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As the year 2008 comes to a close, I’ve learnt a lot and keeping all that in mind, here’s what I wish to achieve with DailyApps in 2009.. I did write something similar outlining my goals for 2008, but to be honest I’ve failed myself..

Here’s what I had wished last year and didn’t quite achieve it this year.. I hope to achieve it this year atleast..

• Reach 7500 RSS subscribers (currently at 1300+)
  Didn’t manage to achieve that.. Currently at nearly 3000 subscribers

• Average 30,000 daily page views (currently at 10,000)
  Around 20,000 at the moment, so didn’t achieve this as well.
• Generate $2,000 in monthly revenues (currently at $0).
  Achieved it earlier in the year, but didn’t quite manage to keep it consistent
• Increase the posting frequency to 3-4 posts a day (currently at 1-2 posts a day)
  The mother of all problems, I simply haven’t been able to post much on DailyApps this year
• Enter the Alexa Top 20,000 (currently at 45,000+)
  Alexa changed their methods half way through the year, so this doesn’t count.
• Increase the average comments per post to 15 (currently at 5)
  Something that I’ve managed to achieve this year.. I am happy
• Enter the Technorati Top 1000 (Currently in Top 5K)
  Never made it, fell backwards instead
• To be a widely cited tech blog in the blogosphere
  Yes I did manage to achieve that, when I was blogging regularly..
• Get a professional blog design from Chris Pearson
  Chris doesn’t do blog designs anymore, so I might use his premium theme
  sometime..
• To develop a strong and vibrant community around dailyApps.
  I’m proud of the community around DailyApps.. You guys have been amazing..

DailyApps is over an year old now, and its been a journey of a lifetime for me.. As I have outlined in the last post I wrote, life has taken dramatic turns this year, and I simply haven’t been able keep up with all the pressure and work..

2008 will be the year, when things began on a high for me both professionally and personally.. Somehow midway through the year, life got worse.. Don’t ask me why? Things are falling back into place now, and I am sure 2009 will be the year when I turn things back around for the better.

So for the coming year 2009 there are no goals as such.. I just want to achieve all that I haven’t been able to in 2008.. There’s no point in writing a new set of goals when I haven’t much of previous goals.

So 2009 will be the year when I’ll achieve what I planned for 2008.. Wish me luck guys.. I promise regular posting will resume on Jan 1st 2009 and the blog will get new and useful content on a daily basis..

Thanks to all you guys for sticking around, and trusting me.. I’ve been through the worst this year, now its time to turn things over and make way for the best things to happen.. DailyApps becomes DailyApps in 2009, and I hope it stays that way forever..

If you guys have any ideas, or suggestions as to what you want me to write about in 2009, please let me know. Many thanks to Daniel Scocco for inspiring me to list out my goals for 2009.

Till then, Happy holidays to everyone, and a Happy New Year 2009 in advance

I have become a lot more busier at college, after becoming the Vice President of the department which has added a whole new range of activities I am supposed to be doing.. Added to that, I have also been selected by Microsoft to become a Microsoft Student Partner on campus, wherein am expected to conduct technical sessions and other seminars on a regular basis.

Combine these two responsibilities with the bigger and more important responsibility that is of a student, things are kind of messed up for me at the moment.. The past month has gone completely in preparations for a major event in college, and am tired and exhausted while I leave for Goa today to attend a training program of sorts to be organized by Microsoft.

Once I come back, its a hectic week after that.. I am not making excuses here.. I just want to keep you guys in the loop on what’s happening over at dailyApps. Also to an extent I have hit the writers block, and whenever I sit down to write something the words simply don’t come out..

I cannot say when exactly dailyApps will come alive again, because College has got a lot busier than it ever was.. For me and my family my education and studies remains the primary concern, so its only natural I feel that blogging will suffer.. But trust me, I don’t like all this either.. I miss blogging daily on dailyApps, I miss reading your friendly and useful comments and I can’t wait to get back on the ship.

Hopefully in the coming weeks everything should be sorted out, and things should be back to normal.. Till then if you have any suggestions for me on how to manage time effectively I am all ears..

After all I’m just 19 and I have never before carried so much of responsibilities.. I am determined to make things work, which means you will see new posts on a regular basis pretty soon, and dailyApps will be the same active blog it was before.

Please stay tuned, the best of dailyApps is yet to come.. Cheers!!

Thank you all of you, for sticking around…

Photo Credit: S L A T K I ( busy mood )