“RT @chrislhayes: .@ezraklein Learning to code was one of the single most important pieces of intellectual training I’ve ever received.” — @NiemanLab

Inspired largely by tweets like this one — and my jealousy of people who can, you know, actually make things — I signed up to do Code Year yesterday. The idea is pretty simple: you sign up, they send you programming lessons, and you build “apps and web sites before you know it.”

Of course, the difficulty/time commitment of learning to code is probably what dissuaded me in the past. And it might be what Christopher Hayes refers to when he calls it “intellectual training.” But! “Before you know it”!

It’s a new year — I’m optimistic.