Sessions I Submitted to the PASS Summit 2010

Introduction I’m borrowing an idea and blog post title from Brent Ozar (Blog – @BrentO). I am honored the PASS Summit 2010 (Seattle, 8 – 11 Nov 2010) would consider allowing me to present. It’s a truly awesome event. If you have an opportunity to attend and read this blog, please find me and introduce yourself. …
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SSIS Design Pattern: Loading Variable-Length Rows

Introduction I encounter flat file sources with variable-length rows on occasion. Here, I supply one SSIS Design Pattern for loading them. What’s a Variable-Length Row Flat File? Great question – let’s start with a definition. A variable-length row flat file is a text source of some flavor – comma-separated values (CSV), tab-delimited file (TDF), or even fixed-length, …
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My Thoughts On Twitter

This is a repost from my old blog. It kept showing up in search results when I looked for articles about Twitter and social networking, so I thought I’d share it here. :{>  Introduction There’s been lots of speculation about Twitter and what it means to the modern technologist. I’ve found some of it pretty insightful and some …
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One-Time Boosts

Introduction This post is the eighteenth 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 Organic, …
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