I love to shop. Either online or in stores. I like Hot Topic. I learned about BoxLunch and Attic Salt last year. I also learned about Five Below online last year. I just learned that they opened up physical stores near me this year and went.
Generalists
This post from hack library school talks about working in a public or academic library after getting their MLS. She talks about how they are very similar. I visited South Mountain Community College Library last year. It is run by the Phoenix Public Library and the Maricopa Community Colleges. It is a public and academic library. I enjoyed visiting there. I think it would be great to work there. You get to help a lot of different people. You have to know a little about a lot of different things. You even need to keep up with news and popular culture.
Five years ago I made a post about how this applies to technology.
There is even a book called Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David J. Epstein that talks about this very topic.
How to prioritize your learning
Dan Draper wrote an article called “How to prioritize what you learn by creating a topic backlog” https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-prioritize-what-you-learn-by-creating-a-topic-backlog-30d6a2a2c798?fbclid=IwAR0JG5YQ8bkGHK-weQSEBXcot9aQCxXLTcog1GHuY43DZYCL-nLQhh6hIGM . I started a list of what I have learned, what I am learning, and what I want to learn. I also have a giant list on my wiki of what I want to learn. I have so much that I want to learn that it is hard to figure out what I want to learn next. I might use his tips later on.
Giving up the big 5
Kashmir Hill from Gizmodo decided to block Micorosoft, Apple, Google, Amazon, and Facebook for a week each https://gizmodo.com/c/goodbye-big-five . I would never be able to do that. I have things exactly the way I want them at home. And I use all of them at work too much helping patrons etc. to give them up there. It was an interesting experiment though.
Year in Review 2018
I learned new things this year. I read some, watched some, and listened some. I tried to get organized as well.
Hopefully I will do more new things next year.
I went to the local record store on local record store day. That was fun.
I went to the Hello Kitty Food Truck and had a fun time.
Update
I updated the theme to my website. I love it. I tweaked to use some of the design from my old blogger blog. My old theme was too old and I was worried that I might not be able to update it someday as WP changes. I did add the classic editor plugin just in case I don’t like the new way of posting. Of course Google was my friend again along with the forums since I had a couple of questions on how to do things. I also updated my drupal blogs.
I moved from a self hosted moodle to moodlecloud. I’m hoping it will be easier.
Games 2018
I didn’t game as much as I should have this year. I love playing Microsoft Mah Jong, the Candy Crush Games, slots, and Power Rangers. But I didn’t play Minecraft, Roblox, or Fortnite like I should have. It would help me at work. Next year I hope to play my steam games plus those other 3 more.
Organization and Creativity 2018
I found out what a bullet journal is this year. I bought one for personal things. I use it for lists and motivation. I also have a planner that I usually keep appointments in. I keep lists in Microsoft to-do and OneNote. I bought a journal just for work stuff as well. I also still have my Moleskine notebook to keep notes in. I bought a daily journal as well to put down thoughts, what happened that day etc. I like the pads that the company Knock Knock comes out with. I use that for weekly to do lists. All of this keeps me organized.
I also bought art supplies this year. Paint and gel pens, chaulk. I hope to learn how to use them. I also hope to continue to color as well. I hope to knit a couple of scrubbies in the new year as well.
Movies and TV 2018
I only wanted to see the new Avengers movie and Oceans 8 movies this year. Avengers was weird. But next years movie is a continuation (which of course I want to see). I liked Oceans 8. I want to see Mary Poppins Returns and Spiderman Spiderverse as well. I also want to watch Book Club and Incredibles 2 on dvd.
I need to catch up on Supergirl on tv. I also have started to watch The Rookie. It’s good but I don’t like the supervisors in the show. I need to catch up on Power Rangers as well.
I have a list of shows on netflix and videos on Youtube that I want to catch up on as well.
Music and Podcasts 2018
Last year I didn’t do a post on music. But I should have.
Last year Hanson and New Kids on the Block put out new Christmas albums. I like both of them.
Hanson also came out with a compilation of their music so far. It was good. They came out with String Theory this year. It is good as well.
This year the Monkees came out with a Christmas Album. Like Good Times, no new Davy Jones of course. That is kind of weird. But it’s a great album!
I joined Apple Music. I like it so much I will be dropping Spotify and Pandora next year.
I also found some new podcasts. I have a list I need to catch up on. I like using apple and google podcasts to listen to them.