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Jamis Buck

I'm doing 21 things

I've done 17 things

Jamis Buck's Life List

1. exercise regularly
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2. prepare my grandfather's personal history
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3. learn blender
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4. payoff the mortgage
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5. Read one technical book per month
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6. stop procrastinating
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7. write a personal financial management application
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8. Be more efficient when working
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9. keep a dream journal
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10. Become a better story teller
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11. Learn Japanese
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12. eat healthier
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13. write in my journal every day
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14. write a novel and get it published
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15. reply to my emails
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16. Be more pragmatic in my programming
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17. start doing sketch first development
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18. find out who my great-great-great grandfather really was
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19. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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20. be in the right place at the right time
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21. read Les Miserables in French
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Recent entries

learn haskell (read all 2 entries…)

Untitled 3 years ago

I’m no haskell guru, but I’ve gotten my feet wet and I can find my way around a haskell program now. It certainly won’t replace Ruby for me, but there were many things I really liked about it. And, too, it is always a good thing to stretch your mind and learn about different ways of looking at problems and their solutions.

Nov 17, 2005, 12:39PM PST | 0 comments

Become a better programmer

Untitled 4 years ago

This was a poorly chosen goal for me, I think. It’s one of those things that has no “finish”—you’re striving your entire life to be better.

So, I am definitely a better programmer than I was when I started this as a goal, but that is not to say I cannot be better yet. It’s a journey, not a destination.

Sep 14, 2005, 05:27PM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments

Practice religious test-first development for a month

Untitled 4 years ago

I’ve actually been doing this for over a month now, and I’m hooked. That’s not to say I don’t write any code before I write the tests, first, but it is definitely my preferred approach. It has made my code cleaner and easier to test. I love it!

Sep 14, 2005, 05:26PM PDT | 0 comments

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