SDL Tridion MVP Winner!

I've always enjoyed sharing and giving back what I've learned. Interestingly enough, this time I won an award for contributing to the SDL Tridion community. What can I say? It's freakin' awesome.

Thanks to the home team, who shall remain anonymous, but you know who you are. Thanks to those that put up with my rants, raves, and random tidbits on the Tridion forum. Thanks to SDL and the decision committee (especially Nuno, who apparently seems to exist in multiple time zones simultaneously). Credit to Chris for training our team, Mihai for last-minute help, and Guy and René for showing us how cool Tridion was in the first place.

Crossroads

A few weeks ago I recommended a mix of software development books to a coworker which prompted a question on what I really wanted to do with my career.

The list of recent reads included Code Complete 2, Clean Code, and Joel on Software. However, I'm not an official software developer. I started in a computer science program at the local state university and was eventually hired as a Web development intern. But I've switched tracks a few years ago by first becoming a business analyst and now a project manager. I'm finishing a degree in IT now and I still help maintain, program, and create new projects using SQL, XSLT, .NET, and the occasional script. I like both programming and project management!

Can wanting to do it all hurt my career development? Someone else recommended that you need to go wide before going deep. But I'd hate to get into a "what exactly do you do?" type position. I'd like to stay relevant.

Maybe that's the point. Seth Godin suggests, no pleads, with readers to be unique creative "linchpins" to succeed in today's work environment. Being authentic, unique, and at the edge of the box, rather than completely outside, is his recommended path to security.

How to Insert Values into an Identity Column in SQL Server - SQLTeam.com

http://www.sqlteam.com/article/how-to-insert-values-into-an-identity-column-in-sql-server

I wanted to share this with some classmates.

Village Kids adds a new template

Worked with our child care provider and her webmaster to update the Village Kids site. We based the colors and template off of a template she made with Artisteer's demo.

Next up is Facebook integration and pics of the kids.