Social Computing for the Database Professional
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Social Computing for the Database Professional Jason Massie, Terremark Brent Ozar, Quest Software
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Social Computing for the Database Professional. Jason Massie, Terremark Brent Ozar, Quest Software. Bachelor #1: Brent Ozar. SQL Server Expert for Quest Software SQLServerpedia Ed. Former DBA, SAN, VM admin for $7b co. Blog: BrentOzar.com Twitter: @ BrentO. Bachelor #2: Jason Massie. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Social Computingfor the Database ProfessionalJason Massie, TerremarkBrent Ozar, Quest Software
Bachelor #1:Brent Ozar• SQL Server Expert
for Quest Software• SQLServerpedia Ed.• Former DBA, SAN,
VM admin for $7b co.• Blog: BrentOzar.com• Twitter: @BrentO
Bachelor #2:Jason Massie• Manager, DBA
Services @ Terremark• Interests include other
RDBMS, the Cloud, and taking suckas to the pwnshop.
• Blog:JasonMassie.com
• Twitter: @StatisticsIO
Today’s Agenda
• Yesterday’s, Today’s, Tomorrow’s DBA• TweetDeck• Real time search• Crowd sourcing• Blogging• Tips and tools for the hardcore
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DBAs of Yore
• Day 1: Product Released
• Day 2:We RTFM’d
• Day 3:Asked Questions Usenet, Forums
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4 Letters Changed Everything
Why This Matters to You
• Fast release cycles• No documentation• No best practices• You’re on the
cutting edge
Help 140 Characters at a Time
As Interesting As You Make It
TweetDeck Demo
Jason Follows People Like…
• @_StevieWonder• @DonaldFarmer• @Scoblizer• Search – SQL, SQLPASS, Cloud,
RDBMS, Oracle, MySQL• And @SQLPass of course.
Brent Follows People Like…
• @SQLRockstar• @Wendy_Dance• @BadBanana• @DontTryThis• @CodingHorror
The Internets but real time
It is all about search!
• Images of the Hudson crash from the boat rescuing them.
• Live reports from events as they happen.
• The release date of XXX Server 2008 before it is official
Asking for Help Part 1
Asking for Help Part 2
The Man (?) Behind DBCC
Not Everyone Can Do This
Meet Connor
Meet Connor“Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.”
Crowd sourcing
• Crowdsourcing is a distributed problem-solving and production model. Problems are broadcast to an unknown group of solvers in the form of an open call for solutions. The crowd submits solutions. The crowd also sorts through the solutions, finding the best ones. - Wikipedia
Crowd sourcing examples
• Community driven new or answer sites• Informal polls to your networks• Wiki’s• Open source SD projects e.g. Codeplex
Crowdsourcing Demo #2Results of our informal Twitter poll
Blogging• Wordpress• See Brent’s blogging series• Read, comment, link• Etiquette• Self hosted vs. SQL blog networks
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Blogging Demo
Social Networking Tips
• Be personable• Keep it real. Be personal• Don’t buddy spam• Do not worry about “What’s in it for me”• Focus on providing value• 1st Lurk. 2nd Contribute. 3rd Evangelize.
Hard-Core Social Tools• Google blog search\alerts• FriendFeed.com• Ping.fm• BrightKite.com• Facebook\linkedin\plaxo\social darling• RSS Cloud and Pubsubhubbub
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