It’s that time of year so here’s a quick blog post so that I can track how well I achieve my goals for 2010
My goals for 2010 are pretty simple.
- Spend more time with my daughter
- Finish reading my PowerShell In Action book
- Help run and market a very successful year of the App Dev Virtual Chapter for PASS
- Not Die
- (It’s George Carlin’s secret to life after all)
- Get certified in Hyper-V: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
- Do at least 4 different speaking engagements on at least 5 different topics
- (meaning: User Group, Lunch-N-Learn, SQL Saturday, SQL Lunch, Code Camp??)
- Use PowerPivot at least once before May
- Read a second PowerShell book from cover-to-cover
- Get at least one report to do something/anything with Map Point 2009
- Show the value of community so that I can get my company to pay to send me to the PASS Summit once again.
- Write a scathing review on every book that I read
- Just checking to see if you’re really paying attention
- Get every db in my current company upgraded to SQL Server 2008 SP2
- Get my backyard back under control
- Convince PASS to move the 2011 Summit to somewhere within the Eastern or Central Time Zones.
- And of course: drop 20 pounds.
And why am I bothering to post this you might ask? Well I hear the way to make God laugh is to tell him your plan. 
So you’re going to write scathing reviews on two PowerShell books?
I’m going to write scathing reviews on AT LEAST two PowerShell books, maybe more. Maybe even one on an SSIS book
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