New pitch at BMO Field in timelapse

Innovation = Insight, Plan and Commercialization?

“When I use the word innovation, I think of three interlocking components:

  • Insight or inspiration suggesting an opportunity to do something different to create value
  • An idea or plan to build an offering based on that insight or inspiration
  • The translation of that plan into a successful business (in simple terms, commercialization)”

Scott Anthony in “What’s stopping innovation?”

I love this song

Damien Rice – 9 Lives

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Schedule view in Outlook 2010

The schedule view in Outlook 2010 looks like it could be really useful. I’ve been trying out the Beta version of Outlook 2010 at home with my private email account but not for scheduling meetings with others. Screenshot courtesy of the official blog of the Microsoft Outlook product team. More on schedule view here.

Schedule view in Outlook 2010

I already can’t wait to move to Outlook 2010 at work, just because of the threaded email conversation view. Not everyone likes it but just from using it on the private account, I know it will make my work inbox easier to manage.

Falschspieler

Hören Sie genau zu, was ich sage: Falschspieler sind diejenigen, die nichts als Spiele gewinnen wollen. Die anderen spielen, um zu gewinnen. Wenn jemand sagt: »Das Einzige, was mich interessiert, ist gewinnen«, ist er ein Falschspieler. Denn sein Anliegen impliziert auf diese Weise immer die Möglichkeit des Betrugs.

César Luis Menotti im Interview mit 11Freunde

Eldred King Woodlands in March

It was fun taking a walk with my father-in-law in the Eldred King Woodlands north of Stouffville. Ontario is beautiful. I took a couple snapshots and then experimented with the settings in Lightroom. The results can be seen below.

My favourite photo from our Costa Rica vacation

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Not sure what these two monkeys were upset about (while sharing a banana) but it made for a great photo opportunity. I took this photo during a boat tour in Palo Verde national park. More photos from the tour are available here.

 

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Digital Journal

Engadget posted two videos of user interface for the Microsoft ‘Courier’ tablet/e-book/digital journal concept in action. Not sure if Microsoft is really working on it but it looks cool. I love working with Evernote and OneNote, but this concept would add a whole new dimension. I especially like how digital features seem to have been created to support and enhance how people actually take notes with pen and paper – instead of putting digital features first. If this is real (or becomes reality) I could see myself using this and being comfortable with it. I am sure some people think using a stylus is outdated but to me this is a whole new “back to the future” take on the idea of digital note-taking.

Tiere in Costa Rica

Lori und ich sind gestern aus Costa Rica zurueckgekommen. Hier sind ein paar Fotos von Voegeln, Schmetterlingen und Tieren, die ich auf unseren Ausfluegen in den Regenwald und in Naturschutzgebiete gemacht habe. Meine ersten Fotos mit einer Digital SLR Kamera und einem kleinen Teleobjektiv.