{"id":249,"date":"2005-01-01T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2005-01-01T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/Miscellany\/About\/newyears2005.html"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"newyears2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jclark.org\/weblog\/2005\/01\/01\/newyears2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution Wrap-up: 2004"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last January 1st, I decided to break with tradition and make a few resolutions<\/a>. Last night at midnight, time ran out. So how did I do? Let’s check the score. I’ll also give some thoughts for the upcoming year’s resolutions, but that will be a separate post, after I think it out a bit.<\/p>\n

Personal<\/h5>\n
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  1. \n

    Spend a little extra time with my kids. I don’t think I do too badly at this now, but why not improve anyway?<\/em><\/p>\n

    This one’s an unqualified success. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Have at least one weekend getaway with my wife… and no children. We’ve been planning this forever, and never seem to get it done.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Another success. Sherri and I spent a weekend at a B&B near Lancaster, PA last winter. It was wonderful; we’re hoping to do it again this year.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Play more Chess (and hopefully improve).<\/em><\/p>\n

    A qualified success. I definately played more in the first quarter of the year, and I think I was even starting to improve. Since that time, however I’ve played next to none. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Write some fiction.<\/em><\/p>\n

    Utter failure… never found the time or inspiration. A good goal to keep for this year, however.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Professional<\/h5>\n
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    1. Finish every last piece of the Client Reporting project.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      This turned out not to even be plausible, as business needs changed.  This was a poor choice of resolution, in the future I'll keep any professional resolutions project-nuetral.<\/code><\/pre>\n
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      1. Make the whole thing obsolete with a ground-up rewrite, using no VB (build directly in XML via Office 2003 native XML formats).<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        This turned out not to be possible because Micro$oft once again over-promised and under-delivered; this time promising a native XML format for Excel and delivering a crippled XML format with no support for graphs.<\/code><\/pre>\n
        jclark.org<\/h5>\n
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        1. Add timestamps and notifications for comments.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
          [Success.][2]<\/code><\/pre>\n
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          1. New design.  Something a bit less… understated.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
            Failure.  I began work on a new deisgn, but couldn't decide what I wanted to do.  I still want to redesign for this year.<\/code><\/pre>\n
              \n
            1. Hit the 300 posts milestone.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
              70% success.  My first post of 2004 was number 100, so I needed to write 200 posts.  I managed to deliver 142- in spite of a lengthy blogging hiatus over the summer.  Big thanks to [dugh][4] for the [October Blogging Challenge][5] which helped get me back on track.<\/code><\/pre>\n
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              1. Re-organize the categories.  Use permanent redirects for moved posts.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                [Success][6].  For 2005, I want to think about restructuring the blog... moving away from strict categories, and using a 'tag' system like [del.icio.us][3] uses.  This may mean a move away from Blosxom.  Also, whatever I do can't break existing URIs.  Still some planning to do.<\/code><\/pre>\n
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                1. Add a second, topic specific blog.  Potential topics are astronomy, chess, or writing.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
                  I cancelled this one.  Having less time for any of my other interests, let alone less time to write for this blog, convinced me of that.  Instead, for 2005, I want to start writing some more personal, daily-summary\/thoughts posts in addition to the more topical stuff I usually post.  More on that idea in another post.<\/code><\/pre>\n
                  All in all, not a terrible first attempt.  Later today, or during the next few days, I’ll post my 2005 list.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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