A Look Back at 2014

Inspired by Fogus’ post, I decided to make my own list of some of the things I discovered or accomplished in 2014, in no particular order

Books read

• A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - A great introduction to Stoicism
• Getting Real - A book by the founders of 37signals. Great advice on developing and shipping your startup product.
• Rework - Another book by the founders of 37signals. Has similar contents as Getting Real, I’d recommend skipping Getting Real and reading this one.
• Remote: Office Not Required - The last book yet released by the founders of 37signals. As the title suggests, explains the benefits of and how to work remotely.
• Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - By the cofounder and investor Peter Thiel and his former student Blake Masters. A must read for anyone interested in enterpreneurship and startups.
• The Fortune Cookie Principle: The 20 keys to a great brand story and why your business needs one - A book with great ideas about PR & marketing, in which the author explains the power of storytelling for a brand or business.

Tech events assisted

• FIT 2014
• Space Apps Challenge 2014

Side projects completed

• TwentyOne
• Secret Santa Service
• DO Droplet Manager
• MoodInGT

Languages and frameworks used in projects

Meteor.js, Processing, Rails, Sinatra, Swift, Objective-C, Python

MOOCs

• Developing Android Apps
• Social psychology

Podcasts discovered

• Stanford Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders
• Hardcore History

Healthy accomplishments

• First 10k race
• Total distance ran: 181.1km
• Most steps in a day: 59,902 - On a trip to Chicago and Indianapolis
• Switched from Stronglifts 5x5 to Greyskull LP strength program - Got to break my squats plateau.

Documentaries watched

• The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
• The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
• TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard
• Minecraft: The Story of Mojang

Gunplas built

• MG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G
• MG Nu Gundam Ver. Ka I don’t normally build gunplas, and in fact, these were my first two. But I learned and actually enjoyed the whole process of cutting, sanding, assembling, painting and top coating.