Welcome to 2010, dear readers.
So, no new year’s resolutions for us (right?) because we know they don’t work. Success is made of lots of little, discrete nudges, piled up on top of one another.
Instead of resolutions (big, bright, discrete points in the misty future, the path to which is far from clear), I’m trying to do directions (general rules that help inform the algorithm that makes the choices for those little, discrete nudges). My directions for 2010 (which are basically the same as they were for 2009) are:
- Code
- Cantonese
- Mandarin
For 2010, if I can write code, I’ll be writing code. If I can be listening/watching things, I’ll be listening/watching Cantonese things. If there’s nothing in Cantonese around me, I’ll be listening/watching Mandarin things. If those aren’t available, I’ll change my environment to make sure that I have those things available.
In which directions are you moving in 2010?
Related posts:
- Cantoneasy
- The great debate: simplified v. traditional
- My Cantonese tutor
- Jack Kerouac on managing your study time
- Success → Confidence → More Success
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Nice idea, directions instead of those sucky resolutions that are bound to fail.
My direction? Picking up French seriously, instead of joking around like I’ve been doing the last few months. I also need to find a way to fit in Turkish…
And next to that: read more books in Spanish. I used to be a reader, but life took over. I know reading is good, I just need to do it more.
I was thinking more in terms of a theme for the year, but I guess they are really the same thing. My theme is going to be ‘getting in shape’. That may be a little difficult, though, as my wife and I just had another baby before Xmas. He has decided he likes sleeping during the day much more than at night…
Nevertheless, I would like to move in a couple of other directions, too. Mine would be:
1. Mandarin
2. Refresh coding skills
Enjoy reading your posts. BTW, I’m curious to know if you are just doing iPhone apps or are you also coding for Android?
jfca,
Glad you like the posts!
To answer your question — just iPhone for now. I’ve done some preliminary hacking around with the Android SDK and it doesn’t seem like it will be too much of an uphill climb, but for now the economics just don’t make sense. I suspect that will change over the course of 2010, though.