Yet another new beginning

I vowed some time ago that I would maintain my blog regularly, and that said blog would be located on my website. After letting it slide for some time, though, I received a rude shock one day when I logged in: my blog had been hijacked by goons promoting...well, I'm sure you can guess what they were promoting. I was less than pleased, but the experience taught me a few valuable lessons, including the importance of changing your password now and again, but primarily that it's a good idea to keep on top of your site.

Aside from that, the new year has given me cause for introspection. I haven't yet reached my desired destination for this stage of my life, but I accept the challenge and I want to redouble my efforts to achieve my goal (for anyone who finds this (understandably) oblique, I'm referring to a job in the digital media field). Today at work I had a discussion with two of my friends about the need to be generative in life, and we all agreed that it just wasn't enough to have a job to sustain oneself; rather, we want to feel that we have achieved--and created--something at the end of the day. If I can do that, I'll feel that I've lived up to my potential.

That said, I need to keep learning if I want to carve a little place for myself in the industry, there is so much out there that I don't know. However, I took a small step forward yesterday, and ordered Colin Moock's Essential Actionscript 3. I don't expect it to be an easy read, but I hope that I can be dedicated enough to use the book to become a good AS3 programmer. Wish me luck!