Why? I’m completely looking forward to a year without moving. I feel like for the past year and a half I’ve concentrated first on moving, then on finding a job, then on becoming comfortable in both my work and home life. I’m looking forward to 2009 because all of the things I need seem to be in place and I can take better advantage of the opportunities around me. Here are some of the things I’ll be up to this year:
NYC UX Book club: A group of local UXers are starting to get together to discuss some interesting reading material on the topic we all enjoy.
NYC Information Architecture Meetup: This is another fun group of people from all backgrounds that gets together once a month to talk about Information Architecture and the new and old topics involved.
NYC-CHI: The NYC chapter of SIG-CHI. They hold events once or twice a month.
NYC IxDA: A portion of NYC UXers that get together offline about once a month.
UPA NYC: The NYC chapter of the usability professionals association which also hosts events about once a month.
If you’re in the area I hope to see you there!!
Happy New Years’
INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE 
NYC