Paul Erdős was an eccentric mathematician who didn’t have a home or much in the way of material possessions, save the shirt on his back and a steady supply of Benzedrine. Erdős spent his life traveling the world, showing up on the doorstep of this or that colleague, collaborating on a paper or two, then moving on. Sort of an academic Dishwasher Pete.

I was talking about Erdős last year with rogue rocket scientist Dan Pasco, one of my dearest and oldest friends, and the idea was a tremendous comfort to me at a time of great upheaval. Having spent my career meeting developers worldwide, I knew that, even if I lost everything, I could simply travel the world as Erdős did.

Flash forward to the present and the golden nexus of availability opening up before me. After answering the question “what are you up to now?” 10,000 times at WWDC ‘10—which was frickin’ awesome by the way—I’ve prepared a rough plan for what to do until WWDC ‘11.

Going from Lead Ramp Service Agent at Alaska Airlines to Senior Application Engineer at Apple has been an eight-year death march, and it’s time to hit ⌘s on my brain. I’m taking this year to write two books. The first is non-fiction, entitled “Making Apps That Don’t Suck,” and is the sum total of everything I’ve learned about how to take something great and make it frickin’ awesome. The second is a fiction, the chronicle of my personal experiences—versus universal truths—entitled “Cog.”

I’m writing the first book with two of my protégés—graphic designer Brad Ellis (Rogue Sheep) and interaction designer Chris Clark (Black Pixel). I’m self-publishing, but assembling a who’s who of software to serve as a peer review board. While working on this, I’m going to travel, incorporating the wisdom of developers around the globe while helping them pimp their apps.

I’m financing the trip by making available a very limited number of consulting hours at $1000 each. If you’ve ever sat down with me for brainstorming or app review, you know my experience and expertise is worth ten times that. I’m not saying I’m the best product engineer in software, but I am the best money can buy.

Or you can get my attention for free by becoming part of my Erdős year—all you need is some extra floor space for up to a week for me and my traveling companion, Kitty. Drop me a line (bmf@lemurs) with your city and availability if you’re interested. I’d like to get my itinerary close to solid by the end of July.

My first tentpost, if you will, is Burning Man at the end of August. This will be my first year. I’m camping with my Argentine doppelgänger at Pancake Playhouse. I’ll be kicking it around the valley until then, though I’ll be making jaunts to nearby areas, including Comic-Con in San Diego.

After Burning Man I’m going to spend the rest of the year on an epic road trip across the country, hitting St. Louis, Knoxville, and Biloxi, then heading up the east coast to Montreal. I also intend to stop by Florida to catch the last space shuttle launch in September.

I’ll come back to California for Christmas, then greet the new year in Europe. I’m thinking I’ll start by visiting Scottie in the UK, doing the developer tour of Scotland, then road tripping to Amsterdam. I’m going to catch a football match in Germany, visit friends in Poland and Spain, and re-read Kundera in Prague.

Then it’s back to the states for WWDC ‘11. I’m also going to be submitting papers for interesting conferences and panels, including 360iDev, iPhone/iPad DevCon, MacTech, and AlwaysOn. Oh, and how am I not yet speaking at Voices That Matter, amirite?

I’m putting my itinerary online. You can subscribe at <webcal://ical.me.com/elcajone/bmf.ics> or use primitive “web” technology to view it at <http://ical.me.com/elcajone/bmf>.