Goals

This idea was borrowed from my fellow LosTechies blogger, Mo Khan.  Check out his goals here.

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 2009 Goals List

Present once at AlamoCoders (San Antonio Coders Group - scheduled to present on May 12, 2009 - subject is Rake)
Go to RailsConf 2009 in Las Vegas

Learn the following tools:

Nginx
Apache
Mongrels
Phusion Passenger (mod_rails)
Rails
Postfix
SSH security
MySQL security
How to create a Ruby Gem and get it hosted on rubygems/github          

Read the following books:
xUnit Test Patterns: Refactoring Test Code
Pragmatic Version Control Using Git
Practices of an Agile Developer
Agile Retrospectives - Making Good Teams Great
Behind Closed Doors - Secrets of Great Management
Everyday Scripting with Ruby
Pragmatic Project Automation
Pragmatic Thinking and Learning
The Rails Way
Agile Web Development with Rails v3
Interface Oriented Design
JQuery in Action
NHibernate In Action
Working Effectively With Legacy Code (re-read)
Domain Driven Design (re-read)
Test Driven
Manage It!

2008 Goals List
Go to Kaizen.conf (10/30-11/2)
Upload at least 3 projects to Google Code
Contribute to an open source project
Build a Ruby on Rails site

Read the following books:

Agile Web Development with Rails, 3rd Edition
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (1st Edition)
Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change (2nd Edition) (re-read)
Ubuntu Kung Fu