RIP 2018 (2018-2018) | Toby Nieboer

A social media image with a 2018 decoration over a lamb chop

It seems like just a year ago we welcomed you into our lives 😭

Open Table of contents

Recap
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
Stats
- Travel
- Music
- Books
- Health

Recap

January

A cat in a sink ^{Miss Scarlett} A father and daughter on a ferry ^{On the Taronga Zoo ferry}

Feasted. Took a week off work and thought about moving house again (we didn’t, phew). Welcomed Cameron to Lookahead and then gave notice later the same week. Took Josie on her first ever plane trip.

February

Three people around a restaurant table ^{Goodbye Lookahead!} A slice of key lime pie ^{Mmm, key lime pie}

Indulged in glorious schadenfreude. Said goodbye to my friends and started my new job, after a ten-week interview process in which I interacted with people only via Slack. (This is completely intentional, and is how I interview and hire people today.) Played a lot of Alto’s Odyssey. Ate some pie.

March

A company-branded backpack ^Swag A restaurant table crowded with dishes ^{A light dinner} Many people in a busy outdoor shopping district ^{Strolling around Myeongdong} An emergency alert text message in Korean ^{So do we panic, or…?} A tower at night time ^{Seoul Tower} A sign reading Ass Teeth ^{A tattoo parlour}

Went on my first Automattic work trip, to Seoul. Walked up and down a lot of hills, ate a lot of good food, got to know my teammates, got a mysterious and potentially horrifying emergency alert text, met some local wildlife, admired some business names, ate a Crunchwrap. Came home and slept.

A cat and a raccoon on a cat tower ^{Animal cafe fun}

April

A brown dog on a couch ^Baillie Meat on a grill ^NOM Scones with jam and cream ^{ALSO NOM} A small child winking ^{Alex at Scienceworks}

Feasted again. Took Alex to Scienceworks for a fun afternoon. Watched some baseball. Eliminated retweets from my Twitter timeline and never looked back.

May

People sitting in a circle ^Werewolf A cloudless blue sky ^{Brisbane sunshine}

The most wonderful time of the year. Also, Rails Camp!

June

A menu offering donuts for breakfast ^{Mmm, traditional!} Classical European architecture ^{Old Belgrade} Dilapidated Soviet-era architecture ^{New Belgrade} A city view from a bus window ^{Hong Kong from the airport shuttle} A street sign ^{Sorry Vienna, I am a child}

RIP, Tony. MEL-HKG-MUC-BEG, nine-hour layover in Munich. On to Belgrade for WordCamp Europe. First WordCamp, first time in Eastern Europe, loved it. BEG-VIE-HKG-MEL, 9-hour layovers in Vienna and Hong Kong on the way back.

July

A humourous poster about programming 😆 ^{Click to embiggen!}

Recovered. WordCamp Sydney. Chaperoned 60 first-graders to a children’s farm (shudder). Spent a night on Philip Island.

August

A humourous sign about coffee ^{It me} Children playing with makeup ^{Crazy girls ❤️}

Deactivated my Twitter. Celebrated birthdays with my girls.

September

A violently orange sports car ^{I’m not saying I broke the law, but this thing went fast} A man standing in front of a NASA globe ^{My spiritual home}

Reactivated Twitter, though not before deleting 85% of my history. Turned 44. Visited the US for the first time in 12 years. Drove an awesome Camaro, visited Kennedy Space Center.

October

A dragon perched on a building ^{So awesome!} Five men in a backyard ^{Me, Charlie, Wiley, Chris & Rob} A breakfast burrito smothered in green chile and topped with cheese ^{Pete’s Breakfast Burrito Supreme} A foggy scene ^{The Flatirons are back there somewhere}

Spent a week with all my work peeps in Orlando, had a fantastic time. They closed Diagon Alley for us! ❤️ Stopped by Denver on the way home and saw lots of people for the first time in ages. Visited the Sunshine State for WordCamp Brisbane.

November

More Rails Camp. First visit to Tasmania since I was 2, loved it. Not much else, Rails Camp consumed my life (and Caitlin’s!) most of the month. Three people hiking on a mountain ^{Hiking on Mt Wellington with Caitlin and Geoffrey} A hall lit up at nighttime ^{Camp Woodfield} Trees and ferns ^{More hiking}

December

A man using a tortilla press ^{Chris making tortillas from scratch} A sign for Johnny Cash Museum ^{Hello, I’m Johnny Cash} A piece of Nashville hot chicken ^🔥🐔 Another piece of Nashville hot chicken ^🔥🔥🐔 People swimming in a cenote ^{Cenote swimming in Tulum} A wall of donuts ^{Donut wall!} A cocker spaniel ^{Mum’s new pupper} A sign for the Taylor Swift Education Center ^{Hello, I’m Taylor Swift} An Apple Watch on a wrist ^{New shiny!}

Started the Focus Course. MEL-LAX-ORD-BNA. WordCamp US, loved it. Ate both kinds of Nashville hot chicken, lots of biscuits and gravy. BNA-IAH-CUN. DevEx meetup in Tulum, minus a Matías (sabbatical) but plus a Cate (six-month rotation). Got lots done, super productive. Good food, cooking class, ziplining, swimming in cenotes, highly recommended. CUN-LAX-MEL, came within four minutes of finding out what happens when you miss your international flight due to customs taking forever 🙄 Xmas, family, love. Sleep.

Stats

Travel

Countries visited: 7 – South Korea, Germany, Serbia, Austria, Hong Kong, USA, Mexico (⬆️ 700%)
Flights: 36 (⬆️ 50%)
Distance flown: 126,876 km (⬆️ 411%)
Time in the air: 183 hours (⬆️ 366%)
Swarm checkins: 1,536 (⬇️ 4%)

Music

Minutes: 12,319
Top artists: Taylor Swift, Beastie Boys, Green Day, Lake Street Dive, Black Keys

Books

You have read 23 of 70 books in 2018. — goodreads.com

I will fix this in 2019.

Health

Steps: 1,664,622
Weight: ⬆️ 12% 😭
Average sleep time: 5h 52m
Average wake time: 6:26am

This post was made possible by Exist, Google Timeline, Google Photos, Swarm and (what remains of) my Twitter history compensating for my woeful memory.