# DeveloPassion's Newsletter 102 - Planning Time ## Welcome to the 102nd edition Another week, another newsletter! I hope that you all had a great one 🤩 Happy new year, everyone! 🎉 2022 has been a blast. Now it's time to enjoy 2023, set ambitious goals for ourselves, and make moves towards success/happiness. I wish you all the best for this brand-new year! 🚀 Alright, let's gooooo 🚀 ## Goals for 2023: First pass **🧪** This year, I've decided to avoid setting goals for the whole year, and rather focus on the first semester. I do have plans for the rest of the year and for the coming years, but I need to focus my attention and energy on short-term goals. ![[2023-01-02-goals-next-6-months.png|Sticky-note board mapping six-month goals across Media, SaaS, Knowledge, Consulting, Coaching and Personal areas]] Caption: My goals for the first semester of 2023 Around my media business, I mainly want to grow this newsletter, and gain more paid subscribers. I'm also looking for sponsors. Next to that, I want to grow my YouTube channel (finally!) and publish videos more regularly (~3 per month for now). We'll see how that goes. To help me publish more regularly, I want to continue working on the [Obsidian Publisher plugin](https://github.com/dsebastien/obsidian-publisher) for Obsidian. Aside from that, I will work on an Obsidian course to complement my [Obsidian Starter Kit](https://www.store.dsebastien.net/product/obsidian-starter-kit). I will also work on a Personal Organization Starter Kit. By the way, my latest article is closely related to that initiative (see below). Finally, I will continue writing articles about Personal Knowledge Management and will dedicate more time to my "Curious Minds" private community. This year, I will also resume working on SaaS products. I really miss product and software development. More about this soon! My humble goal is to reach 1K MRR during the first half of the year 🚀 Learning and knowledge wise, I intend to keep my reading habits and get better at video editing and design. I will continue working ~1 day per week as a freelance software/solution architect and will also continue working half-time as an employee. And that's about it for now! Now it's time to get the ball rolling! ## New articles [Systems for health, intention, productivity, learning, knowledge, information management and control](https://www.dsebastien.net/knowledge-content-planning-and-action//) ## Quotes of the week - "You become unstoppable when you realize that you can do it alone" - "None of us chooses how we start this life, but we have a big role in deciding how we finish" ## Book of the week ## How cool is that?! [GitHub - dariusk/twitter-archiver: Make your own simple, public, searchable Twitter archive](https://github.com/dariusk/twitter-archiver) ## Thinking and learning [ Spatial canvases and your notes The advent of visualization tools being integrated with your notes is upon us in 2023. Exploring Tools for ThoughtTfT Hacker  ](https://tfthacker.substack.com/p/spatial-canvases-and-your-notes?r=zd1fe&utm_campaign=auto_share&utm_source=twitter)[ Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023? | Hacker News Hacker News  ](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34054170)[ On OKRs and the art of setting unobtainable goals · Reproof In the pursuit of the impossible. Matthew Guay  ](https://www.reproof.app/blog/setting-unachievable-goals)[ OpenPLUTO – This space intentionally left blank. OpenPLUTO  ](https://openpluto.com/)[ Giving Journaling Another Shot (Sort of), And Hopefully, The Habit Builds This Time I have tried and failed; I tried once again and failed that time too. I might have been st... Typeshare %2C%20And%20Hopefully%2C%20The%20Habit%20Builds%20This%20Time.png?theme=light&bgColor=%23eff6ff&titleColor=%2360a5fa&textColor=%23111827&type=post&date=Dec%205%2C%202022&name=Andy%20Sporring&handle=anderssporring&bio=I%20have%20tried%20and%20failed%3B%20I%20tried%20once%20again%20and%20failed%20that%20time%20too.%20I%20might%20have%20been%20st...&images=https%3A%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fa-%2FAOh14Gjr2DP6mwfIxqfVjSXTcvrMX1Q_0MUBnsIxTHkuqbQ) ](https://typeshare.co/anderssporring/posts/giving-journaling-another-shot-sort-of-and-hopefully-the-habit-builds-this-time)[ PKM Weekly Dec 25 2022 – Issue 050 – Curtis McHale Curtis McHaleCurtis McHale  ](https://curtismchale.ca/2022/12/25/pkm-weekly-dec-25-2022-issue-050/?utm_campaign=newsletter-post-title_35&utm_medium=email&utm_source=mailpoet)[ 🌠 Obsidian October Winners & AI Integrations A guide for using Readwise with Obsidian, a demo vault for computer engineering students, & the first Canvas plugins. ![[514496-512-copy-1.png]] Caption: Obsidian RoundupEleanor Konik ![[SideBySide-1.png]] ](https://www.obsidianroundup.org/2022-12-17/) > Want to become 2x faster🚀 at taking and editing notes? > > After almost 20 years as a professional IT engineer - this is my one hack that will make the biggest difference. > > Your 1 minute initiation into being a power user ⚡️. > > ⬇️ > — Ilya Shabanov (@Artifexx) [December 18, 2022](https://x.com/Artifexx/status/1604312403407040512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## Indie Hacking and bootstrapping [ The Startups For the Rest of Us Podcast The startup podcast with more than 500 episodes to help you launch and grow. 10 million+ downloads. 500+ five-star reviews. The Startups For the Rest of Us Podcast  ](https://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/)[ The state of this newsletter Plus: What I have planned for 2023 Simon Owens's Media NewsletterSimon Owens  ](https://simonowens.substack.com/p/the-state-of-this-newsletter)[ Lessons Learned Shipping 12 Small Indie Games in a Year Last year I hadn’t shipped any indie games in years. So in 2022 I set a New Year’s resolution to ship 12 small but complete hobby indie games, one... redditPandamanderG  ](https://old.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/zw4r56/lessons_learned_shipping_12_small_indie_games_in/)[ Digging Deeper Into Container Style Queries | CSS-Tricks I wrote up some early thoughts on container style queries a little while back. It’s still early days. They’re already defined in the CSS Containment Module CSS-TricksGeoff Graham  ](https://css-tricks.com/digging-deeper-into-container-style-queries/)[ Building 6 products in 6 months, and selling 5 of them — Muhammad Taimoor’s 3-tier model I caught up with Muhammad Taimoor (@mtaimoorhas), who recently built 6 profitable products in 6 months, and sold 5 of them. Not a bad haul! And he has a... Indie HackersJames Fleischmann  ](https://www.indiehackers.com/post/building-6-products-in-6-months-and-selling-5-of-them-muhammad-taimoors-3-tier-model-dd22bc644d)[ I made $239,000 this year selling budgeting and productivity templates online. It’s the perfect business to start as a one-person team. Jason Ruiyi Chin, 20, taught himself how to make Notion templates on Youtube after discovering the productivity app in high school. InsiderEmily Courter  ](https://www.businessinsider.com/selling-notion-template-twitter-marketing-gum-road-digital-product?IR=T&r=US) ## Tech [ Inventor of the world wide web wants us to reclaim our data from tech giants | CNN Business The internet has come a long way since Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web in 1989. Now, with his startup Inrupt, he believes it’s time for us to reclaim our personal data. CNNDaniel Renjifo  ](https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/16/tech/tim-berners-lee-inrupt-spc-intl)[ Boring Python: code quality James Bennett ](https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2022/dec/19/boring-python-code-quality/)[ It took me 1 day to create a program, using GPT-3, to create a highly convincing small army of bots to post on Reddit: Here’s how I did it As someone who genuinely think there is significant concern with AI’s ability to leverage convince natural human language through LLMs, to... redditchadbarrett  ](https://old.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/wa9enf/it_took_me_1_day_to_create_a_program_using_gpt3/)[ Why you shouldn’t use ENV variables for secret data If your application requires a password, SSH private key, TLS Certificate, or any other kind of sensitive data, you shouldn’t pass it alongside your configs. ![[free-rocket-icon-3432-thumb.png]] Caption: Diogo MónicaDiogo Monica ![[Screenshot-2017-03-27-09.08.29-1.png]] ](https://blog.diogomonica.com//2017/03/27/why-you-shouldnt-use-env-variables-for-secret-data/)[ GitHub - diffplug/spotless: Keep your code spotless Keep your code spotless. Contribute to diffplug/spotless development by creating an account on GitHub. GitHubdiffplug  ](https://github.com/diffplug/spotless)[ IDN is crazy | daniel.haxx.se daniel.haxx.seDaniel Stenberg  ](https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2022/12/14/idn-is-crazy/) LINK: - [[10 Essential Knowledge Management Methods Every Professional Should Master (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/10-essential-knowledge-management-methods-every-professional-should-master/-every-professional-should-master// LINK: - [[Why Obsidian is All You Need - From Simple Notes to Complete Productivity (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/why-obsidian-is-all-you-need-from-simple-notes-to-complete-productivity// LINK: - [[The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Obsidian (Article)]] - https://www.dsebastien.net/the-ultimate-beginners-guide-to-obsidian// LINK: - [[Knowii Community]] - https://www.store.dsebastien.net//product/knowii-community