Josh King is a PowerShell developer and automation enthusiast known as the creator of BurntToast, sharing practical projects and tools around PowerShell, notifications, and home automation through his ToastIT blog.
116 articles from this blog
A parent shares their experience teaching their daughter to code using the CodeBug board, a simple programmable device with a Blockly-based IDE.
Analyzes the significant traffic boost a PowerShell blog receives from being featured on the Planet PowerShell community aggregator site.
A PowerShell script to automatically select and tweet a random blog post from an RSS feed archive.
A developer details solving a UWP Toolkit issue by downloading and caching internet images for local use in toast notifications via PowerShell.
A developer details migrating his blog from GitHub Pages to a self-hosted Ghost instance on DigitalOcean, covering the reasons, setup, and configuration.
Announcing TechSnips, a new e-learning platform with short, focused tech tutorial videos, and encouraging community contributions.
A technical guide on using PowerShell's BurntToast module to create a Windows notification with a hero image for displaying CCTV alerts.
A technical guide detailing the author's blogging workflow using GitHub Pages, Jekyll themes, Cloudflare for HTTPS, and Git branches for drafting.
A short guide explaining why PowerShell's Export-Csv cmdlet behaves unexpectedly with string arrays and how to correctly export simple lists to CSV.
A personal recap of the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018, highlighting key takeaways like WebJEA, Neo4j/Dots, and Puppet for automation.
A recap of Day 4 at the PowerShell Summit 2018, covering sessions on DSC, WebJEA, meta-programming, cross-platform modules, and ChatOps.
A personal recap of presenting a PowerShell optimization talk and attending sessions on DSC resources and JEA at the PowerShell Summit 2018.
A daily recap of the PowerShell Summit 2018, covering sessions on mentorship, configuration management tools, and graph databases with Neo4j.
A personal recap of the first day at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2018, covering keynotes and technical sessions.
A guide on using the BurntToast PowerShell module to create custom Windows toast notifications with personalized audio files.
A technical walkthrough of setting up a virtual lab using Veeam SureBackup for testing software updates in an isolated environment.
A guide to using the #PSHelp hashtag on Twitter for quick, informal PowerShell assistance, including a script to monitor the hashtag.
A blog update explaining the author's absence, covering work on a management challenge, preparation for the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit, and plans for future content.
A technical guide on using the WiX Toolset to create a Windows installer with proper AppId and metadata for enabling toast notifications.
A developer explains how they fixed AppId issues for the BurntToast PowerShell module using a custom installer and the WiX Toolset.
