I have many resolutions each year. However, I've discovered the ones I keep tend to be rather absurd. For example, in 2008, my resolution was to link to more stories about flying cars. In reality, that was a resolution designed to help me learn about using some new search techniques to track off-the-radar topics.

Recently, I wrote a blog post about adults learning to play musical instruments. I have plans on doing that one day. Not in 2009, however.

Resolution #1: I'm going to attempt to record a short video each day. Most will be screencasts (video screen grabs) that I will post on SmallBusiness.com or a new blog here on Hammock.com called The Conversational Media blog. Others will be fun or random things designed to help me learn more about shooting and editing video with great speed.

Resolution #2: I plan on playing tennis at least twice a week. I used to play at least 3-4 times a week. And then, for the past ten years, I've played little. I started back playing in August and have discovered I enjoy it more than ever. This shouldn't he a hard resolution to keep.

Resolution #3: I hope to read at least 30 books in 2009. I probably came close in 2008, but I wasn't really counting.

Resolution #4: I'm going to work harder than ever to make sure as many people as possible know how talented the folks at Hammock are -- and how passionate we are about helping our clients succeed.