This past Saturday, July 25th, marked the 1st anniversary of this blog.   It was exactly one year ago on that date that I published my first post here at Y.F.N.C.G. and began my adventures in blogging and entrepreneurship. It was in that post that post I laid the foundation for what has been a wonderful and challenging year.  A year which saw me plan, and begin running, a part-time computer consulting business.

Although currently this blog is on a temporary hiatus so that I can spend more time on another totally unrelated project, I’m still working hard at starting my consulting business.  Yes, I still consider my business in it’s start-up phase.  I am taking on a limited number of clients, but most of them are friends, or friends-of-friends.  I don’t plan on diving into my business full force for a while still.

So in the mean time, and to celebrate one year on the web,  I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you some milestone posts from this past year:

Top 5 Reasons Why I’m Starting a Computer Business - This post describes the fundamental reasons why I decided to put myself through all this.

Baby Steps: The First Few Things I’m Doing to get my Business Underway - I’ve officially completed all 7 of the start-up items that I outlined in this article.  I guess I need to write a new article with 7 more goals!

My 5 year plan - The long term vision for starting my business.

Taking Care of Your Customers: An Interview With Eric Hamm - My first interview post.  Also check out my other interviews.

I’m Officially a Business Owner! - The day I officially became a business owner!

Business Name Blues series - My most popular series of posts to date.

Book Review: Start Your Own Computer Business - The first book review.  I’ve also done a few other book reviews since then.

Top 10 Reasons to be Nice to Your Computer Guy - This post marked my first taste of popularity via social media.  I got a huge spike in page views thanks to Stumble Upon.  It was a fun ride, but short lived.

Guest Post: 4 Overlooked Ways to Grow Your Service Business - My first guest contribution to another blog.  This turned out to be the first of a string of guest posts that I wrote at the beginning of the year.  It turned out to be a little too much work for me so I have taken a break from guest posts for the time being.  But I may get back into the game later, it was a lot of fun.  See my other guest posts.

My First Customer…More or Less - My official first customer.

Computer Guy’s Toolbox: LogMeIn Free - The first, and only,  guest contribution to my blog by another author.  I’m open for including guest posts from other contibutors, so please feel free to submit your articles!

100 Tech Twitter Accounts You Should Be Following - This quickly became my most popular post thanks to Digg, StumbleUpon, and Twitter itself!  A lot of work went into compiling this list and I’m thrilled that it got a good reception by techs and non-techs alike.  This is an example of the kind of post I can write when I take my time and focus!

It’s been a great year so far, I’ve learned a lot, grown by leaps and bounds, and made lots of wonderful friends.  And I’m only really just getting started!  I’ll try to post one or two entries per month during my hiatus, which will probably last the better part of this year. But once I complete my other project, I’ll be back into the computer consultant game with a vengeance, and possibly a face-lift for Y.F.N.C.G.  So stay tuned!

BTW, I stay relatively active on Twitter, so please do follow! @yfncg