Hello 2015
It's that time of year again for the commemorative New Year's blog post.
Right after this I'm going to publish a draft I started while setting up GitLab on AWS.
I'll try to share more smaller bite-size content like photos to keep up the consistency. Let's start right now without any fanfare some of the photos of gardening I've been taking on this winter.
I've got a couple planters and strawberry patch growing in the backyard, but I've also recently joined the Ocean Beach Community Garden, working a good sized plot there.
I think I let the arugula (on the right side of the picture below) grow a bit too much.
So I harvested a bunch today, and it's very spicy.
Here's a cute Monarch Caterpillar that I found crawling around my celery.
He's lucky that he didn't get fed to the chickens.
A hurdle when blogging is first deciding what to write about. I have multiple blogs for various topics and projects but I'll try to be more spontaneous with what I post here and I'll try linking to the others too.
My goal this year, like always, is to write more. That means pushing myself to publish even when I don't think it's ready. I'm going to try publishing more drafted thoughts, instead of always holding out for the profound.
Right after this I'm going to publish a draft I started while setting up GitLab on AWS.
I'm also going to start trying to use voice annotations to give me a jumpstart on the writing process. It seems like in 2015 we should have pretty good voice to text.
I still really like writing things out and being able to rearrange, and distill down my thoughts. I just realized that long form writing and essays are better suited in living (editable) pages rather than blog posts that are primarily seen when published.
I still really like writing things out and being able to rearrange, and distill down my thoughts. I just realized that long form writing and essays are better suited in living (editable) pages rather than blog posts that are primarily seen when published.
I'll try to share more smaller bite-size content like photos to keep up the consistency. Let's start right now without any fanfare some of the photos of gardening I've been taking on this winter.
I've got a couple planters and strawberry patch growing in the backyard, but I've also recently joined the Ocean Beach Community Garden, working a good sized plot there.
I think I let the arugula (on the right side of the picture below) grow a bit too much.
So I harvested a bunch today, and it's very spicy.
Here's a cute Monarch Caterpillar that I found crawling around my celery.
He's lucky that he didn't get fed to the chickens.
Yet another fun home project I'm giving a try is growing sprouts.
And with all of these greens, I'll probably start juicing. I don't know if the internet can handle another blog post on that, but stay tuned to see what happens!
And with all of these greens, I'll probably start juicing. I don't know if the internet can handle another blog post on that, but stay tuned to see what happens!
A hurdle when blogging is first deciding what to write about. I have multiple blogs for various topics and projects but I'll try to be more spontaneous with what I post here and I'll try linking to the others too.
Follow along this year as I work towards my many goals:
- Develop a web consulting agency, Alternating Bits
- Document and release 1.0 of House.JS
- Develop Call2Train, a mobile app for trainers to manage scheduling and billing
- Grow my garden and Cultivate OB
- Blog 5 days a week.
I should probably exercise or something too.
I should probably exercise or something too.
My challenge is always to balance ambition and focus. There is so much I'd like to accomplish; it's hard to decide what to work on first.
It can be overwhelming but when you're doing what you love in a lovely place, it's easy to put in the work. It's a pleasure to be able to work on this, so my ultimate goal for this years is to be doing the same thing next year too.
