Mid-Year Check-in

At the start of the year, I made a list of four resolutions for 2010. Given my tendency to formally track things on an ongoing basis I thought I’d do a mid-year check-in on my resolutions seeing how roughly half the year has passed:

1. Finish a Rev 1 of Benchside – Status: on track; My teammates and I have made significant progress over the past couple of months, both in terms of refining the scope of the project as well as doing the basic coding. Although we still have a ways to go to get a workable tool, I think we are definitely on track.
2. Read Pawn in Frankincense and Checkmate by Dorothy Dunnett  – Status: completed; This is something I’m proud to say I’ve completed, albeit with a minor cheat. I was able to read Pawn in Frankincense, but switched to using an audiobook to complete Checkmate. I’m still going to count that as a victory, and I’ve now discovered that audiobooks are a great way to finish things which are hard-to-read as they handle all the pronunciation for you and allow you to “read” while driving!
3. Meet at least 3 new people per conference I attend – Status: incomplete; In my defense, I haven’t attended a conference, but will try to do so for the second half of the year!
4. Read at least 1 academic scientific paper per month – Status: on track; I have indeed been reading and blogging about one scientific paper a month!

Not too bad if I can say so myself!

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