Mike Jutan's World: Post #2000: A 2nd Blog Retrospective

Dear friends,

It's been nearly 7 YEARS since I started this blog, way back in April 2005 at the time of my first move to Emeryville, California to start an internship at Pixar Animation Studios.

The amount of things that have happened in the past 7 years is mind-bogglingly crazy, and back in March 2008 I did the first blog retrospective after reaching 1000 posts. It seems fitting to do a 2nd one of these, giving some love to some of the most memorable, important, pivotal, interesting, and/or life-affirming moments of the past 1000 posts - approx 4 years.

This blog has grown from a readership of just a few hits per post to somewhere around 5000 visits per month, which is totally nuts. I am still so surprised and pleased that so many folks are interested in what I'm doing, and I hope this blog has been an inspiration to live your life by your own rules, work hard, and drop everything and take a good solid adventure vacation once in a while. :) Thanks for reading, and I'll keep writing!

I checked the total word count on this blog a while back... it's well over 1,000,000 words.

Without further ado, here are some of the highlights of the last 1000 posts.

Post #1007 (4/3/2008): Video blog about eating 4lbs of Jelly Bellys in 10 days
Post #1032 (5/1/2008): Art Spiegelman talk
Post #1037 (5/6/2008): Grand Canyon
Post #1042 (5/10/2008): Speaking at the Maya API Conference
Post #1053 (6/3/2008): Watching Speed Racer at ILM with Mom and Dad
Post #1055 (6/3/2008): Monterey visit
Post #1059 (6/3/2008): Dad's Birthday at Chapeau
Post #1067 (6/4/2008): Wall-E Wrap Party
Post #1072 (6/10/2008): Opening of the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Post #1077 (6/12/2008): My 3D models in a Wall-E TV Spot
Post #1085 (6/24/2008): "Why everything is awesome"
Post #1093 (6/30/2008): Day with Granny
Post #1094 (7/1/2008): Day with the Goldrings
Post #1101 (7/6/2008): Jutan Family BBQ in South Africa
Post #1107 (7/11/2008): Taking the family to see Wall-E on South African opening night
Post #1111 (7/17/2008): Hanging out with Joel in NYC
Post #1128 (7/28/2008): Kurt's blog inspiring me to decide on Japan for my next adventure
Post #1132 (8/6/2008): Fighting off cynicism
Post #1140 (8/20/2008): My first ever Limo ride!
Post #1141 (8/20/2008): Partying with my old Alias|Wavefront and Pixar peeps
Post #1144 (8/20/2008): Universal Studios with Kurt, Gate A, Simpsons Ride
Post #1157 (9/4/2008): Jenn and Nick's wedding
Post #1179 (9/25/2008): Arrival of my iPod Touch
Post #1205 (10/21/2008): Beginning iPhone Dev with Matt Parrott
Post #1221 (10/28/2008): Josh Groban singing with Smashing Pumpkins at Bridge School
Post #1235 (11/5/2008): Barack Obama wins the Presidency
Post #1245 (11/15/2008): My new computer arrives
Post #1255 (11/28/2008): Trying Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee for the first time
Post #1256 (11/28/2008): Canada boys Tim, Matt and Jer visit
Post #1257 (12/1/2008): iMenorah available on the iTunes App Store
Post #1262 (12/6/2008): Mold attacks my apartment
Post #1299 (12/20/2008): iMenorah hits #36 in Top lifestyle apps list
Post #1302 (12/21/2008): iMenorah posted on ZDNet
Post #1304 (12/21/2008): The best iMenorah story we heard ever
Post #1314 (1/3/2009): Bubble Tea back in London with Ans and V
Post #1317 (1/4/2009): Multi-faith Chanukah with the Nuns
Post #1356 (2/9/2009): Planning apartment move
Post #1366 (2/20/2009): Sold my 220 lb TV
Post #1391 (3/17/2009): Crazy clown shoes
Post #1392 (3/18/2009): Alex moving to the Bay Area
Post #1424 (4/13/2009): Rubicon winery visit with Norm
Post #1434 (4/25/2009): Up Wrap Party
Post #1456 (5/17/2009): First pics with my new SLR
Post #1463 (5/25/2009): Pandora releases full new DMB album free just before my birthday
Post #1479 (6/2/2009): Biking in Denver
Post #1486 (6/24/2009): Screen credit for Transformers 2
Post #1494 (7/7/2009): Xavier Rudd concert with Ans
Post #1502 (7/18/2009): Digitizing old VHS tapes
Post #1540 (9/30/2009): 826 Valencia benefit screening of Where the Wild Things Are
Post #1543 (10/13/2009): Matt and Kim's wedding
Post #1559 (11/3/2009): Banff trip and breakfast buffet with Norm
Post #1576 (12/4/2009): iMenorah app artwork at Apple Retail stores worldwide
Post #1593 (1/18/2010): Visiting Studio Ghibli museum in Mitaka
Post #1603 (1/30/2010): Bathing in coffee and green tea in Japan
Post #1606 (2/3/2010): Outdoor bath house in Nozawa Onsen
Post #1624 (3/21/2010): Hiroshima
Post #1630 (4/3/2010): Angie visit
Post #1640 (4/11/2010): Arashiyama Monkey park, Bamboo groves, Kyoto
Post #1651 (5/22/2010): Capsule Hotel
Post #1656 (6/2/2010): Meeting friends in South Korea
Post #1676 (6/30/2010): Buddhist TempleStay
Post #1682 (7/3/2010): Crazy snowstorm and travel from South Korea back to Japan
Post #1693 (8/10/2010): Cottage weekend with the guys in Canada
Post #1698 (8/15/2010): Williams/Lausch Algonquin canoe trip
Post #1702 (8/26/2010): Canadian Parliament with Norm
Post #1747 (12/15/2010): Business Class flight for the first time
Post #1764 (1/13/2011): Rainforest and Batu Caves, Malaysia
Post #1768 (1/16/2011): Getting the craziest rainbow running shoes ever
Post #1775 (1/21/2011): Verizon iPhone finally announced
Post #1777 (1/22/2011): 1-Altitude Bar in Singapore
Post #1779 (1/23/2011): Marina Bay Sands
Post #1783 (1/24/2011): Airport lounge epicness
Post #1825 (4/22/2011): Getting invited to do a TEDx talk
Post #1832 (5/24/2011): Arriving in Reykjavik, Iceland
Post #1836 (5/29/2011): 29th Birthday up in Sonoma
Post #1837 (5/30/2011): Iceland South Coast
Post #1853 (6/13/2011): Montmartre and a lovely day in Paris
Post #1858 (6/23/2011): Arrival in Riomaggiore
Post #1859 (6/26/2011): Mom and Dad on Lover's Lane in Italy
Post #1866 (7/5/2011): Best meal we ever had, back in Florence
Post #1876 (7/30/2011): New Mac Mini
Post #1877 (8/21/2011): My new website
Post #1891 (9/12/2011): TEDx talk prep
Post #1898 (9/25/2011): Celebrating Kim's life
Post #1902 (9/29/2011): Striving for happiness
Post #1913 (10/9/2011): New weight loss effort
Post #1916 (10/16/2011): Cutting off and Donating my hair
Post #1917 (10/16/2011): Hair donation trailer video
Post #1918 (10/21/2011): Hair donation full video
Post #1928 (11/2/2011): Weight loss progress
Post #1931 (11/13/2011): TEDx talk: The Home Stretch
Post #1943 (11/24/2011): Post-TEDx, whew!
Post #1952 (12/13/2011): iMenorah HD for iPad
Post #1953 (12/14/2011): Talk at Autodesk University Conference in Las Vegas
Post #1954 (12/15/2011): My TEDx talk uploaded to YouTube
Post #1956 (12/20/2011): TED Tipping Point
Post #1960 (12/31/2011): In summary: thoughts from creating my first TEDx talk
Post #1977 (1/15/2012): Larry Smith's TEDx talk
Post #1986 (2/22/2012): Lifehacking: thoughts on smart eating and exercise
Post #1993 (3/10/2012): Lucasfilm Talk at the San Francisco Film Society
Post #1998 (3/17/2012): 21 lbs lost so far
Post #2000 (3/25/2012): Blog Retrospective (this post)

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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Post #2000: A 2nd Blog Retrospective

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