Resolutionationism
I rarely declare new year resolutions but for some reason I felt oddly compelled to do so this year (2012). These were formulated in the beginning of the year, but here they are for posterity’s sake:
- Read 52 books (done)
- Listen to everything Béla Bartók ever composed (done)
- Create a programming language
- Commit to open source at least 350 days
- 経行
- Deliver a training course
:F
7 Comments, Comment or Ping
configurator
I’d be interested to know more about the programming language you’re creating / will create, even if it doesn’t amount to much.
May 1st, 2012
fogus
@configurator Nothing serious. It was once a hobby of mine that I’ve wanted to get back into. I’ll post about it once it’s worth posting about.
May 1st, 2012
configurator
I have the same hobby. Nothing ever comes of it, though, because I keep changing my mind about what a good language would be like.
May 2nd, 2012
anonymous
You’ve read 61 books in 129 days? 2 books a day? What’s your definition of “read”? How many hours a day are you devoting to this? How many pages do you read in an hour? WTF?
May 9th, 2012
anonymous
Of course I meant “A book every 2 days” not “2 books a day”.
May 9th, 2012
fogus
@anonymous Weird huh? I talk a little bit about this at http://blog.fogus.me/2012/02/22/reading/
May 9th, 2012
presto
Your post “Reading for the Rushed” is great and do clarify some points. But I think that what anonymous really wants to know is a) the amount of information retained after you’ve read something and b) your reading speed, perhaps in words per minute.
As for me, I guess I can’t read that many books given that I usually don’t spend more than 1 hour/day of reading time and my reading speed would be at best around 250wpm when reading a romance (if I hope to retain more than 90% of what I just read). :-/ Perhaps I should keep practicing.
May 10th, 2012
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