Ten things I’m looking forward to in 2007
Just your typical wish list for the coming year, in no particular order. (Once again, my resolution list isn’t that interesting: Achieve two more ranks in Karate, which would bring me to 5th Kyu, and spend as much time at the dojo as possible).
- The impeachment of George Bush (yep, still hoping).
- A few democratic candidates that are worth their salt. Especially now.
- An end to disinformation engines such as pathetic Fox “news” stories that keep trying to justify what we’ve done to Iraq (and a general awareness that every excuse put forward for the war has been a lie).
- Mac OS/X 10.5 “Leopard” and seeing all those nasty little issues I have with Mail, iCal and whatnot getting fixed.
- Finishing my book, Navigating The Methodology Maze!
- Getting out of Iraq without leaving too much of a bad taste in the rest of the world’s mouth over the mess we’ve created. (I know, that’s going to be tough).
- The beginning of a tremendous up-swell in awareness of how bad our education system is becoming, and a movement to do something about it.
- Returning to India and teaching a few courses on methodology.
- Watching the big Telcos embrace new and better options, driven by competition from lousy VOIP providers (e.g.: email and internet integration, simul-ring with cell phones and the like).
- Our economy surviving and interest rates not going out of control.
So, what did I get from last year’s list? Well, Santa brought me a few things I was hoping for:
- Really fabulous Intel-based Mac hardware that’s even sexier than their predecessors (including a dual-core Powerbook successor).
- Figuring out how to really put Quicksilver to better use.
- I didn’t get VMware on OS/X, but Parallels is just as good.
- We ditched Vonage and, thank god, have decent phone service again.
- Switching to Verizon for cell coverage worked out pretty well.
- Is it premature to think iTunes really took the lead in the video delivery front?
