Started the year with rudimentary iPhone development experience, sacrificed free time, time with friends (s/going out/HN contributing), my love of Salsa dancing

Started the year with rudimentary iPhone development experience, sacrificed free time, time with friends (s/going out/HN contributing), my love of Salsa dancing, potential girlfriend(s), got lucky - met the right people, found the right projects, now doing considerable contract iOS work, all without leaving my day job - I no longer fear layoffs. I want to write a find-the-1-beat iPhone app for Salsa dancers :) I learned that my strength is into diving into something with accountability and public commitment as my flotation devices. In 2011, I hope to build one or two quality iPhone apps in niches dear to me. And to talk to more women. And to practice Stoicism. And to socialize again. Life is too short for just Xcode. For aspiring iOS developers, it takes about 100-150 hours of concerted focus - after that Objective-C/Cocoa starts becoming the solution, not the problem.