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So, it’s a new year. People usually relate this to new self starts. I don’t usually do this kind of stuff, but decided on making some new year’s resolutions and make them public so that I get increased commitment on them. For a start, I want to start writing more often in here. I doubt that people actually read this, but even as I might not (always) have interesting things to say, I find that writing helps me on getting some “open loops” out of my head. I’m actually unable to keep a personal diary or things of the sort, so this blog/journal thingy might just be adequate for that. I would also like to get back and also accomplish some 30 Day Challenges. I tried to start one past November but failed miserably due to the either being busy or just plain lazy. A fresh year is just the right time to commit to that. After a few years of using it in various ways, I would also like to start contributing to open source. I feel that it’s just the right thing to do: giving back to the community. It’s a great opportunity to learn and I’m curious on the practices of open source projects. There are some projects whose output I use almost daily, so they’ll be natural choices to get involved with. I also want to get back to digital photography. I haven’t been much active with my camera (as the activity on my flickr profile shows) and I would like to improve both my photography and digital photo manipulation skills. I’m looking forward to staying close to @mattmight‘s 12 resolutions for programmers, specially on learning a new programming language and actually completing some personal projects (these usually tend to be started but never finished). Last but not least, I would also like to learn a new language, either German or French (which I have some very basic knowledge of).

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