'Twas five nights before the night before Christmas and all through the house, not a certification was stirring, not even a GMOB. (Does "GMOB" rhyme with "house?") So much for our notions of seasonal versification.  Let's cut straight to the chase: CertMag's posting schedule will be a bit slimmer next week than usual.

We aren't simply going to walk away from the site and leave it on autopilot. We're just going to be putting up slightly fewer items of original content, and doing it one or two days that are different from the norm. Let's face it, every hard-working IT professionals take time off at Christmas. We'll miss you, you'll miss us — but mostly we'll probably both be thinking about other things.

One of the other things that's on our mind, incidentally: We're currently working overtime (literally) to get our first print edition of 2018 off to the publisher. Our January issue is the big Salary Survey magazine that everyone loves. And now would be a great time to subscribe to the print or digital edition.

Getting back to the topic of the day, however, let's quickly run through our holiday posting schedule. Here's what you can expect to find on CertMag during the Christmas and New Year's Day break:

Dec. 21 — A recap of the biggest cybersecurity news stories of 2017 from IT security and certification expert Mike Chapple.

Dec 22 — CertMag presents: The 10 Most Popular CertMag Articles of 2017.

Dec. 25 and 26 — Merry Christmas to all! [No new content]

Dec. 27 — CertMag presents: The Second 10 Most Popular CertMag Articles of 2017.

Dec. 28 — [No new content]

Dec. 29 — What's new and different in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI)? We take a brief dip into a topic that is certain to generate quite a few IT (and IT certification) headlines and stories in 2018.

Jan. 1 — Happy New Year's Day to all! [No new content]

Jan. 2 — Regular posting will resume. See you all in 2018!