
2012 Goals: How did I do?
Last year I set myself a few life goals and whilst I didn't do too badly, I did not do anywhere near as well as I wanted to. So how did I do at last years goals? Here is a run-down:
The inane mutterings of Alexander Foxleigh
Hi. I'm Alex, I'm a lead frontend engineer and design systems specialist with a passion for building performant, accessible and highly usable web applications.
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Here is an assorted collection of my rants, ravings and general ramblings. I apologise in advance.
Last year I set myself a few life goals and whilst I didn't do too badly, I did not do anywhere near as well as I wanted to. So how did I do at last years goals? Here is a run-down:
For the third year running, I am going to take part in Movember, the international charity which encourages men all over the world to grow hideous facial hair in return for sponsorship money.
Here is the first peek of our Textagotchi webapp! Let us know what you think!
We've now been hacking for almost 18 hours straight. It's fair to say that I am utterly knackered, we've made some amazing progress though, after a fairly shaky start (More on that later).
Our Leedshack project is well under way, we now have a logo, a facebook page and a twitter account! We're still not giving too much away though, maybe you can guess what we are doing?
This weekend I have decided (against my better judgement) to not sleep for 18 hours and instead to attend Dom Hodgeson's (@thehodge) excellent #Leedshack event.
It has been said by many that depression is the black death of the 21st century, In 2001 I was diagnosed with clinical depression. Here is how I learned to cope with it.
Here is a little snippet for a short story I am writing, as always, your feedback is appreciated :) :