Best wishes for 2009

December 31, 2008

Last post for 2008.  Have I really had this for (nearly) a whole year?  It certainly seems to have gone quick   92 posts, not quite the average of 2 a week, but pretty respectful considering I made a determined effort not to just (re)post about anything that came across my RSS aggregator.  Also averaging around 4,000 hits a month, which isn’t half bad and much more than I expected (how many people actually read this I have no idea, but ~40 individual people have left comments which I really appreciate

As the image above hints at, I’ve headed home for xmas the the new year to spend with friends and family.  It’s certainly not been a relaxing trip as I’ve still been working (taking advantage somewhat of the timezone difference between the UK and US) and trying to squeeze in seeing friends and family.  If I haven’t had a chance to catch up with you I apologize as I just couldn’t get the time (I’m hoping to get back soon, which I’ll ping all the people that I didn’t get to see!).

This year has certainly been interesting, personally, work, and in the security field.  I’m working on a couple of (larger) posts on my thoughts on cloud security, trends (I think I might stay away from the predictions game, but will link/comment on ones I find interesting ), and have a series of webcasts pretty much in the bag on WebAppSec 101 – basic security reviews for webapps – ready to start posting early 2009.  As for that, there’s a fair few plans I have for 2009, some big, some small, some huge, which I’ll share as they become more fully formed.  One think I will be doing next year though is taking some vacation!  I’ve realized that my last "real" holiday (one that wasn’t a few days tacked onto a work trip) was in Sept 2006!  So, in April we’re heading down to Australia for the month – if there’s any recommendations you have, feel free to get in contact and share them as other than Sydney and Uluru, there’s a big country to explore with too little time to really hit even the highlights.

Anyway, I wish everyone a great new year and a prosperous 2008.

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