New Year's Resolution

I just flew in from 2002:

• Wrote or co-wrote 4 books: Mastering VS.NET, Windows Forms for C# Programmers, Windows Forms for VB.NET Programmers and ATL Internals, 2/e (you should see them all in 1H03)
• Helped Don & Shawn with their books (no writing, just heavy-duty feedback)
• Wrote 6 articles for the Wonders of Windows Forms column (some are excerpts from my WinForms book)
• Wrote 9 articles for the "Chris Sells on .NET" newsletter (some are excerpts from my WinForms book)
• Started the "Adding Ref-Counting to Rotor" research project (we've got a alpha running!)
• Wrote a 5-day WinForms short course
• Spoke at bunches of conferences and seminars, including the 2 Web Services DevCons I hosted
• Started a newsletter and published 8 issues
• Started the Windows Developer News forum
• Wrote or co-wrote 13 magazine articles (3 are still pending publication)
• Wrote 29 Spout pieces, including the ever popular VS.NET Fun Facts
• Shipped 3 releases of Genghis
• Shipped several other new tools and samples, including Wahoo!, CollectionGen, XsdClassesGen, imcli and RegexDesigner.NET
• Created the Intel Rich Client series where I served as the editor for 6 articles (1 is still pending)
• Consulted for several companies
• Mentored several proteges
• Conducted a very painful, but very fruitful, marketing survey
• Lost 55 pounds (which I hope never to find again!)
• Answered countless mailing list and direct questions via email

and boy are my arms tired! Even I look at that list and think "holy workaholic, Batman!" Of course, I couldn't have done all these things alone. I worked with fabulous co-authors and co-contributors. Thanks to you all and I look forward to working with you again in 2003!

In the new year, I have the following goals:

• Make Ask The Wonk a fun experience for all involved (it just started on Monday, but it's already great fun answering the level of questions I've received!)
• Move the DevCons to the phones via the PhoneCons to avoid the expense and hassle of travel for everyone, while still maintain the power and charm of the DevCon
• Get those .NET War Colleges humming! I *so* look forward to these
• Several more releases of Genghis (a new release is already cooking)
• A few more magazine articles (I've got a few already in the queue)
• Finishing up the Rotor ref-counting project, publishing the code and the results
• Re-org the web site a bit (again!)
• Continuing the Wonder of Windows Forms column
• Hanging on the Off Topic mailing list (still my favorite mailing list)
• A couple of other projects that I'm dying to share with folks, but am sworn to secrecy...
• Losing another 35 pounds (it's a 2-year plan)
• Find a way to take a vacation

We'll see how I do this time next year, especially on those last two.