SQL Saturday Presentation Available

My presentation on Data Mining with SQL 2005 will soon be available for download here.

Thanks again to everybody for a wonderful experience. This was beyond a doubt the best produced, best-attended, Code Camp event I have participated in as a speaker. The facilities at Seminole Community College were just first-class, as pictured here in the main atrium.

On My Way to SQL Saturday!

Flying into Orlando today for my presentation on data mining with SQL 2005, I have a few traveling observations.

1. Southwest Airlines new, business-friendly boarding process rocks!
2. The Orlando International Airport is my favorite, among major-city terminals.
3. The Hertz Neverlost GPS system blows. A batting average of .333 is great if you are a major league ballplayer. However, most consumers of these services (devices) can achieve that level of proficiency without a paper map. I guess I will await, patiently the general availability of the promising Dash. In the meantime, truth in advertising would suggest Hertz rename the product to EVERLOST.

Hardly BI related, but it is my blog.

Coming Soon to A Screen Near You

Ahh, the smell of bourbon and pigskin. Football has returned to the South. It is going to be a busy Fall season between gridiron action and the following teaching/speaking events on my calendar.

September 25 - Microsoft Business Intelligence Boot Camp
I will be conducting the program on SQL Server Integration Services for this Microsoft Partner event.

October 6 - Alabama .Net Code Camp V
A couple of abstracts have been submitted, stay tuned for details should I get an invitation. Even if I am NOT speaking, I will be there. Well worth it if you can get to Birmingham for a code-filled Saturday.

November 10 - SQL Saturday
I will be doing a once more refined edition of my Data Mining with SQL Server 2005 presentation, with an eye to new features in SQL Server 2008.