Mark Evans

Goodbye 2006, I’m Going to Miss You!

I’m not one for predictions (I’ll leave that exercise for folks like Peter Cashmore and Tony Hung) so I’ll focus on the year that was. The highlight was the birth of my son, Elias, whose arrival managed to interrupt the one movie (Bad Cop, Bon Cop) my wife and I actually went to a theatre to see. My wife, Pamela, and I are truly blessed to have three beautiful children. Among the other highlights:
- A new job with b5media Inc. after five years watching/writing about the Web with the National Post (Thanks, Jeremy Wright and Rick Segal, for convincing me to take another stab at a Web start-up).
- The success of the mesh conference, which exceeded the wildest dreams of myself and my co-organizers Rob Hyndman, Mathew Ingram, Stuart Macdonald and Michael Macderment. We’re excited about mesh ‘07, which happens May 30-31, 2007 in Toronto.
- The redesign of my blog by Ben Bleikamp, who helped me move to Wordpress after nearly three years with Blogware. (Thanks to Ben and TheGoodBlogs’ Vern Lun, who’s been helping me tweak the new and improved Mark Evans).
- The successful re-launch of CanadianTire.com, in which my brother, Sean, played a key role.
- New high-tech tools such as the MacBook, Slingbox, 1Passwd and the never-ending number of tool Web 2.0 services/site that continue to fascinate me.
- The emergence of a new wave of Canadian bloggers such as Tony Hung, Aidan Henry and Austin Hill.

It’s been an eventful, exciting and fulfilling year. I can’t wait to see what unfolds in 2007. I hope everyone has a great year.