I've been mulling over some of my recent programming activities, and I've been thinking about what I'd like to do with OpenJUMP in 2009.
One of the greatest thing about being involved in an open source project like OpenJUMP, at least for me personally, is the opportunity that it offers for self-improvement. I find my flaws are shown more clearly in the OpenJUMP community than it is in my professional work as a Land Surveyor. I'm not really sure why this is. Perhaps it is because I am much more competent as a surveyor than I am as a programmer. (Let's hope that is the case.) Or perhaps it is because I'm not faced with the deadlines and other requirements for performance in my hobbies that I am at work.
At any rate, I know what personal flaw has shown up the most clearly to me this past year, and that is a lack of modesty. It seems I'm always biting of more than I can chew. "Boldness" is what my programming friends like to call it when they are being polite. :]
For 2009, I will try to live a life of programming modesty. No new major projects, no bold and exciting announcements, just humble and quiet coding... :]
We'll see how I do.
What are some of my modest programming goals for 2009?
That's it. If I can work on those 4 things in all of 2009, I'll be off to a good start on my quest for more programming modesty.
Thank you OpenJUMP, for helping me see a little more clearly how I can improve as a person and a programmer.
The Sunburned Surveyor
One of the greatest thing about being involved in an open source project like OpenJUMP, at least for me personally, is the opportunity that it offers for self-improvement. I find my flaws are shown more clearly in the OpenJUMP community than it is in my professional work as a Land Surveyor. I'm not really sure why this is. Perhaps it is because I am much more competent as a surveyor than I am as a programmer. (Let's hope that is the case.) Or perhaps it is because I'm not faced with the deadlines and other requirements for performance in my hobbies that I am at work.
At any rate, I know what personal flaw has shown up the most clearly to me this past year, and that is a lack of modesty. It seems I'm always biting of more than I can chew. "Boldness" is what my programming friends like to call it when they are being polite. :]
For 2009, I will try to live a life of programming modesty. No new major projects, no bold and exciting announcements, just humble and quiet coding... :]
We'll see how I do.
What are some of my modest programming goals for 2009?
- Release a stripped down (but functional) version of the Super Select Tool for OpenJUMP.
- Get my GPX2 module accepted as an "official" unsupported Geotools module.
- Make some small improvements to my GPX library.
- Tinker with my refactoring of the OpenJUMP core. (Not promising any functional code from this.)
That's it. If I can work on those 4 things in all of 2009, I'll be off to a good start on my quest for more programming modesty.
Thank you OpenJUMP, for helping me see a little more clearly how I can improve as a person and a programmer.
The Sunburned Surveyor
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