http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspxI flew to Montreal yesterday morning for the DevTeach conference, which was pretty much a whirlwind for me--after getting to the hotel I had only a couple of hours to myself before doing two back-to-back talks (on concurrency and data access architecture),enCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspx#1253Wed, 16 May 2007 17:21:49 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1253Eddie<p>I just wanted to add that your book is available as an ebook on the Apress website. &nbsp;I have been anticipating the release of this book and had to jump on the opportunity to buy it. &nbsp;</p> <p>After perusing the chapters, I have to say the testing chapter alone is worth the money. &nbsp;Excellent book.</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspx#1255Thu, 17 May 2007 02:11:59 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1255Guy<p>Adam, I went to your presentations on Devteach Montreal, they were excellent the best I've seen in a while. I've been developing software for more than 20 years and I've seen a lot; from Device Driver Development to COM to CORBA to .NET to SOA to whatever else, but lately (last 3 years) and after having implemented a couple of propietary Database engines myself, I can say that my interest for Database engines has grown considerably.</p> <p>Your sessions about effective concurrent access startegies; pessimistic, optimistic etc... and the about the DB as another &quot;object&quot; exposing an interface implemented via stored-procedures or views where top notch.</p> <p>You are one of the few computer professionals I have encountered that can talk assertively about how things really are from a high level standpoint but at the same time are able to dive into intrincate details. The beauty of your presentations is that you move from high level to detailed with ease, and you choose exactly when to shift. Ah!!! and good common sense is always present, which is also great.</p> <p>It was great, thanks again</p> <p>G</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspx#1256Thu, 17 May 2007 10:45:30 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1256Adam Machanic<p>Thanks, Eddie and Guy, for the extremely kind words! &nbsp;I'm glad to be sitting behind a computer, because I'm blushing!</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspx#1259Fri, 18 May 2007 18:47:00 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1259 v<p>Hi Adam,</p> <p>I also attended your sessions at the DevTeach. Just wanted to say that they both were excellent and exactly how I'd want all the sessions would be.</p> <p>Thanks a lot! &nbsp;</p> http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2007/05/16/devteach-and-a-bunch-of-news-and-links.aspx#1278Tue, 22 May 2007 18:13:39 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:1278Adam Machanic<p>Thank you for attending, V!</p>