Last month, I wrote:

In April, I want to:

• Record and set up more Emacs chats
• Make open source contribution part of my routine (mailing lists, patches, sharing)

And I did! I moved my Emacs writing workflow online and committed lots of code for different things I was working on. Here's my Github heatmap as of May-ish:

I've been experimenting with focusing more on Emacs. https://github.com/sachac/emacs-notes is coming along nicely, and I've started fleshing it out as http://emacslife.com . The guide on how to read Emacs Lisp is now more than 8,000 words, and it has greatly benefited from people's feedback. =)

I completed my 10-episode goal for Emacs Chats and am starting on another “season”, now that inviting people is less intimidating. It's fun, and I've been hearing from people who find the chats interesting as well. I wonder how I can make this more useful…

The weather has finally warmed up, so I'm back to gardening and biking. (Yay biking! =D) At first I thought our soil was doing okay. Once the rains lightened up, I found that the soil was still pretty sandy. I'll need to add lots of compost. Still, a number of seedlings are on their way up. Yay!

On my consulting gig, I learned a lot about Tableau and reporting. Looks interesting. On a personal note, we've been tracking litter box use, and I now have more than seven hundred rows of data. Still haven't automated the analysis, though. =)

I'm working on writing based on outlines and getting better at creating e-learning resources. I also need to prepare for a possible talk at the International Lisp Conference in August, too.

In May, I want to:

• Learn how to write extensions for E1
• Develop “How to Read Emacs Lisp” into a proper course, with objectives, modules, exercises and other useful things
• Add compost and herbs to our garden

Blog posts

• Emacs
  • Reflecting on 10 episodes of Emacs Chats
  • Thinking about my TODO keywords
  • How Org Mode helps me deal with an ever-growing backlog
  • Emacs beginner resources
  • Emacs Chat: Tom Marble
  • Emacs Chat: Iannis Zannos – Emacs and SuperCollider
  • Emacs Basics: Customizing Emacs
  • More Emacs drawings: Dired, moving around
  • Emacs Chat: Janis Mancevics
  • Emacs ABCs: A is for Apropos
• Quantified Self
  • Raspberry Pi LitterBox Cam and quantified cats
  • Rethinking my time categories: the blurring of business and discretionary activities
  • Quantified Self: Analyzing 32 months of clothing data
• Experiment, delegation
  • Reinvesting time and money into Emacs
  • Working fast and slow
  • Planning ahead for the stories
  • Reflecting on goal factoring and akrasia
  • Experiment update: Mid-term pre-mortem check
  • Figuring out a fair price for outsourcing work
• Life
  • Lion cut
  • Started gardening – April 2014
• Other
  • Frugal Fire 003: Dealing with Pushback
  • Notes from Visual Thinkers Toronto: Sketchnoting with others
  • Digging into my limiting factors when it comes to interviewing people for podcasts
  • How I use Google Chrome custom search engines for quick access
• Reviews
  • Weekly review: Week ending April 25, 2014
  • Weekly review: Week ending April 18, 2014
  • Weekly review: Week ending April 11, 2014
  • Weekly review: Week ending April 4, 2014
  • Monthly review: March 2014

Time use