My former colleague, David Eisinger:

…it hit me: I would spend a month trying a new technology every day, and then share my experiences in Chicago.

It’s super important to think about how to learn new things, prevent stagnation, etc. If you want the cliff’s notes version of what David found, check out the Tumblr site, which has nice brief rundowns for each. Good stuff, even though the site should have been on Posterous ;)