As the New Year begins, it feels like the perfect moment to sit down and share what’s been going on. It’s been quite a while since my last post, and I wanted to take a moment to explain why—and to reflect on the past year.
Think of this as a year-in-review post. If you enjoy that kind of thing, you’ll find plenty more of them right here.
The Why
Surprisingly, my previous post was written near the end of 2021, about 3 years ago. And the post before that, was another one and a half year before that, in 2020. So, why did I stop writing?
The fact is, I didn’t stop writing at all. I am writing in different places. The biggest reason why I did so, is because I felt the blog was a bit all over the place. My interests are quite diverse, and I felt that the blog became a bit of a mess. Just take a look at all the different things on my now page to get the idea.
However, I feel the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction. While all my content may be in the “right” location, it’s on many different sites, none of which I control.
So one of my projects in 2025 is going to be to regain control. Although my plan will change for sure, I am going to crosspost everything to my blog. Even if it is just a copy and paste, I’ll have a backup, and it is in one place.
For now, I am going to ignore the issue of keeping content in sync. I may try to figure out an automated solution later, but for now, I am going to do it manually.
The Where
The first part of this, is figuring out where all my content is. I started to make a list, but I have a feeling I will come back to it later to add other things.
Active Side Projects
Right now, I have two pretty active side projects going on:
The LEGO Sorter
You can read the announcement on this blog here. Over the years I have worked on it from time to time, and quite a bit the last few months. Most of this work can be seen on Github, but I also run a monthly newsletter about it. Sadly, there’s no easy way to access the archives, but I am working on that.
Savvy Folders
I started this project in late 2024 because I had some extra time. It’s the very example of scratching my own itch. For now, I am the only and very happy user of it, but I’ve recently been making progress into making it public.
My progress is on Indie Hackers.
Social Media
My usage of social media is limited, or so I thought. Here are the sites where I am still active.
Goodreads
Each year, I set myself a challenge of reading at least 12 books. Most of the time, I read more, sometimes I read things I don’t always consider “books” (technical books, comics, etc.).
I keep track of everything with short reviews on Goodreads.
How Long to Beat
A guilty pleasure of mine is playing video games. I’ve been playing them for years, and I still both the old and many of the new games.
I keep track of my progress on How Long to Beat. I also try to write a review on the games I finish, but I don’t finish that many games.
Mastodon
Finally, there is my Mastoodon account. I am a pretty passive user of it, but some periods, I manage to post regularly.
The Next Thing
I think the above covers the major places where I am actively creating content. There’s a few other places that I want to back up, but I’ll get to that later (eg. Twitter).
The next step is going to be to define categories and import the existing content. I am not really looking forward to this, which is why I am publicly committing to it. I hope that will give me the push I need to get it done and to get this blog relevant again.