In 2010 ...
... I wrote 38 blog post that elicited 248 comments.
Read a mere 15 books. Peter Hoeg's "The Quiet Girl" was my favorite.
Enjoyed meeting in person: Matt, Conrad, Celestine, Marci, Adrian, Saneel, Scott, Aaron, Ben, Edward, Daniel, Tim, Helen, Jon, Gareth, Adam, Seth, Richard, Andrew, Teressa. Enjoyed meeting a lot more of them online.
Started working for the best agency in New York. Also started working with the best planner in New York, Nicole.
Presented 1x at Miami Ad School.
Went 1x to Creative Social in Amsterdam.
Read 52 issues of the NewYorker. Articles that spurred my interest: "Food Fighter," "The Truth Wears Off", "A Widow's Story," "Cancer World" "The Cleopatriad" "Counterfeit Roth" "Missing Woman" "Finest Hours: The Making of Winston Churchill," and "The Pink Panthers"
Wrote a 204 page dissertation. Got one doctoral degree.
Published 3 articles in AdAge.
Went 2x to Serbia. 1x to Amsterdam and San Francisco.
Moved 1 time, to a different borough.
Read a lot of blog posts and articles. Saved 1,500 bookmarks on delicious, best of which I put here.
Made one visit to emergency room. Got 32 stitches on my right hand.
Ran one half-marathon, in Queens. It took me 2h to do it. The temperature was 96F and humidity 70%.
Spent 4 months cooped up in my appartment, writing.
My favorite movies this year were "Mother," "The Ghost Writer," "The Secret in Their Eyes," "127 Hours," "Toy Story 3", "Winter's Bone" and "The Social Network."
Won 3 times in Words With Friends.
Learned a lot in 2010. Happy New Year.