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Didn’t attend SQL PASS? Twitter was the next best thing.

I didn’t attend the 2009 SQL PASS Summit in Seattle  but I am following a bunch of people on Twitter who did. There tweeting and twitpics were the next best thing.  The Twitter feed was like a stock ticker that kept me current on what was happening at SQL PASS. What did I learn via Twitter regarding SQL PASS? I should get the conference DVDs. The webcast "Simplify SQL Server Management with DMVs - the Experts' Perspective"  was hilarious.  I attended.  Buck Woody’s reign of humor continued throughout the week. Louis Davidson (@drsql) loves sys.dm_io_virtual_stats. I learned a simple query to find all the DMVs on a server from Buck Woody. I can hover over the columns in Activity Monitor and see what DMV they are from. Tom LaRock said "You don’t just get me, you get my network."  A great way to justify SQL PASS attendance to a manager. The Quest Twitter T-shirts were great.  Never ever walk out of a Buck Woody presentation. Never bring a Ma