TechEd starts off
I made into Orlando last evening after a longish flight from Seattle, via Atlanta (including a sprint between gates).
Registered, got the free bag, speaker shirts etc. met up with a few others on the team and am now getting ready for my first session today which is on "Building Data Warehouses using SSIS". I need to nail down one off the demos still and so am under a bit of stress, but otherwise am really looking forward to this and my other 2 sessions and the Cabana talks. It's been a long road to Yukon and now the finish line is in sight and this TechEd is in a sense the final validation that indeed we are wrapping up the release. I am totally psyched !
If you want to get a look at what is going on at TechEd from an informal perspective, checkout http://mssql.members.winisp.net/ which will try to chronicle via Video some of the experiences of the SQL team (thanks to Euan Garden for setting this up).
OK, now it is off to the convention center to meet up with Ash (Ashvini Sharma who is co-presenting with me, or better who I am co-presenting with).
More later ...