With the DATEDIFF script returning 25 today, I thought it would be great day to point out some of the links provided by SQL Pass to enhance your Summit experience.

• A list of After Hours events, it’s not all-encompassing, but it is a good start.
• A list of Evening events (not to be confused with the After Hours events).
• A list of First Timers events.
• A list of Attendees for networking purposes.

Haven’t registered yet?  Why not?  Come on you know you want to!  See you there!  Enjoy!

With the DATEDIFF script returning 26 today, I thought it would be great to include some pictures from my last and only trip to Seattle in 1987. As a stud defensive lineman (maybe just in my own mind), I was not too cool to be a mathlete and flex my national Mu Alpha Theta competition smile. I am geek and always have been so it would not be surprising that I was the captain of the Algebra II team that won the state competition.  This was a blast for the four of us on the Algebra II team, my friend David Jones competing in the individual Trigonometry and Pedro Nunez in Geometry, I believe.

This is my friend Chuck Zanti and I sitting where Ken Griffey, Jr. and Alex Rodriquez sat inside the King Dome during our tour of the stadium.  We wanted to see a game, but the Mariners were out-of-town the whole week.  Sadly I will not be able to return here since it no longer exists.

This is inside the Boeing Museum of Flight, which was another highlight of our trip in addition to the flying fish at Pike Place Market.  I do not think I will have time to visit Boeing this time, but the market is definitely on the agenda.

I am not sure that I remember what this place was called, I just know that we took a long ferry ride to the island and then we saw a Native Americans performance along with some excellent salmon.  Of course, we had to get a picture in front of the totem pole.

And finally, this was the view from our dorm room at the U Dub (University of Washington) where the math competition was held.  It was a beautiful campus and we greatly enjoyed our stay in Seattle.  Enjoy!

The DATEDIFF script tells me it is now 27 days until I leave for the SQL PASS Summit 2012.   Today I have built my tentative schedule (as shown below) and this was probably the most difficult task I will ever have to do this year.  Trying to balance the sessions I need that will aid my current position in addition to what I would like to know and let’s not forget the people with whom I want to see speak.  Thankfully, I purchased the DVDs to cover all of those lost sessions.

I will go over the schedule again in a few weeks as I understand it is evolving.  However, I am curious, with shifting time slots if my calendar will adjust to the session or simply make me believe that I am attending a session that is no longer in that time slot.  Another thing I would like to point out is that I loaded all of these sessions into my outlook calendar and then I realized ‘hey that calendar is on eastern standard time!’  So I edited these sessions in my phone to reflect a pacific time zone so that hopefully when I arrive in Seattle everything will be correct.  I am making a mental note to review my schedule on Sunday when I arrive.

Stay tuned for this excellent adventure!