1 photo

dpickett




I'm doing 38 things
  

dpickett's Life List

  1. 1. raise a family
    		260 people
  2. 2. write more
    		3,408 people
  3. 3. program smarter
    		1 person
  4. 4. Contribute to an open source software project
    		809 people
  5. 5. learn Itallian
    		11 people
  6. 6. buy a house
    		12,129 people
  7. 7. speak French
    		496 people
  8. 8. Own a successful business
    		83 people
  9. 9. Finish my company website
    		4 people
  10. 10. be a CEO
    		34 people
  11. 11. Get into an exercise routine
    		110 people
  12. 12. write a book
    		24,924 people
  13. 13. Make new friends
    		12,206 people
  14. 14. play more guitar
    		228 people
  15. 15. pay off my student loans
    		2,742 people
  16. 16. cook more
    		1,901 people
  17. 17. learn to fix my car
    		83 people
  18. 18. design and build my own home
    		162 people
  19. 19. get press in a magazine or on a website
    		2 people
  20. 20. keep my house cleaner
    		124 people
  21. 21. get rich
    		2,032 people
  22. 22. get a dog
    		3,728 people
  23. 23. Finish reading all the books I own before reading new ones
    		209 people
  24. 24. learn cpr
    		291 people
  25. 25. Get an MBA
    1 entry     		633 people
  26. 26. be more creative
    1 cheer     		1,615 people
  27. 27. present at a conference
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		40 people
  28. 28. Stop getting into car accidents
    1 cheer     		4 people
  29. 29. Take more pictures
    		13,975 people
  30. 30. Save money
    		14,203 people
  31. 31. Learn to speed read
    		464 people
  32. 32. Invest
    		792 people
  33. 33. go to Macworld
    2 team members     		20 people
  34. 34. get an iPhone
    2 team members     		179 people
  35. 35. get into a routine
    1 cheer     		38 people
  36. 36. be a leader
    1 cheer     		182 people
  37. 37. get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1,897 people
  38. 38. Become an expert rails programmer
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person

How I did it
How to do more unit testing
It took me
6 months
It made me
happy

How I did it: I used autotest, part of ZenTest's suite. I started with RSPEC, but I'm now actively using Shoulda as it's built on top of test::unit. I use CruiseControl.rb for continuous integration although I'm looking at integrity Read how I did it…

Dec 08, 04:31PM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
Become an expert rails programmer
I'm now a full time consultant 6 months ago

I now contract full time in Rails Development. I’m getting better at it every day!

Dec 08, 04:34PM PST | 0 comments


get married, stay married, and live happily ever after
I'm engaged 6 months ago

I got engaged and we couldn’t be happier. We’re now planning the wedding for May and our love is growing every day.

Dec 08, 04:32PM PST | 1 cheer | 1 comment


Pay off car loan
All Done 11 months ago

I send my payoff balance a few months ago, and it is really nice to not have that extra payment. What’s great, is I’ve taken the monthly expense and started putting in my savings account

Jul 14, 2008, 08:52AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments


See all entries ...


 

I want to:

The world wants to...

Zoe wants to Get a tattoo organize my photos finish college work because I like to, not because I have to Learn to be a gourmet cook roadtrip with no destination make art Build a space ship Learn to speak Spanish give more hugs Get a new job find the perfect college do yoga play guitar tessa anastasia wants to Be healthy physically, mentally, and emotionally go to europe Go on an archaeological dig stop pushing people away make a music video Visit Berlin feel beautiful again Play Come Sail Away on the Piano buy an iphone Lose 20 pounds Take a cruise. start an urban legend Fly a plane
43 Things Login