Running game

I started running a few weeks ago. The reason that I am running is that I want to stay in shape a little outside the competition season (I play field hockey). Otherwise those first trainings or matches will be killing!
But I have to be honest here: I do not find running a lot of fun. It hurts. You need to go somewhere to do it. And going to that location, knowing that you are about to hurt yourself is NOT motivating :)

I have to admit that I am not the best runner and I really need to motivate myself to get starting. So a few few days ago I purchased a Nike+ Sportband in the hope to get some more insight in my runs and find some motivation in that. And guess what? To my surprise this little gadget turns running into a game!

What I really like about this widget is the community Nike has created. My run data is uploaded to the site (which is the core of the product) where I can analyse my run. But others can see my run data too, and I can challenge people (or be challenged), set challenges for myself, or I can join/start a group and set a goal for that group. These features actually make running feel like I'm participating in a game!

So I got enthousiastic and started running. And knowing that my run data is uploaded to the website where I (and others) can see how I've done, made me run a little further and faster...
So now yours truly has really sore muscles, lol :)

Reboot10

The theme of this years Reboot was "Free". Free to flow, free to know, free to go. The event was kicked off by Tor Nørretranders who coined Reboot's unofficial theme: "Share Your Shit" - indicating that your shit is another persons food (for thought)


photo by Ton Zijlstra - thanks!

This one-liner, immediately adapted by other speakers, is so typical for Reboot. It represents this athmosphere in where complicated subjects are brought in an informal way.

I feel that the first day of Reboot10 was a bit of a continuation of Reboot9. And where Reboot9 had blown you of your seat after the first 2 talks, This years Reboot needed some time to "warm up". The level of awe was just a bit lower. My head started spinning not at 15 o'clock (like last year), but nicely at the end of the day ;-)
Day 2 took things to the next level with interesting and inspirational subjects in all rooms at the same time. It was hard to choose which talks to visit. I can't wait until the video's are online.

Day 1 I visited:
- Howard Rheingold
- Responsive architecture and open society - Molly Wright Steenson
- Freely Seeping through the walls of the Garden - Thomas Vander Wal
- Web Culture: Individuality, Belonging, and Scalar freedom - Stowe Boyd
- Infrastructure Gratis & Libre - David S Isenberg
- E-service - Eric Reiss
- Free Press, Free Speech - Dan Gillmor
- Babbage's noise - David Weinberger

Day 2 I visited:
- Free information structures - Thomas Vander Wal
- Building the open web - David Recordon
- Learn how to travel around the world for free - Noel Hidalgo
- Free Organisations - Traci Fenton
- Act on ACTA - Peter Sunde & Magnus Eriksson
- New Complexity, New attitudes, skills and Tools to match - Ton Zijlstra
- Micro Presentations
- Free to Migrate - Chris Messina

Next to the presentations I've had interesing conversations with some amazing people. Like last year I feel privileged to have been here. Thanks Rebooters for all the shit sharing :-)