Typically I'm not patient enough to learn a new language very systematically, so instead I find myself following a pattern like this: 1. Hear about how great t

Typically I'm not patient enough to learn a new language very systematically, so instead I find myself following a pattern like this: 1. Hear about how great the macros are that Lisp has or the monads are that Haskell has enough times that I decide I need to try it 2. Independently have the idea for some new weekend project / mashup / potential startup and start obsessing about it 3. Persuade myself that this new language and new project are a match made in heaven and compulsively try to build the one with the other while furiously multitasking through tutorials 4. Get a little wiser and more sober about both of them through the experience 5. Hear about how great the asynchronous I/O is that node.js has...