Every decade, or so, I find my primary programming language changing. It's happening again and it looks like Elixir is what's next. It's a compelling language that has a lot of synergy with my interests and the work I'd like to do.

My wife is Greek and I've fallen in love with the country. We spend a lot of time there and I'd like to speak the language. Plus, I'm making good on an old promise.

I've always wanted to be able to better convey an idea visually or to capture something I see and want to remember. Even more than that, I think drawing is just as much about learning to see as it is learning to draw.

In college, I learned the fundamentals of electrical engineering and was pretty adroit at designing digital circuits. I've since lost all of that knowledge. Let's get it back.

I've had a multi-decade interest in AI. It's changed a lot since I studied it. Machine learning is definitely the current frontier.

I used to know so much more math than I do now. It's the foundation of the sciences and a compelling way of thinking. This is the first step in getting back what I used to know.

I can engineer a web application. Can I design one? Not so much. I'd like to be able to take whole projects from concept to launch.