{"id":13354,"date":"2012-08-22T18:12:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354"},"modified":"2012-08-22T18:12:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T17:12:00","slug":"ive-been-a-little-quiet-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately.<\/p>\n<p>At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V.\u00a0 That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting tomorrow.\u00a0 Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 events and a road show will consume a good chunk of my time.<\/p>\n<p>At home, writing chapters, doing reviews, and taking a break from everything takes up a lot of time.\u00a0 My last chapter clocked in at 84 pages of <em>text<\/em>.\u00a0 That might get chopped into two chapters, requiring more text for intro\/exit, and I\u2019m about to launch into another chapter that requires research, lab work, writing, and verification.\u00a0 I\u2019m really hoping to keep this one under 30 pages <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wlEmoticon-smile7.png\" alt=\"Smile\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that we\u2019re in the eye of the storm of the release schedule.\u00a0 Nothing is happening between RTM and GA.\u00a0 I\u2019d guess that things will pick up in the 48 hours before <del>Oct <\/del> Sept 4th for WS2012 and the day before the Windows 8 launch on Oct 26th.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V.\u00a0 That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.5 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"AFinn\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"TDKjbi2McB2eLIfL6KwPB3aQqv5E-mbcb2QYIcovGaI\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.5\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aidan Finn, IT Pro - A blog covering Azure, Hyper-V, Windows Server, desktop, systems management, deployment, and so on ...\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-08-22T17:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-08-22T17:12:00+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@joe_elway\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@joe_elway\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#article\",\"name\":\"I\\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro\",\"headline\":\"I\\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/08\\\/wlEmoticon-smile7.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354\\\/#articleImage\",\"width\":19,\"height\":19},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"commentCount\":2,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Uncategorized\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Uncategorized\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?cat=1\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#listItem\",\"name\":\"I\\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"I\\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?cat=1#listItem\",\"name\":\"Uncategorized\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"AFinn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/65fde4aa9f2ab1cf1514ae320a37ec682d9398ce5791d3c2dd1e8670a71ceea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"AFinn\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?author=1#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?author=1\",\"name\":\"AFinn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/65fde4aa9f2ab1cf1514ae320a37ec682d9398ce5791d3c2dd1e8670a71ceea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"AFinn\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354\",\"name\":\"I\\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro\",\"description\":\"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\\u2019s continuing into October, so I\\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?p=13354#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/?author=1#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aidan Finn, IT Pro\",\"description\":\"A blog covering Azure, Hyper-V, Windows Server, desktop, systems management, deployment, and so on ...\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/aidanfinn.com\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro","description":"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting","canonical_url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"TDKjbi2McB2eLIfL6KwPB3aQqv5E-mbcb2QYIcovGaI","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#article","name":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro","headline":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?author=1#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/wlEmoticon-smile7.png","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354\/#articleImage","width":19,"height":19},"datePublished":"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00","dateModified":"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00","inLanguage":"en-GB","commentCount":2,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#webpage"},"articleSection":"Uncategorized"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1#listItem","position":2,"name":"Uncategorized","item":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#listItem","name":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#listItem","position":3,"name":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1#listItem","name":"Uncategorized"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#person","name":"AFinn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65fde4aa9f2ab1cf1514ae320a37ec682d9398ce5791d3c2dd1e8670a71ceea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"AFinn"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?author=1#author","url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?author=1","name":"AFinn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/65fde4aa9f2ab1cf1514ae320a37ec682d9398ce5791d3c2dd1e8670a71ceea0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"AFinn"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#webpage","url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354","name":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro","description":"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting","inLanguage":"en-GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?author=1#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?author=1#author"},"datePublished":"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00","dateModified":"2012-08-22T18:12:00+01:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/","name":"Aidan Finn, IT Pro","description":"A blog covering Azure, Hyper-V, Windows Server, desktop, systems management, deployment, and so on ...","inLanguage":"en-GB","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_GB","og:site_name":"Aidan Finn, IT Pro - A blog covering Azure, Hyper-V, Windows Server, desktop, systems management, deployment, and so on ...","og:type":"article","og:title":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro","og:description":"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting","og:url":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354","article:published_time":"2012-08-22T17:12:00+00:00","article:modified_time":"2012-08-22T17:12:00+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@joe_elway","twitter:title":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately | Aidan Finn, IT Pro","twitter:description":"A combination of factors has reduced the amount of blogging I\u2019ve been doing lately. At work I\u2019ve been doing a lot of Microsoft partner training, teaching people about SCCM 2012 and WS2012 Hyper-V. That\u2019s continuing into October, so I\u2019m not doing too much new stuff in the office. I\u2019m doing some launch event prep starting","twitter:creator":"@joe_elway"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"13354","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 03:53:19","updated":"2025-06-04 15:22:07","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null,"focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1\" title=\"Uncategorized\">Uncategorized<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tI\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/"},{"label":"Uncategorized","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?cat=1"},{"label":"I\u2019ve Been A Little Quiet Lately","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=13354"}],"amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}