no resolution · 2005-01-02 15:57

I am not one for resolutions, they seem prescriptive, artificial, and far too arbitrarily time based. That said, I guess having a bit more time for reflection has been good, as well as the arrival of 43 Things, in which I describe pretty much the Western world universal life goals of exercise more and find a boyfriend. Other than this, I think there are a couple of overriding related themes for me:

make, don’t think
more craft, less art
real, not digital

In other words, rather than having books full of ideas, actually start making some of them real, with the process being just as important as the finished work. I want to get my hands dirty again – normally this would mean programming, but I want to it to be real dirty, making things, so soldering and electronics, cooking, making cocktails, and more material based craft, maybe knitting, with glassblowing as an ultimate dream thing I want to try at least once.

I also think that this site has become a bit dry, a bit impersonal, with the posting threshold far too high. So there will be some changes, less technoutopianism, and probably less interesting to anyone other than me. Anyway, I’m generally in a far better place I feel than at this time last year, so thanks to absolutely everyone – it’s been a rush.

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