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    Business Fix Your Query in Seven(ish) Easy(ish) Steps with Patrick Hopkins

    We begin with me showing examples of bad query writing, then showing how to fix that bad query writing. The students then work on identifying and fixing examples of those problems in their queries. Finally, they show me what they started with and where they are now, and I work with them...
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    All things writing this is a test post

    And that night, Mittens became Static Mittens.
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    All things writing this is a test post

    ::test-posting intensifies::
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    All things writing this is a test post

    this is my test post. there are many like it, but this one is mine. with me, my test post is useless. without my test post, I am useless. I don't remember the quote past there, and I'm not trying to emulate that movie much, so there goes that. anyway. let's hope this, my 456th (or something)...
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    Business Unbreak your query by fixing these five bad things with Patrick Hopkins

    In this intensive, you'll look at five common problems with bad queries and how to fix them. Unbreak your query by fixing these five bad things: Verbs that do nothing Nouns that should be verbs Modifiers that kill action by turning it into facts Telling language that should be showing Stakes...