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With 2007 as nothing more than fading memory, 2008 rolls on. I thought I had one of the best years in recent memory last year. I did a lot of stuff I set out to do, and even more I didn’t expect.

I feel 2008 is going to be a slow year for me as I have some very specific goals that I plan on obtaining. The most prevalent is to become debt free. I’ve been working on this since 2005 and I hope for it to culminate this year. Unfortunately for this to happen, I have to be tight with my budget so I don’t see a lot going on this year for me.

That being said, this year is already taking a few left turns. I will be starting a new job this year as mine is currently in the processes of being outsourced. I’ve already been on a couple interviews and there is one job I’m still interviewing for that I’m very excited for. I don’t want to jinx myself but if I get it, I think its just what I need to start off the year right.

On the tech side of the coin, I’m not sure what to expect this year. One product that I would love to see with some changes this year is GrandCentral. The Google owned product has been stagnant since they purchased it and I can only hope thats due to a major overhaul going on. Some of the features I would love to see is better iPhone support, SMS support and the ability to have calls auto-answer instead of having to accept them. I was also thinking about getting another computer this year but my Macbook is still going strong and I have no real reason to upgrade. Maybe when my living situation settles down, I’ll look at a new computer. Other than that I’m just going to sit back and see what happens.

Overall I think this is going to be a year of focus for me. I’m turning 30 this year and need to start thinking about what’s ahead. The past few years I’ve taken a lot of steps to declutter my life, straighten out my finances and set some goals. I plan on focusing on tying up any and all loose ends this year and starting off my 30’s brand new.

2007 was the first year I used Twitter extensively. I started off heavy, lost interest then picked it back up in the middle of the year thanks to programs like Twitterrific and Twitterberry. Now thanks to Damon Cortesi, who hacked up a quick and dirt script, you can see a visualization of my Twitter activity for 2007 above.

Feel free to add me on Twitter - http://twitter.com/the8thsign

Created with flickrSLiDR.

With the end of 2007 comes the end of my Project 365 photography experiment. One picture a day for one year. While it doesn’t sound hard, it really became a challenge to find something new to photograph each day. As much fun as it was, I’m glad its over. I learned a lot about my Fuji V10 and when I finally switch to a DSLR, I may do another Project 365. Overall it was a great way to learn about my camera capabilities and also keep a daily photolog of my day to day life. I will almost definitely do another one when I purchase a DSLR but this year, I’m going to enjoy the time off.

January - Started Project 365, took my first trip anywhere to San Francisco, went to Macworld, seen Diggnation live, went to a QA with Kevin Smith, partied at the Lost Planet release party, started using Twitter, setup a Facebook account.

February - Lost Planet photos published, went to New York Comic Con.

March - Captain America is dead, quit World of Warcraft, put myself on an allowance, my Macbook now runs Vista.

April - Went to Video Games Live at Yale University, started a Tumblelog, moved to Dreamhost for webhosting, bought an AppleTV, sold my HD DVD.

May - Spiderman 3 movie, interviewed for WSJ article.

June - Fall Out Boy live, started a Faceblog, started my own comic podcast, first manga book, iPhone released.

July - Harry Potter ends, setup a GrandCentral account, converted all my MP3’s to AAC.

August - iLife ‘08 and iWork ‘08 released, lived in my car, got into a car accident, my favorite album of the year released - Rilo Kiley: Under the Blacklight, new comic store, my favorite movie of the year Stardust, i own sunglasses.

September - Bought an iPod Touch, promptly returned it for an iPhone, 1 year at Ann Taylor, 2 years with Amy, iFanboy’s 100th episode, Wordpress 2.3.

October - Leopard released, switched from Wesebe to Mint, Gmail IMAP, Guitar Hero III.

November - Turned 29, started writing for comicspoliers.net.

December - Timbuk2 used my picture for there new website, Xbox360 Fall update with Divx support, another live iFanboy show, new Timbuk2 commute bag, switched to MarsEdit, mediatemple rocks, canceled Netflix, found out I’m being laid off.