I was in Maui with my girlfriend over Christmas, and I had a problem you might have encountered before. We’re taking our rental car (a Ford Mustang convertible, incidentally) back to the airport, and we have absolutely no idea where to get gas. W...
December 29 – Defining Moment Describe a defining moment or series of events that has affected your life this year. Well, let’s see: my sputtering startup sputtered its last sputter, I spent a month-and-a-half afraid I was going to go broke and ...
In response to a request for help on how to get the Android SDK up and running on a Mac, I thought it might be worthwhile to go back through the process and see how simple and fast I could make it. As it works out, I was able to get the Android em...
December 28 – Achieve What’s the thing you most want to achieve next year? How do you imagine you’ll feel when you get it? Free? Happy? Complete? Blissful? Write that feeling down. Then, brainstorm 10 things you can do, or 10 new thoughts you can...
December 22 – Travel How did you travel in 2010? How and/or where would you like to travel next year? Well, I took three trips this year: Minneapolis for a full month in July, Boston and Washington DC in October, and Maui right now. Planes were ...
December 23 – New Name Let’s meet again, for the first time. If you could introduce yourself to strangers by another name for just one day, what would it be and why? Well, that’s a dumb question. I’m rather fond of who I am. Why would I want to ...
December 24 – Everything’s OK What was the best moment that could serve as proof that everything is going to be alright? And how will you incorporate that discovery into the year ahead? When my business started paying my bills. Full speed ahead!
December 21 – Future Self Imagine yourself five years from now. What advice would you give your current self for the year ahead? (Bonus: Write a note to yourself 10 years ago. What would you tell your younger self?) 33 year old me to 29 year old...
December 20 – Beyond Avoidance What should you have done this year but didn’t because you were too scared, worried, unsure, busy or otherwise deterred from doing? (Bonus: Will you do it?) Nothing. Zip, zero, zilch, nada. Well, except for spendin...
December 18 – Try What do you want to try next year? Is there something you wanted to try in 2010? What happened when you did / didn’t go for it? To quote Yoda, “do, or do not. There is no try.” So what am I going to do? I’m going to keep launch...