the new year, or resolutions 2.0

Well, well… we made it through 2006 didn’t we? Hurrah! Now that it’s the Chinese Year of the James Bond, I think it’s a pretty good spot to look back on 006’s efforts and think about how good or lousy an agent he was.

Uncabled was launched and started off pretty strong, but I discovered that after a certain point I had settled into watching everything online and no longer had big conflicts to document. At that point it became a venue for internet-TV news — which is fine and all — but this space is getting crowed by more people with way more time on their hands. I expect it to change significantly this year into something less chatter-like and hopefully a little more useful for all.

Wierzbowski Hunters remains where it should be, an oddity of the internet. We started it as a gag in the 90s and when I resurrected it I did so to keep it alive, ideally in some form where it could run with some life of its own. Now, I’m not nearly the Aliens freak I used to be (The Matrix has filled that fandom role in the last few years) but at least I’m still one of the more notable Aliens freaks out there. There’s still room to play up the gag factor, but let’s face it, in a post-AYBABTU, post-NumaNuma, post-Caturday world this isn’t anything new… but it’s still fun.

And of course, Teradome plugs along as usual. It’s my place to play so I don’t mind when it drags a bit. It seems like every year I make a comment about about how much more personal my posts are going to become, so I’m going to avoid making that mistake again. If it happens, it happens. As long as it remains a place where I can muse on topics ranging from the joy of Guitar Hero II to the usability of social networking sites, I’ll be happy.

So to all you other self-publishers, bloggers, forum leaders and superfans out there, have a great 2007, and here’s wishing that your passion can become the next web phenomenon!