Hello readers. I'm just wrapping up here at CodeMash 2014, so it seems like a good time to evaluate... stuff.

First, let's talk about 2013, because I did a lot of stuff:

• Presented a session at CodeMash 2013
• Got a book published: AOP in .NET
• Taught two semesters of Web Development at Capital University
• Helped to organize and run the last CODODN conference (it will be relaunhced as the Midwest Tech Fest)
• Toured all over the place at conferences and user groups, talking about refactoring and AOP
• Doing some live webinars for PostSharp
• Helped run a few small things for CodeMash 2014
• My full-time job at Zimbra (formerly Telligent), and helped to release Analytics 4.0
• I was awarded a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award

So, here's some 2014 stuff:

• I think I will be travelling and speaking less (i.e. I won't be submitting much, but I certainly remain open to invitations)
• I plan to write/screencast more
• I plan to write and share a lot more code, especially mobile apps
• I will still be helping to organize and run the Midwest Tech Fest

As part of this initiative, this blog will be changing from being focused mainly on AOP to having a more general focus. This does not mean AOP is going away! I'm still very much interested in AOP. I am just expanding the concerns across which I am cutting.

Also, I think I may try to change this site over to some sort of Bootstrap layout/theme.

I will be at the New York City 2013 Code Camp on Saturday, September 14th, 2013.

I'll be giving my most popular talk, "The Class That Knew Too Much: Refactoring Spaghetti Code". I'll also be hanging out with the PostSharp guys, who are sponsoring the Code Camp event.

So, if you're in New York, come and see me! The NYC code camp appears to be sold out, but there might be a waiting list?

Doing something cool with PostSharp or Castle DynamicProxy? Want to speak to other passionate developers about AOP? Now's your chance!

The Central Ohio Day of .NET 2013 (CODODN) is just around the corner!

Today, we open up the call for speakers. You only have until September 9th, so get submitting.

Never been a speaker before? I'd be glad to help you get started: I've got resources, ideas, advice, so just ask me!

This week, there's a Manning Publishing promotion brought to you by my friends at PostSharp! This week of deals will bring you 50% off of a whole bunch of great .NET and/or AOP related books, including mine. You'll also get free excerpts from each book, so you can try before you buy.

Today, you can get my book, AOP in .NET, for 50% off, using code dotd0819au.

These are the Promotional Codes that will be active all week:
 
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So, if you are a .NET developer, a web developer, or just trying to learn some more skills, this is the week for you!

This is only partially related to aspect-oriented programming, but Avdi Grimm was nice enough to have me as a guest on the Wide Teams podcast (a podcast about remote work and remote workers). In episode 72, I talk about being a remote developer and I talk about the upcoming book just a little bit.