Kevin Hazzard did an outstanding job presenting to the Richmond SQL Server Users Group this evening on LINQ To SQL! I really like the ORM / code generation aspects of this new feature of the .Net Framework 3.5. Seeing it in action made me yearn (a little) for my application developer days. Kevin's VPC crashed a couple hours before his ...

Introduction I wrote a series of posts recently about the developer community. I started each post with a linked summary of the previous posts, which I will continue here: On Developer Communities...  I hold the following hypotheses about successful, growing, and thriving developer communities: First, you need a team builder.  ...

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

Kudos to the Richmond Code Camp Steering Committee for a record turnout and fantastic event! Throughout the day we had 113 people drop by for the event, breaking the previous record of 110. By three whole people. It was a great day. It was good to see everyone - we'll do it again in October!  :{> Andy

A Follow-up To My ''On Developer Communities'' Series ... I have received requests about how we approach sponsors for User Group sponsorship. I have posted the Sponsorship Document we sent to potential sponsors in 2008 here. Registration is required. It's my site and I leave you alone... mostly. This will not work ...

On Developer Communities...  I hold the following hypotheses about successful, growing, and thriving developer communities: First, you need a team builder.  You can run a company like a user group, but the inverse is not always true. Quality always works. People are not resources or assets. Don't go away. Each hypothesis is ...

Richmond Code Camp 2008.1 is Saturday, 26 Apr 2008! This is our fifth Code Camp in two years - we're so excited! They just keep getting bigger, better, and more fun. Kevin Israel and the gang have done an outstanding job organizing this event - kudos to the entire team: G. Andrew Duthie Robin Edwards Kevin Hazzard Kevin Israel Frank La ...

On Developer Communities...  I hold the following hypotheses about successful, growing, and thriving developer communities: First, you need a team builder.  You can run a company like a user group, but the inverse is not always true. Quality always works. People are not resources or assets. Don't go away. Each hypothesis is ...

On Developer Communities...  I hold the following hypotheses about successful, growing, and thriving developer communities: First, you need a team builder.  You can run a company like a user group, but the inverse is not always true. Quality always works. People are not resources or assets. Don't go away. Each hypothesis ...

On Developer Communities...  I hold the following hypotheses about successful, growing, and thriving developer communities: First, you need a team builder.  You can run a company like a user group, but the inverse is not always true. Quality always works. People are not resources or assets. Don't go away. Each hypothesis is ...