Thursday, January 1, 2009

2009 new year's resolutions

My career new year's resolutions have changed dramatically every year for the last five years, hence the need for this blog. So much is going on, so much to be aware of, so much to be on top of.

Here are my career (not work mind you, although there is considerable overlap), resolutions for 2009. Let the new year begin.
  • Learn podcasting. So much to be gained. Talk about how to cook with tropical fruits and vegetables, interview chefs that use tropical produce. Interview experts in marketing.
  • Learn web video, or plain and simple, learn YouTube. How to slice papayas, how to make and avocado bacon salad, etc.
  • Make blogging a solid endeavor. I've started and now I need to keep it up.
  • Social networking, make it too a solid endeavor.
    -try to figure out if twitter is worth the effort.
    -establish presence on flickr for work and personal photography
  • Be more Googlicious
    - ace search engine optimization
    -figure out if Google words would work for BT or me
    -Adsense, does it make sense for BT or me
  • Photography - I started down this path based on dire need at work (no photographer is willing to come out to rural Miami-Dade county for less than a grand, and I need to take decent photographs at least once a week). It turns out I have an eye for it and a passion for it. In 2009 I want to feed the passion. Expensive hobby, I know. Save up to buy camera and stop borrowing work's.
  • Maintain ascent of learning curve for PhotoShop and Flash. Restart learning curve for DreamWeaver and Illustrator.

Happy New Year! Wish me luck.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you spread yourself out too much. Hire a professional or two, you'd come off much better, accomplish much more.

shipshapeads said...

In marketing, you gotta know a little bit about a lot or you gotta specialize. In my company, a small firm, there's no room for a specialist. So I ask the question, how deep do you have to go?

Watching Mad Men tv show, made me envious of the time, the 1950s. You focused on the marketing message, then thought about what tv show on the 3 networks your target market watches.