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2009 recap / 2010 goals

2009

• After thinking about web annotation for many years (starting back in grad school), my big project at work was released
• Learned how to ride a motorcycle
• Began running regularly again.  Completed the SF half marathon which was my first race in 2 years (due to injury)
• Incorporated swimming into my exercise routine and learned how to do a proper front crawl
• Wrote a few blog posts about UX, Dave Chappelle, finding new music, & running
• Reviewed 2 books that left a big impression on me: The Creative Habit & Amusing Ourselves to Death
• Made another mix
• Digitized all of my cds
• Visited Houston, Seattle, Zürich, London, and Berlin
• Finished watching all episodes of The Wire and Tim & Eric Awesome Show (loved both)
• Pared down all of my possessions, moved to Zürich, and switched over to the Gmail team
• Movies I  enjoyed: Vicky Cristina Barcelona, 2 Days in Paris, Children of Men, Gran Torino, Touching the Void, Gadjo Dilo, Latcho Drom, Zombieland, Let the Right One In, Manufactured Landscapes

2010

• Find an apartment, move in, get new furniture, get settled
• Improve my design skills by beefing up on Photoshop, Flash, CSS/JavaScript (maybe even learn After Effects?)
• Do kick ass work for Gmail
• Continue running, yoga, cycling, and swimming (hopefully a lot of lake swimming!)
• Run another half marathon, but this time, in my VFFs
• Visit London again (and again)
• Check out one of the big euro music festivals
• Visit Berlin during the summer
• Go on some hikes in Switzerland once the weather gets nice
• Use up some of my vacation time in Spain
• Reunite with Stephan in Bamberg and Nathan in Paris (perhaps in conjunction with seeing Daft Punk?!)
• Go skiing a few more times
• Cook more
• Take German lessons
• Read more
• Make another mix or two
• Get my huge backlog of photos posted online
• Dust off my SLR and start shooting again
• Bonus: visit Iran if things cool down there, ideally via Turkey
• Bonus: help start up Ignite Zürich with Russell
• Be open to whatever comes next!