Goals for 2010

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.  🙂