The Now page for Daniel H Steinberg with a brief summary of my current interests and activities.

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The past six months I've been reading more fiction. I enjoyed "Friends of Dorothy" by Sandi Toksvig, "The full moon coffee shop" by Mai Mochizuki, and "Days at the Morisaki Bookshop" by Satoshi Yagisawa. I've enjoyed others as well but these were the biggest stretch for me.

After taking time off from writing a book, I've started work on a book on App Intents.

This fall I met with Chad from Amsterdam and am looking into creating a drawing heavy (maybe graphic novel) style book.

The Prags are no longer distributing my books. I decided to exclusively use GumRoad.

I want to work on drawing. I've talked about this for years and haven't done it.

I took a workshop on Sketch Noting and have signed up for online courses. I want to work on lettering and drawing and composing Sketch Notes and capture ideas.

I don't make resolutions but my plan is to set aside time to draw regularly.

I will once again begin the year in Singapore at iOS SG and then meet a friend at DisneyLand and visit my brother in Los Angeles. In March I'll once again be a part of App Dev Con in Amsterdam. I've also said yes to Swift Rockies in Calgary this July.

I expect to be invited to a few more conferences - perhaps one in the Spring and a couple in the fall and I plan on being around Cupertino for WWDC in June.

I've been taking more time between conferences to travel in Europe. This past year I spent time in Andalusia in Spain after NSSpain and loved it. I relaxed for a few days in Marlow in England before heading to London.

In October, I went from Bologna to Milan then Zurich, Dijon, and Ghent on my way to Amsterdam.

I still have a policy of not applying for conferences but saying "yes" if I'm asked.

I ended last year lighter and healthier than I began. I would have lost even more if I hadn't eaten my way through much of Europe last fall. Still, if I can maintain the current eating and exercise I will continue to move in the right direction.

I love my gym membership and go for weight lifting or yoga most days. I've added a more challenging yoga level and will try to progress more this year. I'd also like to start doing Tai Chi again, walk more, and add cardio to my gym workout.

I will probably quit the online dating apps again - nothing has happened there and it feels that nothing is likely too. I may be too set in my ways to be much fun on a date.

I need to continue to clean out my house - at some point I will want to move. I replaced my washer this fall and may be replacing my stove/oven soon.