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In This Episode

Tonight on the PowerScripting Podcast, we talk to Don Jones about the 2013 Scripting Games!

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News

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  The Scripting Games are [coming in April](https://powershell.org/games/)

  The Charlotte PowerShell group is [meeting April 4th](https://powershell.org/event/charlotte-april-2013-user-group-meeting/)

  The Philadelphia PowerShell group is also [meeting on April 4th](https://powershell.org/event/philadelphia-powershell-user-group-2013-04-04/)

  [UAE PowerShell group](http://powershellgroup.org/UAE) is meeting on April 6th

  The [Tampa PowerShell user group](http://powershellgroup.org/Tampa.Fl/2013-04-25) is meeting on April 24th

Interview

Guests - MVP Don Jones

Links

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  [https://powershell.org/](https://powershell.org/)

  [https://powershell.org/category/announcements/scripting-games/](https://powershell.org/category/announcements/scripting-games/)

  [http://donjones.com/verified/](http://donjones.com/verified/)

  [2013 Competitor Guide](https://powershell.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/2013CompetitorGuide.pdf)

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Chatroom Buzz

16[2013-03-28 21:24:56] <14ScriptingWife> Looks like THE Jason Helmick

16[2013-03-28 21:25:04] <11MVP-DonJ> It is THE Jason Helmick!

16[2013-03-28 21:29:56] <5JHofferle> PS is finally taking off at work…I’ve got SQL guys asking me stuff…VMware gurus asking me how to make scripts work better…it’s a good time to be a PowerShell guy.

16[2013-03-28 21:29:56] <2bearstuff> 95023.

16[2013-03-28 21:30:11] <2bearstuff> cat on keyboard

16[2013-03-28 21:30:20] <11MikeFRobbins> 24 days until the PowerShell Summit!

16[2013-03-28 21:30:34] <11MVP-DonJ> God 24 days? I should be nervous.

16[2013-03-28 21:42:14] <14ScriptingWife> I spy Dr Scripto in the background as well as THE Jason Helmick

16[2013-03-28 21:42:31] <8JasonHelmick> You Bet! Love my Dr. Scripto!

16[2013-03-28 21:42:48] <14ScriptingWife> You need to take him a ride on the bike

16[2013-03-28 21:43:03] <8JasonHelmick> I will if I can find him a helmet

16[2013-03-28 21:48:26] <7JimBirley> James Brundage needs to write a book.

16[2013-03-28 21:48:31] <7JimBirley> on Pipeworks

16[2013-03-28 21:48:43] <8JasonHelmick> Agreed..Sir JAmes is Awesome

16[2013-03-28 21:48:51] <7JimBirley> Brilliant

16[2013-03-28 21:49:27] <7JimBirley> saw him at Techstravaganza in NYC on Friday and my head was spinning, in a good way

16[2013-03-28 21:50:44] <8JasonHelmick> Sapien has REALLY cool stuff….

16[2013-03-28 21:51:02] <7JimBirley> 2014 products look really slick

16[2013-03-28 21:51:13] <14PoshJosh> my hashtag will be #ScriptingGamesBaller

18[2013-03-28 21:58:36] <7coderaven> ## can you go into the Verified program just a little plz

18[2013-03-28 22:01:59] <7JimBirley> ## how much is error handling “graded” in the toolmaking process?

16[2013-03-28 22:05:27] <10mjolinor> Give a man a match, he’ll be warm for a minute. Set him on fire, and he’ll be warm for the rest of his life…

16[2013-03-28 22:05:37] <5JHofferle> lol

16[2013-03-28 22:06:35] <2brwilkinson> # How are we handling V2 vs V3 for the games?

18[2013-03-28 22:10:02] <8JasonHelmick> ## Jon - ask him about what IT pros can do to better themselves in their jobs…

16[2013-03-28 22:14:01] <11MikeFRobbins> 22http://www.sapien.com/software/powershell_studio

16[2013-03-28 22:16:29] <14ScriptingWife> Alex is awesome

16[2013-03-28 22:16:37] <14ScriptingWife> Ferdinand is too

16[2013-03-28 22:17:35] <7JimBirley> Ferdinand shared some really cool stuff coming from Sapien last Friday.

16[2013-03-28 22:17:37] <8JasonHelmick> Alex and Ferdinand really care about this community…..

16[2013-03-28 22:17:48] <8JasonHelmick> BUT SCRIPTING WIFE IS THE BEST!

16[2013-03-28 22:17:49] <14ScriptingWife> David C is a sweetheart too

16[2013-03-28 22:17:57] <14ScriptingWife> Blushing

16[2013-03-28 22:30:09] <7JimBirley> Great book review: 22http://mikefrobbins.com/2013/03/28/book-review-windows-powershell-cookbook-3rd-edition/

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The Question -

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  The Reddit AMA question: 100 duck sized horses