First resolution: Don’t write a cliché “New Years” post. Whoops. It’s been a nice and busy year, but there’s a lot planned for 2010. Thank you all so much for your support over the years (wow, multiple years!) – here’s what we have planned for 2010. Things are looking like they’ll be a little different!
1. Posting Everyday
Well, in January anyways. Tofugu will be taking the “30 days of blogging” challenge this month, so expect to see something every day. After that… well, we’ll see how it goes. Over the last month I’ve been moving schedules around to put more time into Tofugu, and I’m hoping that will show a lot in 2010.
2. Make TextFugu The Best Japanese Textbook Out There
I kind-of-sort-of announced the my Japanese textbook (TextFugu) the other day in a video. Over the next two months I’ll be working hard on finishing up most of the main content, and then spending the rest of the year making improvements to it (many improvements provided by members, who get paid for their help as they’re learning!), landing awesome 3rd party content, and more. TextFugu is a huge priority of mine in 2010 – get it now while it’s 50% off (including all the updates, add-ons, etc., it gets forever
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3. Location, Location, Location
I think that the idea of “places” are really interesting. There’s been a lot of advancement in geo-location lately, and I think that can be used to talk about places and people in those places (namely in Japan) in a very unique way. Getting mircro about those locations can be interesting too, which brings us to number four.
4. Spend Some Time In Japan
Haven’t decided for sure yet, but I think 2010 is a good year to become a vagabond. More will be revealed on this later, but for now, just expect a good amount of “in-Japan” content in 2010, if everything works out (crossing my fingers).
5. Post More About Robots
Because everyone loves robots, and I feel like we’re at the cusp of the robotic revolution… and yes, it will be bloody (and darn cute, if Japan has anything to say about it).
6. Get to Know More Tofugu Readers
In 2009, I got to hang out with a few Tofugu readers (mostly thanks to moving to San Francisco, which is much larger than Salem, OR). I think it’s super cool to be able to meet new, like-minded people. In 2010, maybe I’ll get to meet you!
7. Have More Guest Posts
In 2009 we had a couple of really really great guest posts here (puts my stuff to shame). 2010 goal is to 6-drupal (what’s the correct term?) that number and get at least one guest post up a month. It’s awesome to see some other perspectives and writing styles.
8. Tofugu Interns?
Things are heating up in the Tofugu world. There may be some room for a Tofugu intern or two. Still noodling this one, but it’s looking like a definitely probability sometime this year. Lots of people looking for jobs, too, it seems like.
9. Scholarships
I’ve always wanted to run a scholarship on Tofugu – This year’s goal is to give away $1000 in scholarship money to help people study Japanese, which will trounce the 2009 total of $0. Take that 2009.
10. Tofugu T-shirts
Enough said, it’s been a long time coming, and needs to happen sooner rather than later.
So, are you the resolution type? I know I’m not, but I had to write something today for the whole “post-every-day-in-January” thing I just got myself into (already regretting it. How do other bloggers do it?). Anyone resolving to learn Japanese? New Years seems to be a good time for that kind of thing, right?