I know I am a little late, but I decided to lay out some New Years goals (goals not resolutions) for everyone to see.

The obligatory weight loss, get into shape goal.
I lost a ton of weight a couple years ago, but some of it has been slowly coming back. My goal is to drop 30 lbs and go biking, play tennis, or run three times a week. I am also doing the pushup/crunch challenge.

Minimize and Simplify
This has been all the rage lately, and for good reason. My goal this year is to simplify and minimize as much as I can, both in software development and in regular life. In software development that means focusing on getting projects done and getting results in the easiest and simplest way possible. In regular life that means getting rid of clutter and crap I don't need anymore and getting a little better organized.

Stop Consulting
I really want to completely stop consulting this year, I am working on saving money so I can quit and fully dedicate myself to a software idea. I believe I can get a working prototype with my money, and hopefully get some small investment to build it past there.

Makes 22books a success
22books started out a way to learn Rails, but I really think I can get it to the point where it helps replace some of the income from consulting. My immediate goal with the site is to get it into the top 100,000 with Alexa. I think that's a reasonable goal to start with.

Grow The Lounge
I am also counting on The Lounge to replace some of the income from consulting, but to do that I need to expand past just .NET advertising. I also plan on building The Lounge infrastructure to include some interesting new features and advertiser perks. My goals for this year is to start at least 2 more rooms and to get the .NET room to average 80% full.

Re-Launch Windows Developer Power Tools
The site for the book has been kind of languishing since we published it, but I have been paying someone to do some work to really make it more useful. My goal is to get this site re-launched in the next two months.

Reset this blog
In the next couple of weeks I am going to move this blog over to infozerk.com and convert it to Graffiti, when I do that I also want to really re-define it. Over the past year or so I have been in kind of auto-pilot, my goal is to write a high quality meaningful post at least once a week. I am also going to stop posting links or quick posts in an effort to increase the quality level. I am going to post links, pictures, music, and stuff like that over on my tumblr blog.

I am going to have a busy year, especially considering that my wife is pregnant and due in June. :)

-James