Craig Porteous

🎉It's Fabric February week!🎉 I'm speaking at #FabricFebruary on Thursday the 6th Feb. I'll be exploring the how, why, and when you should bring #MicrosoftFabric and #Databricks together...and the answer isn't just "it depends"...promise! Full agenda at fabricfebruary.com

In an effort to drag us all out of emailed zip files, USB sticks, and FTP 😩, I'm speaking at #SQLKonferenz on Tues 25th Feb about "Data sharing without the USB sticks - an intro to smart Data Sharing". Join me for better ways to share data Tickets @ buff.ly/3zw8cCP

🚨 Call for Speakers is OPEN! 🚨 Want to share your expertise at #DataRelay? Submit your session proposal by Feb 12 for events in: 📍 Leeds (Apr 29) 📍 Birmingham (Apr 30) 📍 Bristol (May 1) 👉 Submit on @SessionizeCom sessionize.com/data-relay-202…! #DataCommunity

@SQLGene @sessionize They are the most emo! Haha #Coo

@CPorteous @sessionize Those cows look very emo 😂

Did you know ℹ️ The Databricks Scotland Meetup has a @Sessionize.com page to submit sessions. 🙌🏻 Come speak to the Databricks community (next event is the 23rd Jan). Send your session, and the dates you're interested in here: buff.ly/4gJacIz #datacommunity #Databricks

We are THRILLED to announce the return of Data Masterminds as our first exhibiting sponsor at DATA:Scotland 2025! We only invite sponsors relevant to our community so make sure you check them out and say hello on the day! 💚💙 Website: buff.ly/4j6PlAy

Follow Us! ➕ We're making the move to Bluesky so you'll see us post less and less here. Don't miss out on news, and updates.💙💚 For a chance to win one of 20 DATA:Scotland PartyCoo magnets, follow us on Bluesky throughout January! buff.ly/4a4gy2o

HAPPY NEW YEAR from the DATA:Scotland team! Like us, we hope you're ready for a new year of learning in the data community! Stay tuned for news on this year's event and don't forget to follow us on all platforms 💚💙 #DataScotland2025 #DataCommunity #DataEvent

2025 is heating up already! I'm speaking at #FabricFebruary in Oslo on the 6th Feb. I'll be exploring how, why, and when you should bring #MicrosoftFabric and #Databricks together...and the answer isn't just "it depends"...promise! Follow me on Bluesky @ cporteous.bsky.social

💙💚 Save the date - #DataScotland is back for 2025! Mark your calendars with Friday 12th Sept 2025, and get ready for the return of Scotland's data community event. We're already hard at work planning an amazing event for 2025, stay tuned for more updates! #Data #DataCommunity

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@KoprowskiT I've not long finished Children of Time actually. ❤️

@CPorteous Ut here is the lost of books, located around d hope all in "pseudo- simultaneously" reading .ode ( ei g on b Page 10 or 80 or 467...) #Langauges #ScienceFiction #Poetry #Cybersecurity #Psychology #History #Biography #English #Spanish #Norwegian #Cymraeg #Welsh #Scotland #Icelandic Including phenomenal #MadaleineAlbright and #Fascism (I mentioned this one)

🚀 Ready to stay ahead in Data & AI? Join us online Dec 3rd for hands-on strategies, real-world insights, and the latest trends - keeping you at the forefront of Data & AI. Reserve your spot! 👉 hubs.la/Q02Xhq9L0 #AdvancingInnovation #databricks #microsoftfabric

Watch the session Data sharing without the USB sticks - an intro to Fabric External Data Sharing by @CPorteous Register AMER Edition - buff.ly/4f6rPB6 #MicrosoftFabric #SynapseAnalytics #Datatoboggan

🚀 Advancing Innovation: Online – Dec 3, 2024 Join our virtual Data & AI conference for insights on building data trust, practical applications, and a live expert panel discussing the latest trends. Reserve now - hubs.la/Q02WKb8G0 #DataEvent #databricks #microsoftfabric

If you're already using #Databricks, you're probably familiar with #UnityCatalog. But did you know that you can now easily shortcut your Unity Catalog tables into #Fabric using the new Mirrored #Azure Databricks Catalog item type? 🤓 Craig's here to talk more about it ⬇️

This Friday we're hosting the latest batch of 12 new stars! Head over to newstarsofdata.com/speakers and check out the schedule

It's just me for this one and after picking my top 10 there was still so many more I wanted to talk about. What's your favourite announcement? Or what were you expecting but didn't see?

This has waaayyy too much of my face in it but hearing from our attendees is 100% the reason we do this every year 💙💚

We have a #DATAScotland merch shop!🥳 We’ve had quite a few designs over the years for our volunteer t-shirts so we thought it was about time to share them with you! We'll be sending all profits from our merch shop to charity! More details to come. 👚buff.ly/3TxgFwz