Now that I’ve got my moment of schizophrenia out of the way, here’s are my goals in rough order of importance:

• Frequently, when I google a computer problem, I get somebody’s blog post about their efforts and eventual success with the same issue. I’d like to contribute to the knowledge pool.
• Release and publicize code
• Pursuing goals: I’ve read that by publicly announcing your goals, you’re more likely to follow up because you’ve introduced the threat of public failure.
• Journaling: so I can look back and remember how awesome I am
• Professional opportunities
  • Many jobs I apply for want candidates to have strong writing skills. What better way to show off my superlative writing than by writing?
  • The aforementioned goal of contributing to the knowledge pool is both altrusitic and self-serving: it creates a public record of my ability to solve problems, which is another oft-requested but hard to prove skill requested in job ads.
• This blog offers me a platform to evangelize on topics that I think would benefit the world at large, including but not limited to free software, veganism, advertising and the abolition of gender.
• Book reviews in hopes that it will help me retain more of what I read.
• Passing along anything funny or interesting that hasn’t already made it around the Internet ten thousand times.
• Keep friends, family and any other interested parties updated on my life