Starting is Easy, Finishing is Hard!
I have not been posting anything for about a week and I forgot to update this blog with my progress of my New Years Resolution and here it is.
I have been running since about the middle of January and have decided to run in the Gasparilla Distance Classic and do my very first 5K. On Saturday, Feb. 27th at 9:30AM, I will be down in Tampa with hundreds of people running or walking; in my case running.
I used to run back a few years ago and now I'm a little more motivated to turn my running into a habit. I've purchased 5K apps for my iPod and even hooked myself up with the Nike+ kit. Yes, you read that right; I bought more than one 5K app. Here's the breakdown:
The great thing about the Nike+ is that it tracks my time, pace, and distance. Once I sync my iPod with the data collected through the Nike+ app on the iPod, I can go to NikeRunning.Nike.com and track my progress, the total distance I covered, and my placement in various social challenges available. This should have been the first place I looked as I found that there are training programs for 5Ks, 10Ks, half marathons, and full marathons. I am completely impressed with the way Nike turned a sport and hobby into something social with a gaming style element to it through the challenges.
Here's where I'm at with my training and my involvement with the Nike Running community
Just under 3 weeks until the race and I'm scheduled to run today.
Well, I've got to say that there is a lot of work going into FuelMyRide.com and we are going to be hiring. Here's what we're looking for:
Designer
We need a designer capable of designing logos, multiple templates, marketing collateral, and stationary (i.e. letterhead, biz cards, postcards). This person should be able to cut up the web templates and provide the images, html, and css files.
You must have a portfolio.
Marketer / eMarketer
These days, this position is one in the same, but preferably someone geared toward Internet marketing. Required skills are Social Media Marketing, SEO, Branding, copy writing (highly preferable), and some other tasks.
You must also have a portfolio.
If you are either one of these and are open to working with a startup and a small equitable stake in the company, DM or email me your portfolio to miguel at fuelmyride dot com.
Okay, I may be holding out for a Chrome tablet instead of the next release of the iPad, which I now feel is a major let down.
Would you rather buy a Google-based tablet that provides all of the functionality you were hoping for in the iPad or will you go with the iPad (now or the next revision)??
Now that Apple presented the iPad today; I've read, looked at pictures, and posted some tweets and links to articles about it and I've got to say that as far as the Kindle is concerned the war for digital content readers is on.
Pros on the Kindle:
Cons on the Kindle:
Pros on the iPad:
Cons on the iPad:
I would consider buying one and even consider the unlimited data from time to time, but I won't be standing in line for hours on end just to get one. Let the crowd die down or order one online.
I'll want to see what the experience is like from business users. Can designers and developers use it to build apps or do we have to continue using our iMacs and MacBooks?
Will you consider buying one? Why? How will you use it?
I can see devices like this becoming the only device people will use to do all of their work on. Schools will be using these devices to manage their teachers, teachers to manage their lesson plans, and students to perform their homeworks, research, and interact with study groups on a group paper.
In the next 10 years, devices like this will be in just about everyones hand, home, school, and business; just like cell phones. And as technology becomes more affordable to manufacturers, these devices will be that much more affordable to the consumers and much more appealing; especially as data plans start to drop in price and more public wifi areas come online.
Where do you see devices like this tablet going? What can you expect to see as far as real world application? (i.e. social video communication, digital content purchase, education, health, and business applications, etc.)
Father, husband, entrepreneur, author, etc.
I love to learn about startups, new business ideas, Web 2.0, marketing, and developing technologies.
I've been a .NET developer for a long time and decided to use my skills to build FuelMyRide.com; check it out.
Father, husband, entrepreneur, author, etc.
I love to learn about startups, new business ideas, Web 2.0, marketing, and developing technologies.
I've been a .NET developer for a long time and decided to use my skills to build FuelMyRide.com; check it out.
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