# 2019 Recap and 2020 Goals: Vim, Privacy, Blogging, and Screencasting DevFeed: [2019 Recap and 2020 Goals: Vim, Privacy, Blogging, and Screencasting]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Kaushik Gopal Published: 2020-02-04T07:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Kaushik Gopal's Site]() Topics: [Vim](), [Firefox](), [iphone]() Tags: [firefox](), [iphone](), [personal](), [recap](), [vim]() ## AI overview A personal recap of 2019 and goals for 2020. The author describes adopting Vim as a primary text editor, becoming more concerned about privacy, switching to an iPhone X for personal use and Firefox for browsing, and setting goals to publish 24 blog posts and make five screencasts. ## Source excerpt 2019 has been the year that's primed me the most for life changes. I imagine 2020 will the be the one where a lot of these changes materialize. 2019 Recap # Practice Vim for 30 days ## Not only did I successfully try it for 30 days, I now use vim as my primary text editor of choice and absolutley love it. It deserves a separate post though. Blogging + screencasting? ## I wrote 12 posts last year so I'm pretty happy with the 1-post-per-month average.I'm definitely looking to ramp up this number in 2020. I didn't do any screencasting though. I purchased a screaming hot license for ScreenFlow but left it unopened for the rest of the whole year 👎. 1 Care about your privacy ## I definitely have been more acutely aware of privacy and how my data is being collected by different services and platforms out there. The biggest change I've made is the iPhone X for all personal use .2 This was an incredibly tough pill to swallow for me. I don't intend to write about this cause it always feels like a moving target but I do have copious notes on the matter. Let me know if you're interested and I might just convert those notes into a blog post. I've also switched to Firefox for my browsing. If you're considering the switch for privacy reasons, make sure you're also using the Multi-Account Containers add-on. That coupled with the Temporary Containers add-on is what makes it a truly private browsing experience. This definitely warrants a post or screencast so look for that in the future. Miscellaneous ## I try to speak at one international conference every year (always a new talk, in a city/country I've never been to before). This year I had the opportunity to give a talk in Poland. This trip was the highlight of the year. I am terribly disappointed that I didn't make my annual trip to Disneyland 3 but I shall make amends. On completing 185 episodes of Fragmented -the podcast I co-created with my buddy Donn- we decided to change things up a little. That was a big decision for us. If