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Twitter – a Swiss Army Knife for the SQL Server Professional

Twitter – a Swiss Army Knife for the SQL Server Professional. Andy Lohn @SQLSquill 5/17/11. Who am I?. SQL Server Development DBA at Medtronic Started working with SQL in 1998 Director of Technology for PASSMN Blog - www.sqlfeatherandquill.com Twitter - @SQLQuill.

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Twitter – a Swiss Army Knife for the SQL Server Professional

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  1. Twitter – a Swiss Army Knife for the SQL Server Professional Andy Lohn @SQLSquill 5/17/11

  2. Who am I? • SQL Server Development DBA at Medtronic • Started working with SQL in 1998 • Director of Technology for PASSMN • Blog - www.sqlfeatherandquill.com • Twitter - @SQLQuill

  3. Some uses for Twitter and SQL • Tell people what you had for lunch • Communicate/network with others and share info • Promote your blog/website/product • Get immediate help from MVPs and SQL experts • Read about what's going on and what’s coming in the SQL world

  4. Twitter Basics • Micro-blogging • 140 Character limit • How to get started • Sign up for an account at www.twitter.com • Fill in the bio • Add an image

  5. Twitter Basics • User’s URL = twitter.com/<<username>> • Follow people • @, RT, D, # • Links – bit.ly, goo.gl, tinyurl, etc. • Images – twitpic, yfrog, etc

  6. Where to find SQL Server resources? • Start following a few of the big names see who they interact with • StrateSQL, onpnt, PaulRandal, KimberlyLTripp, BrentO, etc • Wefollow.com - http://wefollow.com/twitter/sql • SQL lists of others • BrentO\SQL • StrateSQL\SQL or StrateSQL\SQL-MVP

  7. #sqlhelp Use this hashtag to get help with a SQL Question. Lots of technical people keep an eye on this and help each other. Use only for technical questions. SQL Twitter users love #sqlhelp, don’t abuse it. Brent Ozar has written a couple posts about dos and don’ts.

  8. Tools - TweetDeck TweetDeck – www.tweetdeck.com Desktop application/organizer for Twitter

  9. Tools - Paper.li Paper.li – the efficient way to see what’s happening on twitter

  10. Tools – tweet-sql tweet-sql - www.tweet-sql.com TSQL style twitter client

  11. Tools – Twitterfeed http://twitterfeed.com/ RSS feeds to your twitter account

  12. Other Tools • RSS feeds • Powershell scripts • Wordpress plugins • Four Square

  13. More Info Check my website for all the links www.sqlfeatherandquill.com @BrentO’s The Simple Twitter Book www.BrentOzar.com/twitter

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