# 2011 Personal Projects

**Published by:** [Continuations](https://continuations.com/)
**Published on:** 2010-12-31
**Categories:** 2011, personal
**URL:** https://continuations.com/2011-personal-projects

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Having spent a week off the grid and then a few more days slowly settling back in (not so much by choice as due to the blizzard in New York that left us “stranded” in Miami), I feel very much refreshed and ready to tackle 2011. Here are some of the things I want to accomplish in the coming year (in no particular order):More or less stop using business cards and replace them with one or more services, including Hashable.Finally replace our 200,000+ miles Toyota Corolla wagon with a car that’s a bit safer (the Corolla is so old that it does not have a passenger side airbag).Actually migrate from my Blackberry to an Android phone. The perfect Android phone for me is not quite there yet, although several of the phones available on T-Mobile are getting close (sticking with T-Mobile because of UMA).Have more but shorter meetings and not look at my phone during those meetings. That will likely require wearing a watch again (which might take some getting used to).Exercise more and generally take better care of my health. I have enrolled in a gym one block from the office and will try to work out at least twice a week for 1 hour.Resume my blog posts about the Age of Abundance.Figure out something fun to do with the Kinect controller. Currently thinking about controlling a lego robot.Take the kids to more events in the city, such as Broadway shows, museum exhibits, concerts, etc. as part of the plan to eventually move back to the city.Design a 3D object and have it printed on Shapeways. My best idea so far is a rocket motor mount for building model rockets. Also get the kids to design something.Learn more about sail boat racing by participating in more Thursday evening Can One races. Also: practice gybing with the spinnaker up in more than 10 knots of wind.Having read Scott Belsky’s terrific Making Ideas Happen, I will treat each of these as a project with associated action steps, references and backburner items. I am also taking a similar approach to working with portfolio companies. I am extremely excited about 2011 and wish everyone a Happy New Year!

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