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I have always believed in looking back at what you learned and setting goals for yourself for the future so here goes.

2009

It was a great year for me. I had the opportunity to work with a lot of great new individuals and companies.  I learned some new technologies and became even more organized.  Most importantly with the economy the way it has been, I’ve been fortunate enough to stay busy.  Thank you everyone who I’ve done business with in 2009.  I really appreciate it.

Some of the new companies and projects I got to work with this year were:

• Anagram
• NewCore Wireless
• House of Pizza
• Amscan
• Experian – internal coupon management application
• Fidelity – internal home reporting request and fulfillment application
• Open Preferences
• Trek – Ascend Analytics
• About You Photography

This past year I was more engaged in Twitter where I met a few great people:

• Dave Yankoviak -  @daveyank, aka “The Anywhere Man”
• Micah Iverson – @zebb, Krazier Designs
• Jeremy Lattimore – @jeremylattimore, Refocusing Technology

What I like about these guys is I learn so much from them just by following them and conversing with them over Twitter.  There are a lot more people out there that I learn a lot from too, but these are the ones that really stand out to me that I met over the past year.
It was great getting to know you guys this past year, I hope to continue to learn from you guys and return the knowledge.

I unwittingly met Brenda Cronquist of Mustang Graphics.  She is a great person that has given me some good advice and referred me some great projects.  Thank you Brenda.

I finally learned asp.net MVC, Linq-to-Sql and WordPress this past year.  3 excellent technologies I am glad I learned.

2010

Enough about the past though, what’s in store for 2010?  I have so many ideas and initiatives that I want to do.

First off, I want to contribute more to this blog.  I have so many blog posts that I have already started, I want to finish those up and get them out to you.  I also want to start a new series going into detail on all the services and tools I use to run my business. I’ve enlisted in a challenge called Project52. I am challenging myself to contribute to this blog on a weekly basis.

I want to read more.  I am going to try and read at least one book a month.  That may not sound like a lot to some of you, but for me that is quite ambitious.  There really is a lot of great information out there in print.  Two good books I read last year were:

• The Art of The Start ~ Guy Kawasaki
• Crush It! ~ Gary Vaynerchuk

Already in queue for this year is:

• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People ~ Stephen Covey
• Trust Agents ~ Chris Brogan
• Rework ~ Jason Fried
• The 4-Hour Workweek ~ Timothy Ferris
• Why AC/DC Matters ~ Anthony Bozza

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I hope to meet more great new people and clients in this new year.

Well enough about what I am going to do.  Time to start doing!

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