I hope that 2011 was a good a year for you as it was for me. In 2012 I hope to keep up the pace. Here's a brief look at where you can find me this year and a few of my projects. Of course, this blog is my primary content site. According to my WordPress stats I only published 42 articles in 2011 so I will have to do much better this year.
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I still write the Prof. PowerShell column. As PowerShell v3.0 gets closer to release, you can expect to see more v3 content in these columns. I also will continue to contribute the the SMB IT Simplified web site. There is a wealth of great content here provided by the likes of Greg Shields, Don Jones and Jeremy Moskowitz. Late in 2011 I started contributing content to the Petri Knowledgebase. This site has been around for quite awhile and I believe has always had high quality content. I'm pleased to be offering my thoughts to the mix.
Publicly and in person, I hope to be at a few conferences this year such as Microsoft TechEd, TechMentor and The Experts Conference. I also hope to offer a few public PowerShell training classes. Thanks to every one who took the time to fill out my end of year traning survey. As those things fall into place, I'll be posting about it here.
And in case you didn't know, I am available for private training classes as well on just about any PowerShell related topic. Or perhaps you need someone to come in and offer some mentoring or advice on automating and improving efficiency. I'd love to help out and that type of work might not even entail any travel.
In addition, I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer (over 10 years now). If you have a training center, like New Horizons, and would like me to teach a course there, perhaps the 10325 Automating Administration with Windows PowerShell 2.0, give them my contact information and hopefully we can work something out.
The last place to look for me is on the book shelf. I am co-writing a PowerShell v3.0 book with Don Jones and Richard Siddaway for Manning Press. Because we don't know when PowerShell v3.0 will ship and have yet to see the final bits, don't expect to see the title until after RTM. But hopefully not too far after. There may even be another book project or two in the mix for 2012. Again, as these things come to fruition, I'll post information here.
Finally, I continue to be as active as I can on Twitter. I am also on Google Plus. I tend to use Twitter for quick information and G+ for slightly longer material. Although you can expect to find a tweet linking back to Google Plus.
With the impending arrival of Windows 8 and PowerShell v3.0 there will be much to keep us all busy in 2012. I hope I can continue to be a part of your little corner of the IT world. If there are topics or ideas you'd like me to pursue in terms of writing or training projects, I hope you'll let me know. If you have more private questions, use the contact me by email link off to the right.
