I can’t believe that 2006 is over. And with that, I have also made it through my first year of blogging (etechatwork.com) and podcasting (etechcast.com) without fading into oblivion (though the podcast has suffered somewhat due to time constraints).

Although I had some initial doubts, I must say that I’m definitely pleased with the growth that I’ve seen over the last 10 months or so—here’s a simple chart that depicts the increase in “Page Views” and “Distinct Hosts Served” for my ETech@Work blog since it’s inception in FEB 2006:

So…I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all my subscribers, readers, listeners, and friends who have supported me over the year and contributed to the growth of ETech@Work. I am especially grateful to Kathleen Gilroy—who provided me with the opportunity and support to start blogging/podcasting—as well as the following folks who have in one way or another provided great advice, encouragement, and conversation regarding all things related to ETech: Tim and Emile Bourquin, Michael Geohegan, Doug Kaye, Paul Figgiani, Greg Cangialosi, Chris Brogan, Colette Vogele, Eric Olson, Chris MacDonald, Joe Kraus, Scott McMullan, Robert Scoble, Steve Friedman, Kevin Hague, Kathleen Romano, and countless others whom I probably failed to mention.

I also noticed that over the new year period, many blogs have been reflecting on 2006 and/or looking ahead to 2007. So I thought I’d end this first post of 2007 with some examples that I found to be interesting reading:

- Andrew McAfee’s The First Year of Enterprise 2.0, and the Second
- Michael Arrington’s 2007: Web 2.0 Companies I Couldn’t Live Without (TechCrunch)
- Read/Write Web’s The Biggest Web Trend of 2007 Will Be…
- Dion Hinchcliffe’s Enterprise 2.0 year in review and Ten Predictions for 2007
- Rod Boothby’s Predictions for Enterprise 2.0 in 2007 (Innovation Creators Blog)
- Google Zeitgeist’s Top Searches/News in 2006 (Paris Hilton???)

HAPPY 2007!!!