In my work I have a yearly review. Part of the review is reporting on what I did. Trying to remember a year's work is a real chore, so I maintain my 'brag file' throughout the year. I added this script to the $profile on my main computer:

function brag {
  param($year=$((get-date).year))
  notepad "$home/my documents/brag$year.txt"
}

I very much like the way you can calculate the default value for a function parameter. The classical way to code this would be to check if the $year parameter is null, if so set it to the current year. As coded above it just happens right: if I don't provide a year it drops in the current year. If I need to review last year's file I type brag 2006.

Keeping track of my work helps me get ahead. PowerShell makes keeping track easier.

See Also: Daily Notes with Powershell