Over the past month I have working on a collection of training videos. These videos cover various "how-to" topics related to encryption and data security. These videos are available through my profile on JumpstartTV.

This morning, March 2, my "Honeycombing in SQL Server 2005/2008" was featured. The title is a bit of a trick since implementing honeycombing in SQL Server 2005 is very difficult, if not impossible. With the introduction of the audit feature of SQL Server 2008 honeycombing is not only possible but very easy.

The experience of creating videos is a new one for me. I did enjoy creating them despite a few short periods of frustration. A lesson that was learned through the process was that scripting the dialog was very helpful. My early attempts were to speak ad hoc as if I was in a conversation; but this did not prove to be effective. The scripting allowed me to organize my thoughts and significantly reduce the Shatner-like pauses, periods of dead-air and the occurrences of "uh...".

Another lesson was to work on a couple and then step away. I found that after a couple of hours of speaking into the microphone that I began to stumble and transpose words at an increasing rate. I attribute this to fatigue; but it may be that I just need more practice. The first day was the hardest in this regard since it was a full-day sprint in the creation of these videos.

A light-hearted lesson that was learned was not to drink Ginger Ale (or any other carbonated beverage) before recording. This action lead to a few re-starts in the recording process; although it did provide some interesting versions of the videos that did bring on a bit of hilarity.

My thanks to Andy Warren who extended an invitation to this opportunity as well as his eternal patience and helpful coaching. Also, a thanks to Chris Rock who polished up my videos and made them look slick with his editing skills.

I do plan on preparing more videos in the near future. I would encourage anyone who may be thinking of creating a few of these tid-bits of knowledge to consider JumpstartTV.