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On my way home from walking Oscar I noticed a lot of cars passing full of party goers. As we look ahead to 2007 I can’t help but reflect on the year that has been 2006.

2006 was a pretty darn big year for me. Within a span of two weeks in March I left my job, married Allison, spent a week trekking around New Zealand’s south island, and then got stuck in to starting my own business. The rest of the year is in all honesty, quite a blur. Most of my time was spent scrawling notes on bits of paper, my white board, or withdrawing in to intense thinking sessions attempting to solve technical problems. I look back over the year with a sense of accomplishment and contentment.

Taking the plunge and going it alone was a decision I don’t regret. I am certainly worse off financially, but the life and business experience, and knowledge that I’ve accumulated is priceless. I have learned some critically important things so far, and that never would have happened so soon if I continued down the road I was on.

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for reading my blog. I only get to see most of you as numbers in my statistic packages but I always keep in mind that each of you are individuals with families, and life experiences.

So what are my plans for 2007? Well, there has been some interest in integrating my Msgpad chat platform with other systems which I will continue to pursue. I also want to write more. I am finding writing an enjoyable and liberating experience. Specifically, I have plans for sharing the Entrepreneurial stuff I have learned in an e-book. Unlike most of those crappy business books that are just inspiration books in disguise, I hope to publish some juicy content that will no doubt save many people the pain that I’ve had to endure many times over. Lastly, I signed a partnership agreement with a company a couple of months ago that I’ve not had the time to make progress on. Hopefully early 2007 I will get something out the door with those guys, most likely directed at the Forex market and with a twist of live chat.

Thank you again for reading my blog. 2007 is looking like an exciting year and I hope to share every interesting moment, as raw as possible, right here on my blog.