Introduction This post is the seventeenth 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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Hang In There
Introduction This post is about persistence in the face of adversity. Losing Everything Isn’t Losing When I was in Army Basic Training, I heard the senior drill sargeant tell a soldier “This is just a thing, and things can’t hurt you.” It seemed an odd thing to say. So odd that it stuck with me all these …
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Getting It Right The First Time
Introduction This post is the seventeenth 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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It’s Official, I’m a Geek
I’m honored to join Glen Gordon (Blog – @glengordon) and G. Andrew Duthie (Blog – @devhammer) today at 3:00 PM EDT for an MSDN Webcast entitled GeekSpeak: Inside SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This is a LiveMeeting and you can join in the fun as an attendee here. It’s a live show, so bring your questions! :{> …
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SSIS Snack: The Sort Transformation
Introduction The Sort Transformation provides SSIS developers a mechanism for sorting a data stream in the Data Flow Task pipeline. A Use Case I have a text file as a source that contains four generic columns: Column 0, Column 1, Column 2, and Column 3. I’ve added a Sort Transformation …
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SSIS Snack: Data Flow Source Adapters
Introduction Configuring a Source Adapter in a Data Flow Task couples (binds) the Data Flow to an external schema. This has implications for dynamic data loads. “Why Can’t I…?” I’m often asked a question similar to the following: “I have 17 flat files with different schemas that I want to load to the same destination …
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Down Time
Introduction Every now and then, everyone needs a break. How do we respond when community leaders need a break? How should we respond? It’s Normal People are cyclic animals – humans are diurnal by nature. We eat at regular intervals and are most comfortable when things go according to schedule. This is the lizard brain in …
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Everything Changes
Introduction This post is the sixteenth 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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Joel Spolsky Retires From Blogging in 3 Days
No it’s not 1 Apr. Joel Spolsky (Blog – @spolsky) announced recently he is retiring from blogging 17 Mar 2010. Reading Joel on Software always makes me think. Mr. Spolsky pioneered a writing style. Along the way he empowered developers, encouraging them to speak up about the manifold misconceptions of our trade. I will miss Mr. …
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On PASS Summit Locations, Time Will Tell
Introduction The PASS Board, continuing a trend of more openness championed by Board members, released the results of its Location Survey. Along with this, PASS President Rushabh Mehta added a blog post explaining the interpretation and logic behind the decision to not move the location of upcoming PASS Summits. Kudos Less than a week ago, …
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