Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space.
Jimi Hendrix died after a short but influential career.
Ernest Hemingway published his first novel, The Sun Also Rises.
Spoke at BETT 2008 with Dan Sutch of Futurelab about barriers and resistances to change and at the TeachMeet.
Presented at the Schools History Project Conference alongside Nick Dennis.
Became E-Learning Staff Tutor at my school.
Passed my Ed.D. thesis proposal and gained a new supervisor.
Joined a gym and got myself (slightly) fitter.
Sold our house just before the full effects of the eceonomic slowdown hit home and moved into a rented property on a farm in semi-rural isolation.
Not quite in the same league! I am, however, considering writing a book. It won’t be ‘available in all good bookshops’. In fact, it won’t be available in bad ones either! Like Doug Johnson and others have done, I’m considering using Lulu.com to make my proposed book freely downloadable and available to purchase in paper format for a reasonable fee.
Technology wise, I upgraded in the last few weeks from a Macbook to a Macbook Pro, went through several netbooks (Asus Eee 701 -> modded OSX-powered Advent 4211 -> Asus Eee 1000), bought an iPhone, returned it, and then finally changed my Nokia N95 for an iPhone 3G 16GB, and bought a wonderful digital SLR camera in the shape of the Canon EOS 1000D.
Apply for and obtain a job that means my wife, Hannah, doesn’t have to work.
Write half my Ed.D. thesis around the concept of digital literacies.
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Wow – what an inspiring post. I am hitting the big 28 in a couple of months!
What an impressive list of achievements you have made so far – I can only begin to imagine what your list is going to look like at 38.
I have just left my teaching job to begin working with two local schools supporting their teachers in their ICT use. By the end of 2009 I hope to be able to move to a consultancy role working with a large number of schools and commercial organisations.
I have others as well – but they can wait!
Thanks for inspiring me to write these two down though!
All the best for a very happy Christmas and new year!
You’re 28 and you think you’re old! Ha-ha-ha!!!!
Funniest post in ages, Doug.
My plan is to turn 28. ;-) You're 28 and you think you're old! Ha-ha-ha!!!!Funniest post in ages, Doug.
I think you’ve accomplished quite a bit. Happy Birthday and I hope you feel better. I know I’m getting old when the ice on the driveway actually scares me. I’m only 31. My goals for 2009: 1. Keep losing weight and stay fit (battling the diabetes) 2. Grow my blog readership 3. Have a 15% growth in revenue in the commodity fund i manage and 4. Help my wife through her final semester of Grad school.
Happy Birthday Doug and here is to a great 28th year! Make it a goal to be healthy for the 29th celebration, eh?
@ DougI think you've accomplished quite a bit. Happy Birthday and I hope you feel better. I know I'm getting old when the ice on the driveway actually scares me. I'm only 31. My goals for 2009: 1. Keep losing weight and stay fit (battling the diabetes) 2. Grow my blog readership 3. Have a 15% growth in revenue in the commodity fund i manage and 4. Help my wife through her final semester of Grad school.
I don’t mean the home (tho that too, of course, if you like), but the video. I reckon you’re a contender. Might inspire you.
Congratulations. You have accomplished a lot!
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/12/22…..Something to aim at in 2009 :-)I don't mean the home (tho that too, of course, if you like), but the video. I reckon you're a contender. Might inspire you.Happy Christmas.
Happy belated birthday, Doug. Welcome to the party for 28 year-old, Mac-and-football-loving educators. I concur with others that you seem to have put together a fine year. For the record, my main accomplishment in this last year was bringing our first son home. He’s awesome.
I’m going take a rain check on goals for ’09. Maybe stop procrastinating should be on there.
Happy belated birthday, Doug. Welcome to the party for 28 year-old, Mac-and-football-loving educators. I concur with others that you seem to have put together a fine year. For the record, my main accomplishment in this last year was bringing our first son home. He's awesome.I'm going take a rain check on goals for '09. Maybe stop procrastinating should be on there.