It's the end of the 2008, and I will be celebrating the new year with Kitty and some friends from work tonight. Although this is a time for fun, I feel it's important to look back and analyze what I've done and identify areas of improvement.

Here is what I have accomplished this year:

1) Ran Columbia Enterprise Developers Guild
2) Presented at 13 events.

It may not look like much, but doing all of that takes a good amount of energy. Running a user group is a constant process with many surprises that crop up each month. You have to email members about meetings, arrange speakers, arrange sponsors, and facilitate the meetings to ensure things run smoothly. Presenting requires a lot of preparation and travel to places like Miami or Boston on your own dime.

However, I feel like I could have done more. I didn't blog as much as I would have liked. I was off and on in the forums. I didn't write many book reviews. I didn't present in as many places as I could have. I didn't maintain my Community Credit account (costing me stupid prizes).

Although I don't make resolutions, I do want to look back at 2009 and be more amazed at my accomplishments than I am looking back at 2008. So, that is my personal goal this year: contribute more to the community than I did the year before. I want to blog more, present more, and answer more questions. Most importantly, I want to grow the developer community in Columbia, SC.