never a bad thing and the core of transparency is communication.  This year I am the PASS Director of Chapters and I have an increased responsibility for communication.  Those of you that know me know that I am very big on communication in general, I like to get on the phone with chapter leaders and community members, I like newsletters and discussion groups… but not all of those are scalable, accessible or durable.  So I will add blogging to my quiver…  I look forward to interacting with you more through this venue in 2010.