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This ended up being my favorite annual post. It’s a great way to sum up your year.</em></p><p id="bed5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne nf go bk">Last week my last employer celebrated their one year launch anniversary. That means this week is my 53 week anniversary since going solo. My goals were to start a company that I wanted to work for and to spend more time doing interesting things. So, here are 53 things that happened over the last 53 weeks:</p><h2 id="820a" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Self-funded a company through contracting</h2><p id="9aaa" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">1. Recorded my first screencast (using Camtasia Studio).<br/>2. Three Salesforce <a class="af of" href="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/network/2006/11/13/an-introduction-to-saleforcecoms-appexchange.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">articles</a>.<br/>3. Learned agile from the product management side and led a series of agile adoptions in the corporate world.<br/>4. Second edition of <a class="af of" href="http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/regexppr/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Regular Expression Pocket Reference</a>.<br/>5. Performed a technical due diligence for an acquiring company.<br/>6. Led technology transfer of Odeo to their new owners.</p><h2 id="3cc8" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Built a company</h2><p id="901d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">7. Built CrowdVine.com (682 code commits).<br/>8. Formed an LLC.<br/>9. Found a business model (networking services for conferences).<br/>10. Got my first paying customer.<br/>11. Got shat on by a bird while closing my first big deal <em class="ng">[Ed: not sure why this made my list]</em>.<br/>12. Convinced <a class="af of" href="http://blog.crowdvine.com/2007/11/01/introducing-jay/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">someone</a> to work with me.<br/>13. Wrote the company values (Bias for action. Solve valuable problems. Love self-improvement) <em class="ng">[Ed: Pretty close to the Lift company values]</em>.<br/>14. Got my first adsense check.<br/>15. Got my first repeat business.</p><h2 id="a559" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Learned something about silicon valley</h2><p id="8063" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">16. Presented to (but didn't pitch) my friends at CRV.<br/>17. Talked to someone at Sequoia (wicked smart).<br/>18. Met with a big company about acquisition.<br/>19. Read <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/True-North-Discover-Authentic-Leadership/dp/0787987514" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">True North</a> and realized it was ok to say no to both investment and exit strategies.</p><h2 id="2649" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Read some good books</h2><p id="c519" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">20. <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/Snow-Crash-Bantam-Spectra-Book/dp/0553380958" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Snowcrash</a>.<br/>21. <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/Cryptonomicon-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0060512806" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Cryptonomicon</a> (should have read both 10 years ago)<br/>22. Read <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/China-Study-Comprehensive-Nutrition-Implications/dp/1932100385" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The China Study</a> and went mostly vegan.<br/>23. Read <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/Game-Penetrating-Secret-Society-Artists/dp/0060554738" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">The Game</a> and learned there's a big difference between first base and a real relationship.<br/>24. The very dated <a class="af of" href="http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Usability-VOICES-Jakob-Nielsen/dp/156205810X" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Designing Web Usability</a> (did you know Netflix used to be blue?).</p><h2 id="dac4" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Got involved in some conferences</h2><p id="0dad" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">25. Sat on my second Web 2.0 panel (but first time that I really participated)<br/>26. Attended my 5th Foo Camp (also the first time I really participated).<br/>27. Ran CrowdVines for SoCon, Maker Faire, FooCamp, BIF3, MX East, FOWA London, and Web 2.0 Expo.<br/>28. Made some great friends in Atlanta.</p><h2 id="9340" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Spent some time with my hobbies</h2><p id="76bd" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">29. Started Urban Hiking.<br/>30. Found a Vegas poker game that I could hang with (the Flamingo).<br/>31. Learned positive (anti-Cesar Millan) dog training techniques.<br/>32. Shaped a dog trick (shaping is how dolphins get trained).<br/>33. Officiated a wedding.<br/>34. Smoked a turkey.</p><h2 id="62ea" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Switched</h2><p id="a81c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">35. From MT to WordPress (thrilled).<br/>36. From OS X laptop to pre-installed Ubuntu laptop (thanks <a class="af of" href="http://system76.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">System76</a>)<br/>37. From crappy server providers to a great one (thanks ServerBeach)<br/>38. From phone to smart phone (so-so 8525)<br/>39. From crappy car to the best car ever (thanks Scion).</p><h2 id="cfc5" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Got involved with PR and Marketing</h2><p id="e5fa" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">40. Wrote 73 posts on Stubbleblog and 8 more on the <a class="af of" href="http://blog.crowdvine.com" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">CrowdVine blog</a>.<br/>41. Quoted in the NYT and the LA Times (about Twitter).<br/>42. First <a class="af of" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlqnJQW78RU" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">video interview</a>.<br/>43. Wrote my first press release (which led to a TechCrunch story).<br/>44. Got a story on the front page of Netscape (now Propeller). Took one week.<br/>45. Got a story on the front page of Digg. Took two weeks. Key was the title.</p><h2 id="b1a7" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Became a better developer</h2><p id="bfc6" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">46. CSS skills went from a 1 to a 5 (out of 10).<br/>47. Made my first logo in Photoshop.<br/>48. Contributed to open source (XSS plugin, OpenSocial, and soon to release icalico).</p><h2 id="26ba" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Business partners</h2><p id="73ae" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">49. Integrated with Pathable for FOO and FOWA<br/>50. Integrated with icalico for FOO and FOWA<br/>51. Learned how to quickly end a call or delete an email from an inappropriate biz dev inquiry ("May I speak to the marketing department?" "No.").<br/>52. Responded to three requests for me to co-found someone else's company. Flattered once. Disgusted twice.</p><h2 id="5c2f" class="nh ni gv bf nj nk nl dy nm nn no ea np mt nq nr ns mx nt nu nv nb nw nx ny nz bk">Also</h2><p id="6b8c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph mi mj gv mk b ml oa mn mo mp ob mr ms mt oc mv mw mx od mz na nb oe nd ne nf go bk">53. Accepted enormous amounts of help from my partner, Sarah. 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