Resolutions and Reflections

• Richard Fair
• 2 Jan 07, 09:49 AM

Happy New Year, oh and by the way my train fare has gone up 80p. Great. I’ll blog about that later no doubt somewhere.

So here we are at the dawning of 2007. Generally the bloggers have been quiet over the holiday period but there has been the usual mix of post-Christmas postings and reflections on 2006 along with resolutions and plans for the New Year ahead. Here are some of the ups and downs:

Sentimental Geek was glad to see the year over and was planning on bringing it to an early end. “I for one will be glad to see the back of 2006. If all goes to plan I should be tucked up safely in bed by 9pm tonight with a good book and mug of Horlicks.”

While Alan Fleming seems to have had a good one. “I feel pretty positive about the things I've done and the changes I've made”.

Not so good for Gregorian Rants. “I received a Christmas card the other day, and written inside it was a simple message, hoping that next year is altogether better for me than this one has been. And I frowned, reading it, and pursed my lips, because this year has been a killer”.

Rogue Tory has taken the time to check back on last year’s resolutions: “Get my head down and work hard in the final year: I half managed this, though I suspect I could have work a bit harder if I hadn’t got completely bored with computer science by this point.”

Finally Julia on Notebooks has a great resolution. (Can I come too?) “To go and see my parents in Moscow. I don’t know, when I go and for how long, but this must happen. I even vowed to blog about my visiting Moscow. I’m being told certain things have changed considerably. I’ve also changed considerably. So, it will probably be too considerable an experience to miss. “

As for the BBC Manchester Blog, we only arrived towards the back end of 2006 so there’s little to look back on, however there’s plenty to look forward to, starting off with our first blogging workshop on Thursday 18th January.

There’s still time to book your place. Please remember to send us your e-mail address so we can send you the details. manchester.blog(at)bbc.co.uk