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Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by phugoid »

cubicle67 wrote: post #37

Well, they say confession is good for the soul... I've got four great kids. They're bright, curious, fun and I love 'em to bits. Thing is, I absolutely suck at being a Dad. I'm lazy, vague, inconsistent, moody and I find it all to easy to go hide in the study and respond to interruptions with "Go and play. Can't you see I'm busy". I don't want to be like this, not one little bit, so my one goal for this year is - no…

Hey, I suck at it too. And it's hard to make yourself spend a lot of time and effort on something that you're not really good at, when there are other things you really excel at.

So my theory is that I suck because I suck.

Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by sjs382 »

I plan to launch a project related to URL shorteners early in the year and continue work on my startup into the first quarter.

My resolution though is to ship/launch more code. "Real artists ship" :)

Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by omnipath »

My goals so far for the year 2010:

1) Relearn how to eat. Do not eat just to eat, but eat for a reason.

2) Actually write a useful application.

3) Perhaps most importantly, be a creator and not just be a consumer.

Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by jodrellblank »

Anyone want to read through these replies and place some bets on how many goals will have markedly progressed by this time next year?

http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/08/how-to-set-goals-yo...

"work at becoming a better Dad" - Unspecific. Should being a better dad have the same negative connotations as work?

"Release one app every 15 days and spend 1hr a day..." - Specific, determined. I'd bet on this.

"Stop slacking" - Vague, phrased in the negative, no chance.

"Launch my startup no matter what" - Also vague, low chance.

"I plan to end 2010 with 10x as many customers as I start it with." - Great. I bet he will progress this.

"Go full-time", "Eat healthier and become more active", no and no, bet against these.

"Start eating a proper breakfast" - What, when will you prepare it, how will you stick to it?

Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by spencerfry »

Plans: (1) Add a few more members to the team. (2) Lease our own office instead of sublease. (3) Release the new version of our app. (4) Expand two more verticals. (5) Get more mainstream press. (6) Finish moving our core team to New York City. We're currently 2 of 4 in NYC. (7) Start our newsletter. (8) Do more charity work. (9) Start a meetup. (10) Get involved in local NYC art/design scene more than I already am.

Re: Ask HN: Plans for 2010

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Post by GeneralMaximus »

Last year, my goals were: (1) learn to program Mac OS X (2) get better at maths, basic data structures and algorithms (3) write more stuff on my blog.

I accomplished: (1) learned to program the Haiku OS (2) got better at C++ and OO design (3) met a bunch of awesome people in the FOSS community (4) learned version control (5) gained enough confidence to start a small FOSS project with some friends.

I still suck at programming Mac OS X (even though I've made some progress), still suck at maths and my blog is updated about once a month. I learned a little something about data structures and algorithms, but only because I took that class at college.

Moral of the story: you usually end up accomplishing something completely different from what you initially plan. The trick is to just go with it and let good stuff happen.

That said, I still have some plans for 2010: (1) learn Haskell and x86_64 assembly (2) release the FOSS project I've been working on (3) contribute more code to Haiku (4) get better at socializing (5) write a lot of stuff on my blog (for real this time).

I know I'll end up accomplishing a completely different set of goals, but it's still nice to have a roadmap :)

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