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Well, it's official. I'm 31. Doesn't seem all that different from 30, aside from that whole "one year older" thing, and even that's not a big deal. I may be a year older, but I'm also a year closer to where I want to be ... and who I want to be.

Aside from the lingering aftershocks of 9/11, the last year was a good one for me. My job continues to meet all three of my criteria for employment: I still love my job, I'm still making a salary I'm comfortable with, and I'm still learning. In fact, I've probably learned more in the last year than I have in any time since I started in the Internet industry in 1996, and given how much I've already learned, that's really saying something.