
Ever since I started blogging, during end of the year I used to write a [retrospection of things][1] I did in that year. It has kinda become a tradition to me and an excuse for a new post. As the year **2012 **has only a day of fuel left in it, let me stop and look back.

[1]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/tag/new-year/ "New year retrospection"

## Last year resolutions:

You follow them or not, but you must make a list of new years resolutions. So, did I. For 2012, I had [three things][2] in my mind.

[2]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/looking-back-and-forward "Looking back and forward (2011)"

1.  Release **treesk.com **- it's my web app that I've started working on during the first quarter of 2012. Initially I planned to release it before 2012, but due to some personnel setbacks (definitely not because of _Mayans's_), I couldn't. But I'm quite happy with its current progress. The 0.9 version of it 'Ëœ*almost*'Ëœ ready and I'm hoping that the 1.0 version will see the light before first quarter of 2013.
2.  Get a new job - I did kinda get a *new *job. I mean, I joined *PayPal *again. Even though I worked at PayPal for last 2 years, I was a CSC employee then. Last year, I directly joined PayPal. Not sure what 2013 has in its store for my career! ![:)][3]
3.  Improve skills in photography - totally nuked this. I hardly took out my Camera last year (apart from the time when I was in [San Jose/San Francisco][4]). Next year, SHOULD.GO.FOR.PHOTO.WALKS.

[3]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
[4]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/walking-from-pier-39-to-golden-gate-bridge-photos

## New year resolutions:

1.  Release **treesk**. Make it reach people.
2.  Write. A lot. Get back to blogging. And, possibly an eBook.
3.  Open source [**timethetask**][5].

[5]: http://www.timethetask.com "task management app"

## Some important events:

1.  [Launched][6] and [open sourced][7] **Twikural**.
2.  Became a [DZone Most Valuable Blogger][8] (MVB).
3.  This blog crossed **1 million **page views.

[6]: http://twikural.veerasundar.com/ "Twikural"
[7]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/open-sourcing-twikural-an-app-engine-project
[8]: http://java.dzone.com/users/veerasundark "Dzone MVB"

## Stats for veerasundar.com/blog:

![2012 statistics][9]

[9]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2012/12/2012-stats.png

## Happy new year!

I take this moment to wish every one of you and your family a **happy and prosperous new year!**

So, screw you **_Mayans _**and what's up **_2013_?**


Looking back and forward (2012)


Well, well, well, I completely forgot that I started this blog on this same month, three years ago. Yes! Now this blog completes **3 years **and steps into the fourth year.

Of course, without your support and feedback, this wouldn't have happened. So, **thank you one and all **for reading my blog and encouraging me through comments.

Its time for some retrospection. Let's see  how this blog performed till now (thanks to WordPress Stats and Google Analytics for tracking the data)

## Number of visitors:

![visitor data for my blog][1]

[1]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2011/06/stats-2011.png "stats-2011"

The total number of page views is now stands at **587,916** a healthy number for a blog like mine. Now, on an average, my blog gets close to 30K page views per month (twice it crossed 30K recently). Not bad!

## Traffic sources:

![traffic sources for the year of 2011][2]

[2]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2011/06/traffic-sources-2011.png "traffic-sources-2011"

## Other Metrics:

- Alexa Rank: **248, 372** [[check ][3]]
- Page Rank: **2**
- Subscribers: **351 **[ [subscribe ][4]]
- Google Connect: **95 members **[ join below ? ]
- Affiliate Ads: **~Rs 20K** [ [interested?][5] ]

[3]: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/veerasundar.com# "Alexa ranking for veerasundar.com"
[4]: http://feeds.feedburner.com/veerasundar/dreamz "subscribe to this blog feed"
[5]: https://veerasundar.com/contact "Contact me for any offers"

## Thank you:

Thank you once again for keeping this blog alive. I know I have considerably reduced my posting frequency. But, I'm trying to improve that now (5 posts in 6 days now! ![:)][6] ).

[6]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif

Do let me know your comments which will definitely help me to improve on.


Thank you friends! This blog is now 3 years old.


![firefoworks][1]First of all, let me wish you a **happy holidays** and advanced wishes for the **wonderful new year**!

[1]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2010/12/fireworks.jpg "fireworks"

While we are so busy with our work and other stuff, the clock never stopped ticking and yet another year has passed away in-front of our eyes. To compensate this, the Time (not that _[Time][2]_!) has gifted us a brand new year - **2011**. So, lets start live in the present than worry about the past.

[2]: http://www.time.com/time/ "Time magazine"

Enough of philosophies and preaching. Lets come to the point of this post. That is, sharing my stats, as I did on [last year][3].

[3]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/so-long-2009-welcome-2010 "so long 2009, welcome 2010"

## Last year resolutions:

Last year I had [three resolutions][4].

[4]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/happy-birthday-2010 "Happy Birthday, 2010!"

- Build a better blog - Which, I think, is accomplished by looking at the [stats below][5]. But, the mission does not end here. ![:)][6]
- Learn a new language (Scala, Python) - unfortunately, this one is still open. But, I did learn new (markup) languages after joining PayPal. But still, Scala is in my mind always.
- Learn photography and buy a DSLR - Done. Bought one DSLR and learnt some basics of photography. But a long way to go. Here are some clicks for you: [Photos 1][7] , [Photos 2][8] and [Flickr][9].

[5]: #stats
[6]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
[7]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/few-photos-from-my-nikon-d3000 "Photos collection 1"
[8]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/when-the-shutter-opened-photos "Photo collection 2"
[9]: http://www.flickr.com/photos/veerasundar/ "Flickr photo stream of me"

## New year resolutions for 2011:

Time to set some new goals.

- To release the new website that I'm currently working on.
- To learn a new language (Rails and Scala are in, as of now).
- To network with more and more people in my field.

I think three is enough. So, what are your resolutions? Do share it in comments and leave a link to your blog post.

## Important events for veerasundar.com/blog:

- Last year, this blog fetched some good advertisement offers. I spent that money again for improving this blog itself: [Bought the Thesis theme][10] and setup an [additional monitor][11] (and btw,  If you like to advertise here, do [contact me][12] ![:)][6] )
- The total number of page views crossed **4,00,000** and as of today it is 4,24,140. That's some number! (source: wordpress.com stats)
- A total of **61** posts have been published in this year (238 posts overall).
- Google Friend connect members count is grown to **69** while feed subscribers count is at **314 **now.

[10]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/switching-to-thesis-wordpress-theme "Switching to Thesis wordpress theme"
[11]: https://veerasundar.com/blog/dual-monitors "Dual monitor"
[12]: https://veerasundar.com/contact/ "contact me"

## Visitor trend for the year 2010:

[![visitor trend][14]][14]

[]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2010/12/stats-visits.png

## Traffic source stats for the year 2010:

[![traffic source][15]][15]

[]: https://veerasundar.com/img/2010/12/stats-source.png

## Thank you my blog readers!

Of course, with out you, nothing above was possible. So, I **thank you very much** for the continued support and wish you all a wonderful and happy new year.

See you all in new year with more and more posts about Java and Web development!

And, please share your thought about my blog in the comments. That'll help me to improve. ![:)][6]


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