Phil Dixon recently gave a great talk at Velocity 2009 talking about the cost of poor performance. Through a series of rigorous tests, measurements and reports, Shopzilla was able to quantify the cost… more →
The PerfMon Blogfjpalacio wrote 2 weeks ago: Apropos MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) and WHY for some Social Media is just NOT goin’ to … more →
fjpalacio wrote 1 month ago: Well, I guess Mr. Godin’s so famous now he does not need comments? BLISSFUL! Seth Godin @ SG … more →
scarydba wrote 2 months ago: It’s not enough to look at the longest running query. What if you have two queries, one runs f … more →
scarydba wrote 2 months ago: My first one over there. It’s discussing whether or not you should do two things, build your o … more →
fjpalacio wrote 2 months ago: Well, let’s see if I can bring some of my conversations with peers and colleagues out of the FB Wall … more →
scarydba wrote 2 months ago: Since I just spent a bit more than half of my 24 Hours of PASS presentation on tuning queries talkin … more →
fjpalacio wrote 2 months ago: Mozilla FF 3.5.3 So this morning, after seeing my computer crawl whilst browsing, I finally yielded … more →
scarydba wrote 2 months ago: The new book is up on Amazon. I only worked on three chapters of Rob Walter’s new book and tha … more →
Callier Library wrote 3 months ago: The present study examines the influence of induced affective state on performance monitoring. The e … more →
Callier Library wrote 3 months ago: The present study examines the influence of induced affective state on performance monitoring. The e … more →
scarydba wrote 3 months ago: I thought I had an interesting answer to the question. Unfortunately Adam Machanic, who has been wor … more →
scarydba wrote 4 months ago: UPDATE: This post is incorrect. Adam nailed it in the comments. I explain my mistake here. A questio … more →
jweierman wrote 4 months ago: Phil Dixon recently gave a great talk at Velocity 2009 talking about the cost of poor performance. T … more →
Aparna Chaudhary wrote 4 months ago: Performance tracking and monitoring is often a problem with many applications. Especially in systems … more →
Tyler Fullerton wrote 4 months ago: I’ve been exposed to the monitoring industry for almost 5 years now. In that time the industr … more →
Tyler Fullerton wrote 6 months ago: As I was digging through some old documents I came across some screenshots from a mashup application … more →
Michael Ensley wrote 6 months ago: It has always struck me as a little odd that a great deal of marketing literature in the Business In … more →
Tyler Fullerton wrote 6 months ago: As I was sitting at my desk this morning processing email I was amazed at the number of questions I … more →
thelovetank wrote 10 months ago: Today I had a player ask me how we measure the performance of our raiders in our guild. Do we use so … more →