- On feature quality vs. quantity
“Luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity.” Translation: An elegant product doesn’t necessarily need a lot of features (ornateness), but the features it does have need to work fluidly and be well thought through (absence of vulgarity). There can’t be gaffs.
If Chanel were a product designer - Hugo Liu (Chief Scientist at Hunch).
- Lunch!
I am a big fan of Ramen noodles. And today I am having a giant bowl of Ramen in the TinEye HQ. If you are a big fan of Ramen then you will love these ramen hacks! Mine today contains peas, green onions, line and sesame oil!
- The magic ingredient in startups
Thanks to Werner Vogel tweet last night I got reminded of 37signals 2008 presentation and this gem:“We completed years of research in the startup world and figured out the secret: charging for your product leads to profits.”
oh I am pretty sure that’s too simple and there’s got to be a “got you” there. I mean it can’t be that easy right?
[Photography by jaxxon]
- Snow = built in excitement!
We got snow. We got snow. We got snow. In Toronto! Yay. Enjoy our last snowfall of the year.
- Talking photo credits
Chelsea Fuss’ primer on best way to credit photos + “If you don’t have an original source and can’t find it, then don’t use the image.” Happy to see TinEye mentioned as a photo source hunter!
- 2011 Race schedule update
I have been looking at trail races happening across Ontario and there isn’t much in the winter time – unless you want to use snowshoes! So I added my first California trail race for 2011: The Chabot Trail Run. I will stick to a 30 km race that weekend. Now it is just a matter of weeks before all the races start! Yay! Still need a March and a June race…
2011 Races
- Chabot Trail Run: 30 KM – Sunday February 20, 2011
- Seaton Trail: 26 KM – Saturday April 16, 2011
- Sulphur Springs: 50 KM – Saturday May 28, 2010
- Creemore Vertical Challenge: 25 KM – Saturday July 2, 2011
- The Limberlost Challenge: 28 km – Saturday July 16, 2011
- Iroquoia Trail Test: 32 Km – Saturday August 20, 2011
- Haliburton Forest: 50 KM – Saturday September 10, 2011 – or 50 miles if training goes well!
- Vulture Bait: 25 km – Saturday October 15, 2011
- Getting to the finish line
Apparently you need to train to get to the finish line of a 50 mile race! Oh who would have known? Not met obviously as my training last week was beyond pathetic. Hitting the re-start button: I am just going to pretend that this week is the first training week. So how am I doing?
- 5 AM wake up time: check! But even I have to admit that waking up at such ungodly hour in the winter hurts.
- at my desk at 6 AM: check!
- breakfast of champions (oatmeal + fruit): check
- scheduled one hour training at the gym: check
- early bed time for early rise: well, we will see about that one.
The reality of distance training in the winter time is setting in. I mean who wants to be out there in these temperatures (-20C). I keep repeating “I love winter, I love winter” but it is not doing it. Can’t wait for the trail races to start. In the meantime I am going to need to find a 25 km or 50 km trail race somewhere. The goals for the next 30 days is to work on my schedule. Early wake time, early bed time, training daily 5 days a week. Needs to become a habit in 30 days. Will I succeed? hmmm…Time for some Haile inspiration!
Haile Gebrselassie used to run 10 km each way to go to school for 10 years. He is – hands down – the greatest runner the world has known.
- I want to believe!
Either Techvibes‘ Digital Media People to watch in Canada is fake or Techvibes has forgotten that even in Canada, and in media, we have WOMEN. Techvibes: I am sending you off to do your homework, unless you simply want to relabel your list Digital Media Men to watch in Canada:
Quebec:10 men. 0 women
Ontario: 12 men. 0 women.
Alberta: 9 men. 1 women
- 2011: the running year! or my 1st 50 mile race?
yes, I can!
I have been dreaming of a 50 mile race for years now and I think it is high time that I just got out there and completed a 50 mile race. What do you say? In 2010, I completed a combination of 50 KM and 25 KM races. I had a lot of fun. I am looking forward to more running this year with perhaps a bit more training. I am the slowest runner in the world and it would be awesome I am sure to finish my races without utter and complete exhaustion. So I am going to approach things differently this year and actually train. Yes, train, like in actually exercise and maintain a decent weekly mileage. I have no clue how I am actually going to make sure I get the exercise I need, and no idea how to make sure that I leave my desk daily for this exercising thing. I will figure things as I go along, but one thing is for sure: I will schedule exercise time and simply stick to it. Come rain or shine. As Tara is my witness!
My favourite races in 2010 where of course the Haliburton Forest, Creemore and Sulphur Springs trail races. If all goes well in training, my Haliburton Forest sign up will be for the 50 mile race in September 2011.
2011 Races
- Seaton Trail: 26 KM – Saturday April 16, 2011
- Sulphur Springs: 50 KM – Saturday May 28, 2010
- Creemore Vertical Challenge: 25 KM – Saturday July 2, 2011
- The Limberlost Challenge: 28 km – Saturday July 16, 2011
- Iroquoia Trail Test: 32 Km – Saturday August 20, 2011
- Haliburton Forest: 50 KM – Saturday September 10, 2011 – or 50 miles if training goes well!
- Vulture Bait: 25 km – Saturday October 15, 2011
I can’t wait until April for a trail race, so I am looking at a January and February trail race in California or somewhere warm. What’s your race schedule?
- Sicko!
I got the flu from hell. It has been so awful! Down for 4 days and counting! Would not wish this on my worst enemy hence the mask (and foggy glasses!).
Sicko!
