I had a fantastic time presenting Change Data Capture, Incremental Loads, and SSIS 2008 to the Minnesota SQL Server User Group tonight! They're a fun bunch. It was cool to meet Lara and Mark in person - and thanks Lara for bailing me out on a couple relational engine questions! (I am such a developer sometimes...) :{> Andy

I've started a community website for ETL and SSIS: AndyETL.com. My hope is the site will become an additional repository for ETL and SSIS information. :{> Andy

Now that our 5-month old son - Riley Cooper - is on the mend, I am hitting the speaking trail again! 09 Jan 2008: I'm presenting Testing The Database to the Triangle .Net User Group (TRINUG) Wednesday evening in Research Triangle Park, NC (location details). 12 Jan 2008: I'm presenting Incremental Loads With SSIS - by far my most popular SSIS ...