Let us be honest: when you’re at SXSWi (and other conferences for that matter), you pretty much drink at some social event or another every night. That leaves almost everyone hungover to some degree every day. So, how do you deal with that?

If you’re already an active person, then I suggest continuing to stay active: hit the gym in the hotel for some early morning activity, or even better exercise outside! Run on the treadmill, do something on the elliptical trainer, or even the stationary bike. It will be a bit tougher if you’re hungover but sweat it out and drink lots of water – it will help get the alcohol out of your system and make you that much fresher for the rest of the day.

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A quick post to kick off the first work day of 2007. Mostly to remind myself what I’m aiming for this year and to document some goals of mine. I haven’t thought them all completely through, but really, who ever does?

This year I will:

• code less, consult more
• focus on growing and building the business
• finish the redesign of the company site
• provide more seminars, workshops and training
• speak at between 6-10 conferences
• hire a designer/developer
• be more productive but work fewer hours in a week
• engage in more broad “user experience” work
• serve as a hired gun for an agency that wants accessibility help
• more fully implement kinkless GTD
• write a book
• eat more fruit and vegetables and less chocolate, chips and candy
• increase company revenue by 15% or more
• say no
• leave my email client closed until 11am
• move the office completely out of the house (no more hybrid)
• run the IronMan (Lake Placid, NY) on July 22, 2007