Life changes:
- Changed jobs. Left ReQtest, which had changed beyond recognition during the past year, and joined tretton37 as a consultant.
- Started playing Pokemon Go. Which is definitely not in the same category as a new job, but it’s something that is a part of my life now that I used to think I’d never do. But Adrian and Ingrid started, I sort of joined half-heartedly and passively, then Eric wanted to see it was all about, which made me start playing “for real” – and here we all are. I have mixed feelings about the game. I like it because it’s something that gets us all out of the house on those gray days. But I also dislike it because it’s such an attention magnet.
Achievements:
- Learned F#. I undertook this as a mini-project during my first few weeks at tretton37 while I had no client project to work on. It was quite a struggle at first, since I was determined to write “proper”, functional F# rather than following the imperative patterns I am used to. But it got easier with time. I can’t think of a situation where I would choose to use it “for real” but it was interesting to learn.
- Planted two sections of hedge.
Memorable events: mostly travels.
- February: family ski trip, the first one for all of us together. Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4.
- April: ski tour in Jotunheimen. Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6
- July: the Estonian Song Festival. Here.
- July: rainy family trip to Cornwall. Rainy. Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5, day 6
- September: solo hike in Jämtlandsfjällen. Day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4
And two more distant events:
- The terror attack in central Stockholm in April. Not an event I particularly want to remember, and not one that touched me personally – but a sign of the times.
- The new commuter train stations in Stockholm. A mundane change that I am nevertheless reminded of daily.