Dead Ink Vinyl

I had eleven resolutions for 2009 and I completed three of them. Let’s try this again, scoping each a little more broadly:

• Learn one new language or development platform (Erlang, Lua, OpenCL, R are looking attractive)
• Learn how to profile applications in a new environment (I’m thinking: dtrace)
• Build and maintain a presence in the developer community (NSCoder, C4[4], and so on)
• Contribute to an open source project

The most insightful thing I’ve read in a while comes from Brian Prentice’s analysis of Jonathan Rosenberg’s The Meaning of Open:

The truth is that closed systems still win. Open systems, practically speaking, are basically good for making others lose. The art of business in the 21st century is figuring out how to open up your suppliers’ and competitors’ business while keeping yours tightly sealed. And in that endeavor Google has proven highly successful.