Simple-Talk web site
I've been receiving the Simple-Talk newsletter since July but having been very busy, I never took the time to check it out. I noticed that Simple-Talk.com was a site owned by Red Gate Software, database and developer tools company from Cambridge, England. A few weeks ago something cought my attention in the newsletter and I finally went to the website. I have to admit that I tend to be sceptical about resources and websites backed by a vendor (although some are pretty good), but Simple-Talk turned out to be a big surprise in a positive way. The site positions itself as a technical journal and it has been run for a few months by Tony Davis, former editor at Wrox. I was pleased to find quite a few useful articles about SQL Server, all of them of very high quality. As a consultant, I also appreciated a few pieces in the Opinion section, like the article titled Contract Coding: Ensuring your client pays up. In about an hour I read many articles and bookmarked many others for reference or later reading. I haven't looked at any .NET stuff yet but I found a lot of pieces in the Opinion section to be a fascinating read, especially in the Database Geek of the Week section,
I highly recommend to all SQL geeks to subscribe to the newsletter and include the site in your list of resources.