I know I missed Chinese new year but it is not going to stop me from Declaring 2007 as THE year of the coder. Things just seem to be coming together.

Edmug is growing and keeps on having good presentations. Its great to see the membership increasing and also keep seeing new faces. I am disappointed that there are a lot of faces that I don't see anymore but that's not my problem. I am starting to work on some ideas for a presentation but its so hard to come up with something that is the caliber of the previous presentations.

I don't know if its just spring talking but this city seems to be starting down the path of good development. New usergroups are popping up like OWASP and the EAMUG which is great to see more of a community forming. I see a lot of developers working towards improving themselves which is great. I really hope that things keep rolling forward here.

I have also decided to start taking off early on fridays to learn or practice something new. Already I have found this to be really good and I would recommend it to anyone that can do it. I am to much of a procrastinator so its nice to have 4-5 hours of time dedicated to learning / improvement / beer (ok its usually beer).

I might try to get out of town a bit and do some speaking too once I have some presentation ideas and a place to talk at.

I am stoked for this year and I hope it brings good fortune (or contracts) to everyone!