It’s now September and the start of Spring - So what better time I guess for an update to my Challenges, Goals and Resolutions for 2007.:

  • Personal, Family and Lifestyle; Summary: B+
    • Books.  I’m re-reading some old favorites, at the moment it isIssac Asimov.  Still reading roughly ~1 novel a month.  I tried reading more eBooks, but this failed dismally on my KJam.
    • Audiobooks.  A good friend of mine, Lisa has recommended I try audio books.  I’m skeptical, but will give it a go. 
    • Newspapers:  Strangely enough the only news[pick-up-and-hold]paper I’m reading (and enjoying) is the Financial Review.  I’ve stopped reading the Couriermail and Australian newspapers, and instead read them on-line.  There is something about the format and content of the daily papers that bugs me.  Occasionally I’ll go and buy the weekend paper , but often regret it :)
    • Bike trips. Still getting our more than I was, but still not as often as I like. A change in circumstances/annual leave*, means my trip to Ballina will have to be ‘rethunk’.
    • Listen to more music and more podcasts.  Going better, but still not good.  Listening to more podcasts, but more music is still failing.
    • Still enjoying regular Picnics, BBQs and ‘walks in parks’.  Now that I’m taking more photos, I’ve started a flickr page, and post the better pics there.
    • The ban on Live TV still easy, no problems there at all.
  • Community and Blogging; Summary: B-
    • Blogging:  Going ok, not blogging as much original contents as I would like, but this will change once products release.
    • Meet more people; Going great!  Caught up with lots of fabulous people at TechED Au and NZ.   Those with bikes get a special mention.  Hello to Archer, Dave, Eric, ‘Monty’, Nick and Sam.
    • ‘Wardy Community Dinner’.  Still haven’t made it to a Wardy dinner, but went to the Wardy Picnic and had a great time.
  • Virtualization; Summary: B+
    • Spending more time talking and listening to others about Virtualization.  A lot has changed, and yet it hasn’t.  This deserves another post.
    • The new blog finally kicked off.  Progress on the wiki on WindowsVirtualization.com has stalled for the time being.  
  • Career Goals; Summary: B-
    • Well this is a big change.  I’m no longer in my old role, or with my old company.  Nothing sinister or ugly.  Simply, I had reached a time in my life, where I wasn’t that person anymore.  I needed not only a new challenge, but a very different challenge.
    • My current project is a Virtual Sandbox for a ‘few hundred developers’.  (Yup, can’t get more different than that)  Still working out all the details, but now I focus more on the “What if we” rather than a “how do we” questions in life.  Different and challenging.  Early stages, so we’ll see what happens.

So I’m pretty happy with progress so far this year.  I’m going camping in a couple of weeks, and plan to use it as an excuse to get on the bike and take some more photos.  Of course there will the opportunity for a few good scotches (when I get there).  It will be great!