So, I was thinking about Windows 8 in the shower this morning. What? No, that’s not weird. I’m sure a lot of people do it. Anyway here’s what I can up with:
Windows 4 NT (New Technology?)
Windows 5 OT
Windows 6 PT
Windows 7 QT
Windows 8 RT (Re-imagined Technology?)
That’s my crazy theory, what’s yours? Why not track me down at PowerShell Saturday this Saturday and tell me? What? You’re not going to be there? Bummer…well, I guess you could leave a comment.
-Jonathan
Be sure to join us live every Thursday at 9:30 PM EDT at live.powerscripting.net!
Sorry everyone, but wet need to cancel tonight’s show due to unforeseen stuff. We promise that we will be rescheduling Dave Kennedy (whom we are really excited to have on again).
We know it will be hard, but do try to enjoy your evening despite this horrible blow to your plans.
Our sincere apologies, and talk to you next week!
Hal and Jon
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to June Blender from Microsoft about Getting Help!
Guests – June Blender
Super power: The Scripting Guy!
Chatroom Buzz
alexandair: ## when can we expect to see about_ articles for workflows on our boxes?
Vern_Anderson_: ## What’s your favorite V3 feature
brwilkinson: ## question for @Juneb how many individual contributors have there been to the help?
Jeff_Hicks: #when will online docs stop being pre-release? Will there be anything different when it is RTM?
Jeff_Hicks: #Who comes up with help examples?
Jeff_Hicks: #is there anyone else writing core cmdlet help with you?
Jeff_Hicks: ##What do you wish you could do with help that isn’t there yet?
PowerSchill: ## Is the Cmdlet Help Editor on CodePlex?
Jeff_Hicks: ##Is there a help style guide for other teams writing help? Or perhaps for the community?
alexandair: ## right now updatable help files and help topics on TechNet are not in sync. will that change by GA?
Jeff_Hicks: ##is there a way to download help for a module I don’t have, but a server might so that I can update help locally?
Jeff_Hicks: ##for example I have a scheduled job from Win8 to download help. But I want to update help for modules on a Windows 2012 box as well so it can update help locally.
alexandair: ## there are still a lot of formatting issues in online help. should community report that on Connect?
Be sure to join us live tomorrow night (9/27) at 9:30 PM EDT as we chat with June Blender
from Microsoft! June has been with Microsoft on the PowerShell team for many years, working as a Senior Programming Writer. We have a lot to talk about with all of the changes to the PowerShell help subsystem with version 3, and the greatly increased number of cmdlets.
But we can’t do it alone! We need for YOU to come to the chatroom and bring your questions for June, and to hang out with your fellow PowerShellers. You can find us at http://live.powerscripting.net (and #PowerScriptingPodcast on Freenode).
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Antoine Habert about PoshBoard!
Learn PowerShell 3.0 in a day
PSCX 2.1 and 3.0 RC have been posted
The PowerCLI 5.1 poster is out
PowerShell support for SCCM 2012 SP1
The RSAT tools for Windows 8 are out
PrimalPad 2012 gets script signing
Guests – Antoine Habert
Super power: perfect recall and instant comprehension
First computer: Intellivision
Resources
The Windows PowerShell Survival Guide
TechNet Radio:The Scripting Guy’s Top 5 PowerShell 3.0 Tips and Tricks
Boe Prox started a WPF blog series
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Jason Helmick about the PowerShell Summit and his upcoming IIS book and then we have a surprise visit from Kirk Munro.
PowerShell Summit call for content
Guests – Jason Helmick and Kirk Munro
First PC: IBM PC1
This Thursday we’ll be speaking to Antoine Habert to talk about http://www.poshboard.com
Be sure to join us live every Thursday at 9:30 PM EDT at live.powerscripting.net!
Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Doug Finke about his new book, Windows PowerShell for Developers!
PowerShell 3.0 is out for Win7 and Windows Server 2008!
PowerShell Saturday!
First PhillyPosh meeting is Oct 4th at the Microsoft campus in Malvern, PA
A PowerShell Summit is in the works
There is a new #PowerCLI IRC channel
Guests – Doug Finke, MVP and author
Mission to Mars: the LUA scripting language
Chatroom Banter
JHofferle: ## How difficult was it writing a book that was released around the same time as PS v3?
brwilkinson: # Why would/should a SysAdmin buy your book? : )
JHofferle: ## Is the target audience for your book Developers, or admins with a developer background?
FishTender27: ## I may have missed it as I was AWK. Is the book meant to be used and compliment specific development language or is it geared toward writing tools directly in Powershell?
Graythang: ##how much coverage does the book provide for excel use (i have to kick out metrics every month, I’d LOVE to automate it)
Graythang: ## does it cover creating pivot tables with graphs?
JHofferle: ## Have you considered writing about laying a GUI over PowerShell a la Server Manager 2012? This is something the PowerShell team has said they haven’t dived into.
AaronHoover: ## for sysadmins – +/- for JSON and XML?
JHofferle: ## What best practices do you see changing for v3?
Vern_Anderson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munge
JHofferle: XML has it’s place, but JSON strikes me as the web’s version of a PowerShell custom object.
Contest
If you would like to win a copy of Doug’s new book, Windows PowerShell for Developers, all you have to do is to send an email to feedback@powerscripting.net with your name and address, and your preference for physical or ebook. We will pick one winner and announce it on the next show. Deadline is September 13th!
This Thursday we’ll be speaking to Jason Helmick from Interface Technical Training about his upcoming book from Manning Press which is titled, Learn Windows IIS in a Month of Lunches. The book won’t ship until the Spring of 2013, but you can get early access from Manning today.
Also on the agenda, Jason is going to announce plans for the 2013 PowerShell Summit which is the community-organized succession to the very popular PowerShell Deep Dive summits from the past two years.
Be sure to join us live every Thursday at 9:30 PM EDT at live.powerscripting.net!
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