100 things I did in 2009
As a follow-up to the post written by Dragos, I tried to build a similar list. And must admit, this was not an easy task.
While 100 may not seam a great number of events for a whole 365 days timespan, personally I had trouble to actually remember what mattered. If I were to restrict this list to the things that really had an impact on myself, I’d strip it down to 30-40 items.
Nevertheless, these are things that I actually did, so just for the most important ones, if you haven’t achieved them yet, there’s a DreamLink attached. Clicking on the Dreamlink will let you share this with others who did or did not achieve it yet, courtesy of Trigwee.
Lived in Prague
As part of a very nice project I traveled a lot in Prague this year. And stayed there for over a week each time.
** I dream to live in Prague
Joined BucharestHubb
Read more about BucharestHubb here.
** I dream to have my office In BucharestHubb
** I want to find dreamers like me
Visited Budapest
Raluca and I turned 6
Actually… almost seven since our birthday is in the beginning of January. We are one of the few couples from the old high school gang who are still together 
Climbed the Prague Television Tower
In 2000, sculptures by Czech artist David Cerný of crawling babies were temporarily attached to the tower’s pillars. The sculptures were admired by many and were returned in 2001 as a permanent installation.
Built a habit of reading at least one Wikipedia article a day
From this perspective I miss the old times when education was intended to bring you information which now seems like common sense. I believe that most people passing college level find it difficult to keep their minds focused on both their professional stuff and maintain decent levels of culture. While reading a book or traveling help a lot, without such a habit I felt like losing a lot.
Took a course on Quantum mechanics and Superstring theory.
How else was I going to understand what’s going on at Cern? All this has helped me a lot in gaining a comprehensive view of the world we live in and even develop my own theory on the “supernatural”
Went to my first Luboš Andršt concert
Luboš Andršt is a wonderful blues guitarist. I’m extremely glad I had the opportunity of seeing him at Agartha
Offered free Wifi to everyone in Vama Veche
This is sort of geeky. Take the following ingredients:
1 open hostpot 2 miles away from the beach
1 mesh of unworking hotspots covering the whole resort including the beach
1 geek (aka me) with a handful of DD-WRT distributions.
Recipe is simple: take the farthest router in the mesh and make it a client connected to the online hotspot, then use all the others as repeaters. Voila! Everyone’s happy
Gave up Windows Mobile
It’s been a rough 3 year ride. But no more. Android is the mobile OS of the future. Not IPhone OS, not WM , not Symbian. Don’t make me comment on that.
Became a Mangaloo Fan
Mangaloo is a fresh bar in the office building I used to hang out in while visiting Prague. If POMERANC S CITRÓN A ZÁZVOR sounds weird to you, think that the ginger should be a key ingredient in any fresh combination of sour fruits you can think of dobrou chut !
Went to my very first true beer festival
in Prague. Then had a nice surprise to have the experience somehow repeated at this year’s Tuborg GreenFest. Must admit it was the first time ever when I was able to buy stuff at such an event with my credit card. I mean, for Romania, that’s impressive
Experienced by first neuralgia
… in fact I am still experiencing it as I write this post. It’s already been a couple of days and my no-medication strategy is starting to fail. Go,go, Vicodin! Kidding 
Made some good financial investments
Thought about taking up the guitar again, didn’t do it
** I dream of singing in a rock band
Joined StartupSchool and met wonderful entrepreneurs
Got a Google Voice account
Call me: +1(601)vladesc
Had my 5 years high school reunion
… and sadly discovered all the lost potential of my brilliant ex-colleagues
Made my first wishlist to share with my friends
What are you waiting for? Make me happy!
Gave up city center pubs in favor to the more posh ones in Northern Bucharest
… then reverted because of the people. Although I don’t see things in black and white anymore. Amongst all the people who are incredibly stupid but got rich overnight there’s a great deal of quality persons you can interact with even in those places.
Started enjoying medical talks more
… Blame Raluca for that and for my hypochondria.
Got myself a pedometer
just to count my steps. Average day in office proved to be a health killer!
Got my first Android device
The T-Mobile G1/HTC Dream. Don’t want to argue on this. It’s the best device you can get (besides the Nexus One) Don’t HTC Hero me! I will tell you to ask yourself only one thing:
You’re aware Google knows all about you, right? Hero’s kernel + apps are closed source, hell knows what data the HTC dudes gather.
You trust Goog, but would you trust HTC with your sensitive data?
Became a Cyanogen fan
If you own an Android device make sure you try his mod to push your smartphone harder!
Might be mistaking about this but kept my opinion that Opera is a waste of time
and I’m not talking about the browser here
Lived in Hradec Kralove for a week
… in which time I got to know better one of the kindest persons I ever met. All my nice thoughts to Michal Volák!
Attended Launch48
with an idea that did not turn into an actual project by that time, then as part of the Decily team
Went to World Blogging Forum
World Blogging Forum was a controversial blogging event due to the patronage of the to-be-president, Traian Basescu
Rediscovered George Baicea Blues band
sort of Andrest Lubos, Romanian version. He plays often at Green Hours so, find him there if you’re an electric blues fan.
Asked for more money in mid-crisis
and got it! Great project just underrated budget.
Had my dad follow my online activity
He’s now using Google Chrome with a nice IGoogle homepage
Got my first friend who owns a Yacht
… looking forward to the 2010 summer
Joined a new group
meet me on thursdays at OpenCoffee
Started my Facebook Fan Page
Dedicated to all the people I haven’t personally met yet. Fan me!
Laughed
I think I’m addicted to endorphines.
Got 3 new partners
I’m lying, it’s actually 2, since one of them is an old buddy I used to have a very nice business with
Started Sobraa
Sobraa is the Social brand awareness engine built on top of UberVu api (ContextVoice)
Went to Webstock
Webstock is a local web technology conference
Founded BuzzDM
Go ahead and send messages to people who are not following you on Twitter
Made a new habit
several ones. Good ones. Mental and physical health targeted
Met Loic LeMeur
as he was a guest speaker at the World Blogging Forum.
Learned a child implies a lot of responsibility
Not that I’m having one I just watched the torment of an old friend
Went to see Guano Apes
as part of the show at Tuborg Greenfest
Started Favhub
read more here
Broke up with Vodafone
if you need reference…
Became more social
in the person-to-person live interaction way
Started accepting superficial people and extreme materialism
This is not as bad as it seems. Sometimes there’s something you can learn from anyone.
Skipped Madonna concert in Bucharest
still, bought the Sticky and sweet album and played it over and over for a couple of days
Evangelized for Yahoo
namely for great products like YQL, Pipes, Patterns. Wonderful resources!
Became a SeedMoney advisor
Felt sadness about putting at least one dream on hold
Switched to Skype as my main IM/Voice provider
Put my dream of premanently moving to Sibiu on hold
Played the WII. A lot!
Lost 13 pounds
Learned that old friends’ envy can be very destructive
Started a diet
Gained interest in local slice of the pie
Made new friends
Imposed self-discipline
Switched offices
Had a really hot sauna experience
Imposed self-discipline
Turned 23
Got myself a Nescafe Dolce Gusto after the old espresso machine broke
Disappointed my parents. Twice
Watched DrWho old series
Whatched the whole House MD series
Went to vote despite having nobody to vote for
Been on a plane more then 10 times in a year
Started learning Czech
Presided my first meeting
Had many wonderful lunches with friends
Coached 2 old friends
Gained 6 pounds
Learned that befriending someone who makes 20 grant a month unaware of his revenue is way better then then if you knew it
Became a tiramisu addict
Made a complete and utter fool of myself
Started going to the theater more often
Set a target to make at least 10000 steps a day
Arm wrestled
DIY Heaven in my ex-room back at my parents’ home
Called and met an old friend
Planted a tree
Started marking the path and looking less at the initial thought of what I was expecting as a final result
Understood(or at least think I did) a big part of the Silicon Valley chemistry
Spent more time outdoors
Spent more time in my home town
Ate in a approximately 40 new places in Bucharest
Tried to learn Ruby
Moved house
Interviewed more then 30 people for various positions
Gave nice Christmas presents
Sorted out Twitter people in Lists
Watched the whole Grey’s Anatomy series
Read more news on paper
Started writing my posts in English
Met a great number of entrepreneurs
Made believe 2k10 will be fantastic!
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