July 2007

Cycling cadence to match heart rate?

July 31, 2007

Crazy cycling thought of the day: There’s been a lot of research on how your cadence affects your heart rate—for a given power output, there is usually a cadence that creates the lowest heart rate for an individual. But could...Continue reading...

Notes from The Ten Faces of Innovation

July 30, 2007

Tom Kelley’s book The Ten Faces of Innovation defines ten personas (thankfully not “named”—Bob, Sally, etc—just titled) that exemplify roles in an innovative team. They aren’t job titles or exclusive positions, and people can work across roles as well....Continue reading...

Two dishwashers

July 27, 2007

Overheard: She actually stored all her dishes in two dishwashers, one for dirty dishes and the other for clean. That way she could take dishes out of the clean one to eat and put them in the other when they...Continue reading...

Designing for memories

July 20, 2007

I do a lot of reading, and recently I’ve struggled to balance the desire to read new books with the need to document my reading better. I find that when I concentrate solely on reading things, I don’t really absorb...Continue reading...

Mobile phone use 2007

The Economist has published some great research on phone use. Highlights: 60% of men carried their phones in their trouser pockets, whereas 61% of women carried their phones in handbags A typical person spends 80% of his or her time...Continue reading...

GPF - Measuring Development Impact

July 18, 2007

Rachel Glennerster blew me away here; her work as an economics researcher at MIT focuses on the scientific evidence of development impact. For instance, it turns out that clean water pumps alone don’t fix health—the water will get contaminated elsewhere...Continue reading...

Global Philanthropy Forum 2007

I was fortunate to attend the Global Philanthropy Forum this year, held at Google from April 11-13. I just stumbled upon my notes from it and will be writing them up over the next few days; I’ll archive the links...Continue reading...

Changing nutritional guidelines

July 17, 2007

On our pilgrimage to the Kwik-E-Mart today, I was enticed into buying and eating a neon pink donut and a neon blue Slushee. I downed those on the skateboard ride back to work (yep, work), and almost immediately regretted it....Continue reading...

Vietnam

July 11, 2007

Just back from Vietnam, wanted to get some thoughts down. Overall, an amazing trip—a bit of adventure, a bit of relaxation, and a lot of food. (You can skip ahead to our travel photos—and my pictures of strange things—if you...Continue reading...