All over again

The new year is upon us. It is always hard at the beginning of a new year to remember to write (type) 2009 instead of 2008. I remember struggling with this for weeks at high school.

Xmas has come and gone. It’s great being at home, even if you aren’t doing anything productive. For all of you out there that took lots of happy snaps at family get-togethers or NYE parties, now is the time to transfer them to your PC and ensure that they are backed up with something like Carbonite. The last thing you want is to lose them.

I think the PC backup movement is really catching on. I heard a friend of mine preaching the need to backup to an Auntie at a BBQ on new years day. She was complaining that she lost a critical document that she had to submit at a college she attended.  Once he mentioned backup, my wife stepped in and started to explain what Carbonite was.

A co-worker asked me this morning (first day back) if I had made any new year’s resolutions for 2009. I hadn’t really at the time. I suppose I always try to do things better than the previous year, personally and professionally.

From a professional perspective, I want to be a little louder this year. Make sure more people hear my opinion. Sometimes I don’t think it matters whether you make sense or not or that your opinion is particularly valid. People tend to listen to people who like spruiking their opinion. I think they also consider them to be knowledgeable.

I have no intention of simply having an opinion on anything and everything, but atleast for the key topics that I do care about, I will aim to ensure people know what it is.

I also hope that 2009 is going to be a big year for both Carbonite and AVG. We have lots of interest in both products at the moment and hope that we can transfer this interest into corporate relationsjhips and happy customers.

Hronia Pola and happy new year to you all.