2004 is coming to an end, so I decided to jot down some of my more memorable moments, both good and bad. Here's the list I came up with:
- Spent most of the year living in a loft apartment in Adams Morgan.
- Moved to Georgetown in November.
- Served my first full year as CTO of webMethods.
- Traveled to ten countries including Japan, Australia, and Finland.
- Did plenty of public speaking.
- Thought a lot about the Semantic Web and Model Driven Design.
- Made several new friends in the DC area.
- My 14-year old cat died.
- Won the Ace of Diamonds in the Who's Who in Enterprise Java awards.
- Had a great vacation in San Diego at the Hotel del Coronado.
- Gained a godson.
- Created an investment portfolio.
- Endured a Kidney Stone while traveling through Europe.
- Worked out and ran consistently.
- Bought a new wardrobe, with an emphasis on Thomas Pink.
- Partied twice in New York, one in Atlantic City, four times in Dallas.
- Lost my friend Rocky Stewart in a plane accident.
- Watched the whole of Sex and the City twice.
- Bought a new car.
- Had a great vacation with my brother in Cairnes, Australia.
- Started a 401K account.
- Read a lot of books, including several series of Japanese Manga.
It will be interesting to see what 2005 has in store.
I'm sorry to hear about the passing of Rocky Stewart. We worked together for a year or two in the early nineties at Motorola. He was brilliant, driven, refreshingly candid :-), and knew how to enjoy live. It was the technical highlight of my career.
Posted by: Craig Petty | Jan 09, 2005 at 06:32 AM