The Future as I See It

• 2010.01.20 Move to Magdeburg, Deutschland
  My family will be moving to Magdeburg to experience living in Germany and to strenghten our deutsche Sprachfähigkeiten.

  travel
• 2010.10.12 Move Back to Seattle, WA USA
  We are going to be moving into West Seattle--but I'll be making frequent coffee-shop-work-day trips to the mainland.

  travel
• 2012.08.01 10 Year Career Change: Web Developer → Graphic Novelist in 73 days
  I have been a JavaScript/LAMP Web Developer Ninja for 10 years now and as part of my 10 years-per-career life plan, I will be picking up the pace to officially transition into my next decade long career: creating comic books and graphic novels. I will still be a lifelong web developer but I expect to be earning income and joining the ranks of leading comic industry authors. You can check on the progress of my first webcomic on sleepdepninja.com

  work
• 2012.10.15 Publish First Graphic Novel / Comic Series [ info] in 148 days
  This is a graphic novel version of my first novel: inZomnia - Sleepwalkers, insomniacs, advanced theoretical physics & lucid polyphasic sleeping, tearing apart the fabric of reality one dream at a time.

  creative
• 2013.7.15 Street Perform a Show in 1 year, 56 days
  I have always been intriqued by the world of street busking. It's not something I'd like to do for a living but I want to at least do it once. Although, I have a harmonica, accordion, juggling skills, etc, I'll probably stick with a simple guitar/voice session of cover songs. Current playlist: Animals - House of the Rising Sun, Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal, Jeremy Messersmith - Organ Donor, Shins - New Slang, Beatles - Girl. Once I have a full set ready, I'll head out to the street.

  creative
• 2014.01.01 Launch CharacterCollab in 1 year, 226 days
  A tool for writers and artists to collaborate character creation online, complete with forking, a marketplace, hosting scripts and character sheets

  work
• 2014.01.01 Launch PlotMyLife [ info] in 1 year, 226 days
  After hearing a few requests for it, I decided to develop a project to create and host life plans like this one--but with social features and various options for graphing, plotting and planning.

  work
• 2014.09.01 Publish First Novel in 2 years, 104 days
  I am currently writing a teen fiction novel. You won't get the full outline yet but it will involve sleep walkers, physicists, higher dimensions, hacking, security, engineering, surreal lucid dreams and maybe even a few people coming back from the dead. Contact me if you want to be one of my pre-publication reviewers

  creative
• 2015.07.15 Accomplish a Free-Standing Backflip in 3 years, 56 days
  I've done it on a trampoline and with spotters but never alone without aid. This is a life-long goal.

  fitness
• 2021.07.22 Give First TED Talk [ info] in 9 years, 63 days
  On what topic? Web, security, social media, nano-technology, engineering, the future, the 10 year career plan, productivity in an age of overabundance? I'm not sure yet--but it will be awesome.

  social
• 2022.08.01 10 Year Career Change: Graphic Novelist → #3 in 10 years, 73 days
  I have not yet decided what my 3rd major career will be but options include (in no order) Musician, Artist, Nanotech Engineer, Physicist, Novelist, Botonist, Marine Biologist, General Scientist, Information Security Consultant, or some profession that doesn't exist yet... I have so many interests, I could go on all day.

  work
• 2023.02.05 First Trip to Space in 10 years, 261 days
  Probably on a commercial flight.

  travel
• 2026.07.22 Degree from MIT in 14 years, 63 days
  Oh, yes, I will be going back to school. Probably many times in my life. What subject will I persue? Most likely something that doesn't exist yet.

  education
• 2032.08.01 10 Year Career Change: #4 in 20 years, 73 days
  See career change #3 for details.

  work
• 2042.08.01 10 Year Career Change: #5 in 30 years, 73 days
  See career change #3 for details.

  work
• 2044.11.17 Undergo First Major Rejuvination Treatments in 32 years, 181 days
  Certainly there will be many improvements to personal health management before this date, but this is the anticipated date of my first major operation (or likely, full system nanobot integration)

  fitness
• 2052.08.01 10 Year Career Change: #6 in 40 years, 73 days
  See career change #3 for details.

  work
• 2057.08.15 Recognize that the Singularity is Here [ info] in 45 years, 87 days
  Since it will probably be difficult to pinpoint exactly when it happens, it's likely that we will realize we are in it as a matter of reflection.

  social
• 2062.08.01 10 Year Career Change: #7 - Zen Neurolinguist? in 50 years, 73 days
  I do not know what the human race will look like in 2062 but I am pretty sure my career change will be to a profession that nobody has even dreamed of yet.

  work
• 2079.11.05 Engage Dyson Sphere [ info] in 67 years, 169 days
  If not on the team that deploys it, I will at least be celebrating the event :)

  social
• 2184.07.01 Depart on Planetary Colonization Vessel in 172 years, 42 days
  Destination currently unknown.

  travel