with the end of 2009 rapidly coming closer, I figured this might be a good opportunity to look back on the year that's almost over and see what's come out of it. All in all it's a great opportunity to look back on some of the fun times, awesome experiences and other hilights of the last 12 months.
Music
It was the year where, after a very long break, I started doing shows on Digitally Imported again with my bi-monthly Tech Rework show on DI's tech house channel.
What started out as a fun experiment in a genre I - in all honesty - wasn't too familiar with, quickly grew into a ton of fun with a steadily increasing listenerbase. The past 9 episodes of the show, which were also released as a podcast, generated well over a terabyte of traffic and thousands of downloads.
After a successful first video broadcast, with another two planned for early 2010, things are starting to get very interesting indeed!
The next year is sure to bring a ton of music production, even more shows, mixes and podcasts, and a bunch of awesome back2back sessions.
Nightlife
It was also the year of some rather excellent parties - ranging from an awesome Awakenings Festival, a surprisingly cool Tomorrowland in Belgium, to the usual list of Qlimax and Q-base.
Geek
On the geek front I finally got rid of my Windows laptop in favour of a lean mean Macbook. I still don't understand why I didn't do that ages ago. Server-side everything is still running Linux, apart from an unpleasant hack in March it's been smooth sailing all the way. Programming wise it's been a fun year as well, with an odd mix of ColdFusion and PHP.
Preparing a killer list of tracks for a 2 hour radio show every couple of weeks is a hell of a lot of fun these days. So many quality tracks to choose from and equally as many roads to travel to keep the show just that little bit more different than the other tech house shows on Digitally Imported.
