Introduction I admire the way Grant Fritchey (Blog - @GFritchey) blogged about his PASS Summit Evaluations for several reasons. Chief among them: I love the transparency. It's inspiring! Here's mine: BIA-532-S: Applied SSIS Design Patterns, 119 evaluations Usefulness of SessionPoor: 1Average: 15Good: 38Excellent: 65 Speaker’s ...

I just set up a SpeakerRate.com account and configured a page for my Applied SSIS Design Patterns presentation at the PASS Summit. If you were there and care to provide feedback, it is appreciated!  :{> Andy

As mentioned in my PASS Summit 2009 presentation - A Tale of Careers and User Groups - today, here is a link to the Sponsorship document used by Richmond User Groups Corporation. :{> Andy

I rolled out ealry Sunday morning (3:00 AM EST, after 3 hours of sleep) to catch a flight from Richmond to Atlanta, then to Seattle. I was up late polishing my Applied SSIS Design Patterns presentation scheduled for Wednesday. I'm happier with the flow and intensity of this presentation. I dropped off the grid upon arrival in Seattle to ...

I had a blast Saturday at Raleigh Code Camp! As usual, Dugald Wilson and crew put on a great community event! Kudos to all involved. Richmond Code Camp is 3 Oct - less than two weeks away. Like the organizers of Raleigh Code Camp and similar community events, the organizers of Richmond Code Camp have been planning for months. We have a ...

I am deeply honored to present a session in the Professional Development track at the PASS Summit 2009. ''Why Andy?'' Because in this session I get to inspire folks! Little known fact: I was once a part-time instructor at ECPI. In fact, I was teaching a course there when I frist met Christy. The absolute coolest part of being a teacher, ...

I attended my first PASS Summit in 2004. I also attended a pre-conference (pre-con) led by Kalen Delaney. It was awesome! Kalen's pre-con focused on performance tuning, and I learned a lot about both SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 2005. The most important thing I learned was: I was not alone! There's a whole lot of us out there, lurking ...