* I’m sick of waiting for full HTML5 and CSS3 support across all browsers. Yes, people have been using it for a good while now and as it seems most IE users are finally getting their act together and shifting their shit to 8 (and 9). Its likely that sometime soon we should all be in a position to putting out some awesome websites but don’t hold your breath!

* I don’t have time to update my own website. I wish I had all the time in the world to work on a website skin but I dont! I’m too busy making money. I’m no designer but I’m pretty nifty with fireworks and after 8 years doing this shit I like to think I’ve got some HTML fu! Even if I did though.. ..I’m sick of banging out HTML. ‘ADHD + To Many Projects’ means I’d likely never be happy with the end result and / or finish it for that matter so its best I leave it there.

* I’m not a web designer / developer / deseloper.. ..I’m a software engineer. *translation - I get hard looking at patterns*. Not the knitting kind though! No! The ‘I’ve just cracked open omnigraffle and puked a dirty great class diagram’ kind! In fact I’m not even that! I’m a guy with a pad of ideas who tinkers with things. I want to make cool things. I dont want to be confined to the saturated arena of ‘up your own arse’ script kiddies. Its just the web! its just a document!

* Its getting to easy to put together awesome tools using the web, through the web and If you’ve thought of it, its probably already been done.. twice.. and done pretty well. The webs came along way in only the past three years. Its getting easier than ever to put these things together. If your’e not steeped in cash, or sucking investor dick, then your’e not going to be the cool kids ramping this shit out! sorry!

* I’m sick of the social web. I’m neither social or antisocial. I like to catchup with friends face to face for a meal or a drink. I dont want to be harassed hourly with your verbal garbage. Dont boggle me with your enigmatic wall posts! I’m, not interested in what your’e eating and the 40th set of pictures you’ve just uploaded of your <insert annoying obsession here> makes me want to rip out my eyes and eat my own face. 

With that said, I’ve decided this year to:

1) Stop using twitter.  A few months back I deactivated my facebook account. Wow! Liberating + 1 :) Sorry twitter, you’ve lost me. The people I follow are great but personally, I think your’e a big waste of my time. I just don’t get you anymore. Give me something new :( oh! and eat my balls!

The same goes for Gowalla, Foursquare, GetGlue, etal.

2) I’m not interested in doing websites any more. They bore me! I havent got time to keep up with the latest javascript framework or the latest “Works in them all” web templates and frankly I couldn’t care less. I’ll use what I need to to get the job done. When I need to, I’ll build websites. I’ll build them well. I’ll use best practices, do a stella job and never cut corners. I’ll continue to build them as long they’re are bringing in the cash.

3) My true passion is software design. The web is a glorified frontend! (and a very fickle one at that). From now on my interweb efforts will be better put to building websites that work and no more. No fluff or cruft. The internet is an awesomely powerful tool but their are other ports and other protocols *remember that kids!*. Port 80’s been in the lime light to long. Next!

4) My new distraction is mobile! Mobile and API’s.. Distributed Architectures.. Rest, JSON, RPC.. ..thats where my direction will be. Connecting things! Its like lego but betterer

5) My true focus is hedgehog lab. We’ve got an awesome team of talented people and we can do great things. We’re moving into a truly exciting space. This is where the future is!

6) I’m going to start brewing my own cider. The Scrumpy kind. Its become too pricey and for £4.50 I can get about a 10 litre vat full to the brim. Good Times!

Apart from a few additional annoyances, todays been rather cheery.

.. Thats all.