“In the trenches” product management - Jo De Baer’s blog

I’ll be leaving just a week before the Sydney (half) marathon is on, so I decided to run the 21.1 track myself on Sunday. I had to make some adjustments, as they really seal off the highways for the event. (And when I called the major he said you know he just couldn’t pull that […]

Good time today: ran 13k in just over an hour, 12.9kph on average. A large part was on the beach. Bit better than my Provo run to the Utah Lake (average was 12.09kph), but then again that was at a much higher altitude. Today’s run brought my week’s total to 46k, which is more than […]

Ran a 21k from Intel HQ to Nike HQ and back. That’s in Hilsboro. Was there for work. Time: 1 hour, 41 minutes and 34,06 seconds. On the plane I read a really good book on running. The author knows what he’s talking about. Plenty of good advice in there, was doing several things (very) […]

Awesome - my dad still has a working Fujica, model ST701. As I’m starting out with photography (got myself a Nikon D5000 a couple of weeks ago) this is the perfect tool to get the base concepts down. There’s only so much to adjust: aperture, focus (manually of course), ASA/ISO, and shutter speed. That’s it! […]

Running is an excellent sport for people who are out a lot on biz travel. All you need is a good pair of shoes - there’s streets everywhere, and every decent hotel has some sort of a gym anyway. I started training around October of last year, and right now I’m at the point where […]

If you’re into classical guitar and in London, make sure to drop by in the Spanish Guitar Centre. That’s on Cranbourne. They got some nice high quality brands there. You can also have them craft something up for you, all custom. Brought my guitar from Brussels last weekend, as it had a weird ring to […]

Well I think the most important thing to say about “ski 2009″ is that it will actually happen as it looks now, as opposed to, say, “ski 2008″, “ski 2007″, and I can go on for a while here. Apartment, ski resort parking reservation, SUV winter servicing, snow chains, all “check”.

I can honestly say that I’ve flown with many airlines - and that Air New Zealand scores best when it comes to automation. Their on-line check-in system consistently works (as in : it actually finds your bookings !!), is fast and extremely user friendly, and recently they even extended it so that one can now […]

So my pair of sunglasses that was miraculously recovered in Wellington is now gone for good it seems. I lost it in the corridor between the plane and customs when arriving in Fiumicino two days ago. Just in case you ever end up in the same situation, let me tell you where you have to […]

Day off before the conference … awesome. What a legacy.