2013 Techno Resolutions

Last year I broke my normal rule and made some Techno Resolutions, a list of technology related things that I definitely was, or wasn't, going to do. Now, at the beginning of 2013, it is time to review last year's resolutions and make some new ones. Let's start with last year's:

• Blogging - I had two concrete targets for 2012: 1) publish something vaguely interesting on my blog at least once a day, and 2) publish a 500 word article every Sunday at noon. I failed dismally in the first task with only 160 posts last year, down from 295 in 2011 and well below my peak of 347 in 2009 but managed (just) to get the 500 word articles out each week (53 entries in 2012, 26,500 words).
• Twitter and LinkedIn - I choose an arbitrary target of 200 followers/contacts on each site. This wasn't a problem on LinkedIn, where I quickly blew past the target (currently on 235, for what that's worth) but progress on Twitter was much slower and I'm languishing at 117.
• Apple products - I said the only Apple products I'd buy were an iPad 3 and a new iPhone (although I was sure it would be called the "5" - oops) and despite the temptation of the new MacBook Pro Retina laptops I have stuck to my resolution. Just.
• No other gadgets - I planned to buy no gadgets at all in 2012 with the possible exception of the Jawbone Up (which I didn't, in the end, buy).
• Cameras - I was a bit vague about publishing photos which is probably just as well because nothing really happened on this front. Not a bit fail, but not really a win either.
• Contact lists - mine are a mess and I was going to sort them out. I've made some progress by dumping Gmail's Calendars but that's about it.
• Kickstarter and web technologies - I backed several Kickstarter projects and completed a fair chunk of Codecademy's training courses, so this is a resolution I kept.

I reckon that gives me a score for 2012 of 5/10 Techno Resolutions kept. Not bad, but not great either. For 2013, my resolutions are:

• Blogging - continue the weekly 500 word articles on a Sunday and hit the daily target on my other blog.
• Twitter - 300 followers by the end of the year.
• Apple products - no purchases at all this year. Tricky.
• Other gadgets - replacements for failures or losses only, again with the possible exception of a Jawbone Up, or similar.
• Cameras - gotta get that photo sharing going, somehow.
• Contact lists - I'm definitely going to sort out my contact list mess in 2013.
• Kickstarter - I plan to back at least 5 projects this year.
• Codecademy - complete at least one more training course.
• Web project - complete (for some definition of "complete") 2 or more of my web projects.

That's 10 commitments for 2013, to be reviewed at the beginning of 2014. Some of these are easier than others, but I think all of them are achievable.