Happy new year everyone! I hope y’all enjoyed a bit of a break over the holiday period. I enjoyed some time off in Queensland visiting family and friends, then a few days of R&R in Sydney to celebrate the arrival of another new year.

Today I’m “unofficially” back to work – though I’ll be easing into it, kicking off “officially” on the 7th. But I at least have a moment to blog – which is a nice change ;)

Which is to say it’s been mightily quiet around these parts of late (in part due to my time away) – my apologies. I’ve been busy with work and personal projects which has meant blogging, outside of “recent links” and presentation posts, has been pretty light on.

Hopefully in the coming weeks I’ll be able to get a bunch of posts that have been waiting dutifully on the back-burner up and out into the world. But of course, that all depends on how crazy things get – so we’ll see…

Suffice to say I’m looking forward to what’s in store this year – if last year is anything to go by it’ll be a corker :)

Just a quick note to mention that this space is going to be quiet over the next week or so as I am on holiday until 31 March.

I’m excited to announce (publicly) that I’m now setting out on my own as a freelance online consultant and web developer :)

I’ll be continuing to work at Digital Eskimo until the end of March 2008, at which point I’ll be available to take on new projects.

I’ve set up this blog as a place where I can talk about my work and related issues such as web standards and social media & networking. I’m just getting started, so there’s not a lot to see right at the moment, but I do hope that you find the posts to come interested and/or useful.

I plan to post some case studies, as well as provide more information about the services and skills I have to offer in time.

In the meantime, you might want to check out the about page where I’ve got a bit more info about my background, or perhaps peruse some posts I’ve previously written on related topics over at my personal blog.