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This weekend was a little hurried and harried. I immensely enjoyed presenting at SQL Saturday #48! I got to meet one of my co-workers face-to-face for the first time and any time I get to spend some time with K. Brian Kelley (Blog | @kbriankelley) is always a treat. In the rush, I didn’t have time …
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Introduction I got to attend SQL Saturday #48 2 Oct 2010 and was honored to present. “I’m Andy, and I’m a session-hopper.” There. I said it. When I’m not presenting, I often wander between sessions. I want to learn a little something from everyone. Here are some sessions I wandered through and some notes from them: …
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Introduction This post is the twenty-fifth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series are: Goodwill, Negative and Positive Visions, Quests, Missions Right, Wrong, and Style Follow Me Balance, Part 1 Balance, Part 2 Definition of a Great Team The 15-Minute Meeting Metaproblems: Drama The Right Question Software is …
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Introduction A few years back, Microsoft gave MVPs MSDN Subcription cards they could pass on to others. The cards gave recipients access to a full-year MSDN Ultimate subscription – a $12,000 value. At the time, I was nominated for MVP but not awarded. So an MVP gave me one of the cards. He told me he …
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In the third part of our series on building a scalable, enterprise-class data warehouse for SQL Server, expressor‘s (blog | @expressor) Mike Ruland (@mruland) and I present Why Consider Semantic Integration Thursday 29 Sep 2010 at 12:00 PM EDT. Semantic rationalization is a natural progression from metadata management; utilizing metadata to abstract data integration mappings. Sound interesting? Register here. Hope …
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I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns (Part 1) and Database Design for Developers at SQL Saturday #48 in Columbia SC one week from tomorrow; Saturday 2 Oct 2010! Brian Kelley (blog | @kbriankelley), Allan Cothran (@AHCothran), Bobby Dimmick (@kr4ster), Landon Luesing, Tore Bostrup, and Bobby Heid are putting the finishing touches on a …
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I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns 1b: Incremental Loads and Parent-Child Patterns at SQLLunch today beginning at 12:30 PM EDT! This is part two of a three part series. (UPDATED)In this presentation, I walk through Incremental Load and Parent-Child SSIS design pattern basics. I also include a discussion of Change Detection in ETL. …
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In the second part of our series on building a scalable, enterprise-class data warehouse for SQL Server, expressor‘s (blog | @expressor) Mike Ruland (@mruland) and I present the importance of good metadata management tomorrow at 12:00 PM EDT. Metadata is important and hard to manage. Mike and I define metadata and talk about the many places …
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I am honored to present at SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh 18 Sep 2010! I get to deliver two talks: Building Your First SSIS Package (Beginner) Database Design for Developers (Intermediate) If you read this blog and will be attending SQL Saturday #46, introduce yourself!  :{> Andy

Introduction This post is the twenty-fourth part of a ramble-rant about the software business. The current posts in this series are: Goodwill, Negative and Positive Visions, Quests, Missions Right, Wrong, and Style Follow Me Balance, Part 1 Balance, Part 2 Definition of a Great Team The 15-Minute Meeting Metaproblems: Drama The Right Question Software is …
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