2011 was off to a great start. Lots of Drupal work, a conference, and a new project lined up. I started an internal project using Drupal 7, which is pretty cool. I got into the rhythm of making bread every week and of baking larger batches of food to share. I made time for some things I’d been procrastinating, and I had fun. I’ve been reading more books that analyze everyday life, and I’ve been having fun using those perspectives to examine my life. Good stuff.

Plans for January:

Work

• [X] Finish Project M
• [X] Finish Project S
• [-] Start new project – Finished the month with Lotusphere, lined up a project for return

Relationships

• [-] Host get-together – Postponed to February
• [-] Send delayed holiday cards – Oops!
• [-] Get into the habit of meeting people – Must work on this

Life

• [X] Improve my routines: set aside time for drawing, sewing, and making presentations
• [-] Post goals – Wrote goals, haven’t posted them

Plans for February:

Work

• [X] Work on new project
• [X] Put together talks for Deeper Insight, Remote Presentations That Rock, and the ITSC
• [X] Mentor more people

Relationships

• [X] Organize get-together
• [X] Get visa and arrange travel details

Life

• [X] Write up more reflections

Reviews

• Weekly review: Week ending December 31, 2010
• Weekly review: Week ending January 7, 2011
• Weekly review: Week ending January 14, 2011
• Weekly review: Week ending January 21, 2011
• Weekly review: Week ending January 28, 2011
• Monthly review: December 2010

Sketches

• Sketchnotes: Gretchen Rubin, Happiness Project book tour
• Pre-conference networking tips for the Instructional Technology Strategies Conference
• Sketchnotes from Quantified Self Toronto meetup #3
• Sketches: If you want to make the most of your next conference, you should blog
• Sketches: What index cards are teaching me about drawing
• Unbaffled

Reflections

• Moving my book notes online
• Tweaking fun and nudging myself out of procrastination
• Fun and rational economic theory: reflections on the book “The Logic of Life”
• Work on the business from the outside, not in it – Book: Effortless entrepreneur

Geek stuff

• Emacs, BBDB, and getting your contacts on the Android or iPhone
• Wrapping up projects and preparing for the next one
• Emacs 24 and the package manager
• Cross-posting between Lotus Connections blogs and a personal blog
• Draft Lotusphere BoF on working with the Connections API

Life

• Sick days
• Momentum and holidays
• Marking up books
• Snippets from life
• Three tips for cheerful chores
• Book: Let’s Get Real About Money: Profit from the Habits of the Best Personal Finance Managers
• 13,705 steps and counting
• Switched my Fido plan
• Batch baking for fun and awesomeness
• Of recipes and memories
• A braindump of tips for other new immigrants from the Philippines

2011-02-05 Sat 17:44