Last Day of 2004

Looking back on 2004, I must say that I did a pretty good job of adhering to my New Year's Resolution. For 2004, I resolved to finish the projects that I start, or ditch them completely if they were not worth finishing. I wasn't going to allow myself to get stressed out by all the things that I “needed” to get done. Also, I have a habit of getting into so many random projects, and choosing them based on what I can actually finish helped me avoid getting into trouble. In 2003, I found that there was a lot of wasted time and money put into projects that I would never be able to finish. In 2004, anything that required any sort of financial commitment was completed as planned. Also, all my projects were successful, and I learned from every single one of them. So here's a partial list of 2004 projects that I started and completed: <ul> <li>ABFiller – My first foray into Cocoa development</li> <li>VGA->LCD Converter – My first successful “mid-scale” electronics project. I still use it to this day!</li> <li>Gainclone – My second successful “mid-scale” electronics project, and my favourite by far. More will certainly be built.</li> <li>The TB Towers – My first DIY loudspeaker project, and certainly not the last.</li> <li>FuzzMeasure – My first commercial MacOS X software project.</li> </ul> So, for 2005 I must choose a good resolution to focus on, and also set some goals that I'd like to reach by the end of the year. I now know to keep my resolutions very open-ended, and make sure they can apply to all aspects of life. I hope to have one figured out by the end of the day, as I'm still toying with some ideas.