What did I do in 2024?

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What I Did in 2024

Based on the information provided, here's what I did in 2024:

January

  • Started the year off sick 😷
  • Worked on the new Learnso site
  • Arrived in Bansko, Bulgaria πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ—»πŸ‚
  • Finished reading The Art of Focus
  • Tried snowboarding for the first time ❄️
  • Experimented with Appwrite for iOS
  • Played with OpenAI Assistants API and function calling πŸ€–
  • Sorted out taxes πŸ’Έ

February

  • Finished a Drizzle course and added it to my web stack
  • Revisited Obsidian for notetaking πŸͺ¨
  • Set up an admin dashboard for a freelance client
  • Started a Viral YouTuber Mastermind
  • Worked on a YouTube script writing project πŸ“
  • Migrated my old Ghost blog to Railway.app

March

April

  • Arrived in Istanbul, Turkey πŸ‡ΉπŸ‡·πŸˆβ›΄οΈ
  • Explored the Grand Bazaar πŸ“, Spice Market 🫚, Basilica Cistern πŸ’§, Blue Mosque πŸ•Œ, and took a ferry to Asia 🌏
  • Rebooted my Beeminder Reading Goal
  • Built an Arc tab count menubar app
  • Built a sleep debt menubar app with email reporting 😴
  • Attended Sonar Istanbul 2024 🎧 (Hyenah, Joy Orbison, Overmono, 2manydjs)

May

  • Started running again πŸƒπŸ»β€β™‚οΈ (7km + 5km)
  • Built a demo of 2 min app
  • Joined a photo walk in Istanbul πŸ“·
  • Attended NSLondon iOS Meetup πŸ“±
  • Completed my Motorbike CBT course 🏍️

June-December

The context doesn't provide specific information about what I did from June through December 2024.

Tiny Wins | Matt Spear

2/16/2024

The article documents the author's "tiny wins" throughout 2024, chronicling a year of personal and professional growth across various locations including Bulgaria, Turkey, and Thailand. The entries highlight diverse activities such as learning new skills (snowboarding, flying, motorbike lessons), working on tech projects (launching Ask WWDC, exploring AI technologies), attending meetups, traveling, and engaging in creative and fitness pursuits, demonstrating a dynamic and exploratory lifestyle focused on continuous learning and personal development.

https://mattspear.co/wins

Tiny Wins | Matt Spear

2/24/2025

In 2024, the author documented a year of personal and professional "tiny wins" through a detailed monthly log, highlighting diverse experiences such as travel (visiting Bulgaria, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia), technology projects (developing apps like Ask WWDC and asksite.co), learning new skills (snowboarding, motorbike lessons, flight training), and personal growth activities like fitness challenges, reading, and attending meetups. The journal-style entry captures a dynamic year of exploration, skill development, and incremental progress across multiple domains of life.

https://mattspear.co/wins-2024

Tiny Wins 2023 | Matt Spear

2/16/2024

In 2023, Matthew Spear documented a year of personal and professional "tiny wins" while traveling through various countries in Southeast Asia and Japan, including Thailand, Malaysia, Bali, Vietnam, and Japan. His journey encompassed diverse experiences such as launching digital products like Peek and Veda, learning new technologies, attending tech meetups, completing online courses in AI and programming, mentoring, exploring different cultures, and celebrating personal milestones like turning 30, all while maintaining a spirit of continuous learning and personal growth.

https://mattspear.co/wins-2023

Tiny Wins 2022 | Matt Spear

1/10/2023

In 2022, the author documented a year of "tiny wins" - small achievements and personal growth milestones across various domains including software development, travel, personal projects, and continuous learning. Throughout the year, they traveled extensively across multiple countries, worked on personal and freelance tech projects like Method and Progress, completed numerous online courses, read books, experimented with new technologies, and maintained a spirit of curiosity and self-improvement while embracing a nomadic lifestyle.

https://mattspear.co/wins-2022