For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current publication date is 27 Aug 2012 and I have high confidence in this date. I take ...

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. Spolsky's ...

Introduction I got some cool responses to my post Blog (Durnit!). This includes at least one blog, Adventures In SQL, by David Levy (Blog / Twitter), started as a result! Wow, how cool! Reading comments and email, I realize I left out one important part, where to... Get Started First, you need to decide whether you're going to host your own ...

Introduction The past few days I've read several blurbs from folks expressing why they don't blog. The reasons range from ''I have nothing interesting to say'' to ''I don't know enough'' to ''Everything I want to write about has been blogged already.'' Pfffft (to quote @RachelAppel) Come on. Seriously? If you think, you can blog. I Have ...

Note: I never write about personal stuff that's happened until at least 12 months have passed. This affords both the event and my opinion of the event perspective that only time can bring. :{> Andy   Introduction I've written pieces of five books. Some of the publishers maintain forums for readers to ask questions or ...