A short, probably only-sensible-to-me list of goals. Timeboxed.

Guiding principles:

• Meet good people. Do good work.
• Think about what kind of parent I want to be.

Timeboxed:

• January: Onboard to new work team. Inspiration: 90 days
  • Stay late. Show up early.
  • Accept every lunch invitation you get.
  • Always ask about acronyms.
  • Say something really stupid.
  • Have a drink.
  • Tell someone what to do.
  • Have an argument.
  • Find your inner circle.
• February: learn to paint blood on minis
• March: move to Charlotte
• April: see a specialist about my shoulder
• May: step down as vi.se moderator
• June: local political involvement (“active” allyship)
• July: explore digital privacy/control options (VPN, browsers, email, GitHub alternatives, colocated hosting for anything I decide to host?)
• August: rewrite mosaic program to create gifts
• September: ???
• October: ???
• November: ???
• December: Star Wars: Imperial Assault painted. Minimum 1 squad completed/mo.
  • January: Jetpack troopers
  • February: ???
  • March: ???
  • April: ???
  • May: ???
  • June: ???
  • July: ???
  • August: ???
  • September: ???
  • October: ???
  • November: ???
  • December: ???

Generally:

• make time for boardgames
• go to USK 2–3 times/week
• write more (1/week?)
  • start my book on GUI applications in Racket
  • write about our experience reshaping digital lives
  • share our general personal computing expertise/experience
• keep writing fun, useful programs.
  • think about where to direct open-source energy
  • cabin-mixer
• turn down the bed for S
• knock down todo list priorities

Political ways I can get involved:

• book access and general literacy
• digital/mathematical literacy
• LGBTQIA+ support
• local reporting
• digital control/privacy; personal computing
• de-toxifying masculinity

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