2012 Techno Resolutions

This year, things are going to change. I don’t, as a rule, make New Year Resolutions (they never last past February) but for 2012 I’m breaking the rule, at least as far as technology goes. In fact, I’m not just breaking the rule, I’m completely disregarding it. Here are my 2012 tech resolutions:

• Blogging - almost nobody reads my blogs, which isn’t hugely surprising, but this is something I want to change. I’m not paying for advertising so the only publicity they’ll get will be from Twitter and Facebook. I aim to post an average of one halfway interesting entry each day on my everyday blog and one 500-word rant (or review, or comment) on my other blog once a week (Sunday, 12:00 London time). 
• Twitter and LinkedIn - I’m going to grow my followers and contacts from the current 53 and 161 to 200 (both services) by the end of the year. That might not sound like a lot but I have no idea how I’ll do it. 
• Apple products - in the last thirteen months (explanation of my addiction) I’ve bought a MacBook Air, an iPhone 4S, an iPad 2 (birthday present for my parents), an iPod Touch (birthday present for my wife) and an Airport Extreme router (slightly strange present for me). I might have to buy an iPad 3 and and iPhone 6 (I don’t think it’s likely to be called a “5”, even though that seems to be the expectation of the blogosphere) but those are the only ones I’ll allow myself, whatever temptation Apple puts before me. 
• No other gadgets - in fact, I resolve only to buy replacements for gadgets that fail or are lost. No more upgrading to the latest thing (with the possible exception of the iPad 3, for which I’ll make an exemption) and no more punts on new technology (except for a Jawbone Up, which I may buy as a “fitness aid”). Anything I buy I’ll review. 
• Cameras - last year I bought a Canon EOS D600. It’s great but I haven’t published any photos; I’ll get some up on the web this year, either on Flickr or Picasa (although I’m not making specific commitments because I’ll probably miss them). 
• Gmail, iCloud and Exchange - I’m going to take control of my contact lists, notes and calendars. I’ll find a way to sync lists across all three service providers or, if that isn’t possible, I’ll work out how to manage the lists to avoid huge numbers of duplicates and I’ll post the solution as soon as I have it. 
• Finally, I’m going to try as many new web technologies and Kickstarter projects as I can over the next 12 months. 

So there you have it. There should be loads of new stuff to test and review in 2012 and this time next year I’ll look back and see how I’ve done with my resolutions. If they go really badly, maybe I’ll resolve to join a gym and get into shape. Or maybe not.