{"id":1461,"date":"2014-12-31T18:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T02:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2014-12-31T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T02:00:22","slug":"a-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.onvural.net\/melih\/thoughts\/2014\/12\/31\/a-year-in-review\/","title":{"rendered":"A year in review"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was set to auto publish a few days ago, but it didn’t. And so while it’s publishing on January 3rd, it was meant to be published on December 31st. My bad \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/p>\n

New Year’s Resolutions<\/h2>\n

I did awfully with my new year’s resolutions this year. I only blogged everyday about half of the year. I only made it to October with the no french fries, and then fell completely off of the bandwagon. And while I read a ton more than I have in the past few years (really since high school when I stopped reading), I still didn’t get up to one book a month.<\/p>\n

Bad year for New Year’s Resolutions, but not for a lack of trying \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

A year of music<\/h2>\n

The kids discovered the radio in splendid fashion. A quick survey of the family found that the most popular song of the year was…<\/p>\n

None other than “Let it Go” – Idina Menzel – Frozen. The kids also loved a variety of pop songs as they get their dad’s taste in music. Singing in the car is now a family tradition that even Micky is getting in on. And that’s absolutely wonderful.<\/p>\n

A year of milestones<\/h2>\n

Micky turned 40. I turned 30.<\/p>\n

Amelia got into Children’s Day School, and had her “first day of school”.<\/p>\n

Luka talks like a fiend, hugs like a vise, and is the best kiss on the cheek anywhere in town.<\/p>\n

We bought a house, and reworked the backyard into an absolutely wonderful play land for adults and kids a like.<\/p>\n

I got a promotion, and built a team that I think is going to have a stellar 2015. I led the effort on the TokBox side to build a Mozilla\/Telefonica\/TokBox partnership.<\/p>\n

A year in travel<\/h2>\n

I visited Scotland for the first time getting as far north as 56 degrees north latitude. We also went to the New Forest where I snaked off for an afternoon and saw Southampton beat Everton 3-0.<\/p>\n

I also got to do some business trips to Shenzen, Tokyo, and Seoul – though none for more than a day! I also did a day trip to Madrid, and a few quick trips to London as well.<\/p>\n

In Turkey, we saw Istanbul for the first time as a family, and also made a go of the Aegean coast by seeing Kalkan and the surrounding area (including Patara which was amazing).<\/p>\n

Good-bye 2014<\/h2>\n

It was a great year for me, and the family. Here’s to many more. Thanks for joining me on the ride \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was set to auto publish a few days ago, but it didn’t. And so while it’s publishing on January 3rd, it was meant to be published on December 31st. My bad \ud83d\ude42 New Year’s Resolutions I did awfully with my new year’s resolutions this year. I only blogged everyday about half of the year. 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