Been looking through some new Tactile CRM stuff on our internal version and found this as the background to Senokian. Made me laugh!

Those crazy guys at Senokian once killed a moose with a halibut!!! OMG LOL! Founded in 1678 by none other than Freddy McMentalface, this society of shoe-fondlers is frequently seen outside the Co-Op, protesting against the slavery of asparagus. Never touch a Senokian's ears, for he will curse you.

So no hard and fast goals for 2009, but these are some of the main aims for 2009 - business and pleasure (in no particular order):

• Write one decent blog post a week, or 52 in a year (I'll be the sole judge of if it's good or not!)
• See my family more
• Get fitter/do a half marathon
• Increase our Tactile CRM and SpendMeter user base
• Win something!
• Help @officedog lose some weight

So after the disappointment of missing the Drink Tank awards because of Le Web (I was sure that was why I didn't win best looking male entrepreneur, or best startup outside of London), it seems things are on the up.

First up my dog Archie aka @officedog (pictured below) is top of Twit or Fit in the male category, and secondly Tactile CRM has scooped another acolade (technically that was before the DT awards) coming 2nd in the highly prestigious GAW awards.

One of the best quotes from Le Web for me was by John Buckman from magnatune.com about how to see if you have a good idea:
 
"Try explaining your idea to a non-tech friend in a noisy pub whilst drinking. If they get/understand it, you're onto a winner"
 
Useful bit of advice and probably a lot cheaper than market research, although maybe not in Paris where you could be in for €30 for 2 beers.
 
For those of you that were there, here they are trying to fix the wifi - happy days.