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Introduction I am following the PASS Board Elections 2011 process, blogging about the people and events. You can find a list of all my posts on the topic here. Board Elections Update According to the schedule, Board elections remain open until tomorrow, 20 Dec 2011. Election results are scheduled to be announced 28 Dec 2011. …
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As in the past, I am sharing my PASS Summit 2011 evaluation results. As also in the past, I explain that I do this because I want to improve my serve. If this kind of post makes you uncomfortable for any reason, please stop now and go read Brent’s awesome post on improving your evaluation …
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I was honored to participate in delivering several presentations at the PASS Summit 2011. I received lots of feedback. I am sharing portions of the feedback from session evaluations, as in years past. The scale is 1 to 5: 1 – Very Poor, 2 – Poor, 3 – Average, 4 – Good, 5 – Excellent. …
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I am not sure why, but Google+ Hangouts no longer work for microtraining. <sadface /> I found Meeting Burner a few weeks back and have switched to it. One cool feature? You can register for the meetings and add them to your calendar. Another cool feature? There are more than 10 seats. Next Tuesday, 20 Dec, I …
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Join me today at 10:00 AM EST* on Google+ *UPDATED TIME! As the title suggests, we will examine data integration patterns for loading data from a flat file. I have a couple tricks up my sleeve… This is part of my Four Weeks of SSIS MicroTraining. I hope to see you there! :{>

Introduction This post is the fiftieth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page. This post is about credibility. The Internal List I believe everyone has an Internal List of Acceptable Actions (ILAA). I read this in a book about Values-Based …
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Introduction I am following the PASS Board Elections 2011 process, blogging about the people and events. You can find a list of all my posts on the topic here. Board Elections According to the schedule, Board elections opened yesterday and remain open until 20 Dec 2011. Check out the PASS Elections 2011 portal for more …
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Join me today at 10:00 AM EST* on Google+ *UPDATED TIME! The Incremental Load SSIS design pattern is the classic approach to ETL (Extract, Transform, and Load) that loads only new or changed data. this session serves as an abbreviated introduction to the mechanics of ETL using SSIS. This is part of my Four Weeks of SSIS …
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This post is a response to Tom LaRock’s (Blog | @SQLRockstar | SQLPeople) awesome idea: Meme Monday. … I would like a revamp of Microsoft Connect. Feedback is part of any good Continuous Improvement endeavor. I like the idea of Connect – a lot. It’s a decently-designed portal, in my humble opinion. It allows me …
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Introduction This post is the forty-ninth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series can be found on the series landing page. This post is about dashboards. Dashboards are where data meets decision-makers. The field of data visualization is about this intersection of information and actors. Here, the numbers are translated …
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