Matthew Campbell - BI, Spatial, Temporal, etc.

For those of you who follow my blog, I must apologize for being away for the past few months.  My wife and I gave birth to our fourth child in early November and our world has been a bit upside down every since.  When people find out that we’ve had four children in four years, their reaction is usually one of either respectful amazement or utter bewilderment.  To be honest, we are happy and appreciative to have four beautiful, healthy children…but I completely understand Bill Cosby when he said ‘And the reason we have five children is because we don’t want SIX’.  We are one less, but the message still applies. 

A big Thank You to all of those who live in Charlotte who have helped my wife and I through the last couple of months…be it helping with a meal, dropping by and spending time with the kids, etc.  It has meant a lot to us and we really appreciate it.

It is also the New Year so Happy New Year to everyone out there!  I am looking forward to getting back into my blog again and writing more about spatial and business intelligence.  Sadly, I missed the deadline last month to submit an abstract to SQL Rally.  Not that I thought I could contend with the more seasoned speakers out there at this point, but I would have liked to have given it a shot. I’ll be looking for some other upcoming events to get back into the swing of things.