Friday, December 29, 2006

Going Forward To 2007 - Plans And Lists

Well, the first 6 months of my business is set to close, and it's looking good. After a few months of getting to grips with things the money is starting to come in and looks good for the future (touch wood).

The coming year I hope to consolidate the stuff I'm doing now that's paying and I'm actually planning on trimming my workload. A lot of my old sites will be wound down and I hope to concentrate on a small clutch of sites, mainly about the stuff that interests me the most. I also want to apply to them what I've learnt through my current work.

I still got lots to sort out, the house is sold, we need to find somewhere new to live and move in the next two months. I also need to sort out an accountant and it's not far off the first tax return for the business. On top of this, the important stuff needs to be kept fed and watered. It's all go.

Apologies to all my web and real life friends for the utter neglect I've shown them the last 6 months. As soon as stuff get sorted out and settled, I'll pop back up for air and try to be at least a little bit sociable!

I thought it would be fun to list some of my favourite posts, plans and sites and things I've done the last year in a frenzy of end of year listmania and future aid memoirs.

Five Of The Best Web Things Of 2006

Real Cool Time - Despite the fact I don't post there as often as I'd like, I really enjoy the work when I do it. I have a lot of plans for the site in the future.
Sharon Osbourne at Gala Bingo Post - for reasons I won't go into here, this is my favourite blog post of the year.
The Next Big Web Thing redesign - changing it to a new format and redesigning the site.
Your Space My Friend - I smell a lot of potential, and want to do a lot more with it.
Bingo Codes - quick, easy and good in a number of ways.

Site To Lose In 2007

These are the sites I want to lose, sell or wind down during the next year: Chav and Posh Test, My Weird sites (maybe), Cray Frog Fans, Webmasters Love Google, Office Annoyance, Moanr, Lazybloggr, P2P Lawyers

Old Sites To Redevelop In 2007

This is the stuff I want to concentrate on, the last couple of years I've been guilty of building when I should have been developing. I've recently realized my old model of new stuff all the time is flawed and unsustainable. All the more given I now see the potential of older sites with the current ideas and knowledge I have now. I also have a couple of major projects I need to finish!

Real Cool Time - Yup, want that to do more.
Cheesy Movies - Rename add some new sections and maybe a forum - complete overhaul.
Junk Trove and Day Trip Media - Both in major need of finishing.
Here - Need to do some things to this site, want the focus here more on my photographs and more art related.
Playing Bingo and The Next Big Web Thing- Continue both of their growths and quality.

That'll do for now. If I can get a portion of my planned stuff done, I'll a happy man. Hope 2006 has been good to you, and 2007 rocks - all the best! :)

Posted by Dio Bach at 08:37

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