I read this blog post and thought it was a good idea. Having a list of what technologies, languages, etc you plan on learning for the year. I had one last year but forgot this time round. So I know it’s April but I thought I’d throw together my list:
CodeIgniter Framework – A lightweight PHP framework similar to Cake, Symfony, etc. I’ve become a big PHP framework fan recently. It enables me to code using an MVC architecture but without alienating any non-PHP coders in the office.
(Re-learn) Django – I only played around with this and managed to produce one production website. I really want to get back into it and produce a site that’s going to stay on the net for a time (the last one came down a few months back). I’ve got a site planned and its looking quite diverse. With a gallery, blog, etc. I’ll post the details when its finished.
Smalltalk – I’m told Ruby has borrowed a lot form this so it just begs to be played with. I’ve seen some on my travels and it’s pretty to look at. I just hope its nice to use. I’d like to get into using it’s major web framework too: Seaside.
NGinx – Everyone keeps raving about this so I thought I’d give it a go. For anyone not, in the know, it’s simply a lightweight webserver most often used by Rails people.
Git & Mercurial – After I promised to learn these since my post on them I’ve not done it yet! I will do though – give me time. Don’t rush me! 
RAGI & PHP AGI – The Asterisk PBX system has an Application Gateway Interface for controlling it remotely via apps. I’ve already been tinkering with the Ruby version (RAGI) but I also want to use the PHP product. Both seem to have a huge amount of promise. If only Asterisk was more widely used! I’ll be setting up an example system soon and providing tutorials on this very blog!
LISP (either Scheme or Common Lisp) – I made a half-hearted attempt to learn this a few months back but gave up after seeing the quntity of parentheses. Call me chicken but it just seemed masochistic at the time. I will conquor my fears thoguh and get it done.
So now I’ve done my list – whats everyone elses?
