Dormant

Well, I think it's pretty clear from the inactivity on this blog that I lost much momentum.  I haven't looked at the code for the Trakker project in months.  The NFL football season is coming to an end, and my Bengals suffered an embarrassing loss to the Chargers for another 1st round exit from the playoffs.

My son Benny is doing great.  Being a father has been amazing so far, and I know it's only the beginning of a long adventure.  It has proven much more difficult to get long stretches of uninterrupted time at home however, but I think that's just the way it goes.  I certainly don't want to be the kind of father who is always absorbed in something other than his children.

The tech space is so fun to be in.  There are so many options for things to learn and ideas to build.  I have made an effort recently to shore up my weaknesses on the web side and try to learn javascript and some frameworks.  I like Durandal so far, and I backed it on Kickstarter because the author of the framework seemed genuine and he's kind of doing a David & Goliath thing battling Google and AngularJS.

My tech goals as we kick off 2014:

• Get an app on the Google Play store.  Even if it's trivial
• Get more of a presence on GitHub so that I have a functional resume, rather than just the traditional one
• Come up with more ideas that appeal to me because I am passionate about the domain and the problem being solved.  If it involves my interests like golf, guitar, sports, etc I am much more inclined to work these projects rather than contrived sample applications.

I don't know if I'll continue this blog or not, but I enjoy getting my thoughts out so I will continue to author posts like these in one form or another.

Here's to a great 2014!