I'm a Great Toronto Tour Guide

Feb 24 2011

A couple members of my cycling team were in town today.

If you were to come to town, I’d take you to California Sandwiches.

When I first moved here I was hooked, no, like 4 times a week for dinner, by the end there I could eat two. I gained at least 15 pounds… I’ve got some footage somewhere of me losing it a little, “I moved to Toronto and got f*cking huge, THAT’s how it all came to be”.

That footage is from an episode you’ve never seen, and that I’ve hidden somewhere on the internet; clues coming soon.

This season will be my 3rd year having a team, and 2nd as president. I’ll post my cycling episode at the bottom.

Then I’ll take you wherever it is you’d like to go while pointing out interesting things along the way…. this corner is one of the busiest in North America (Bay & Front)… here’s where I did my best curb hop on my bike ever… this is one of the largest carrier houses in North America.

I’m a lot of fun to drive with.

Wouldn’t that be funny if that was actually my suitcase? That set of wheels is $5000.

Two things I saw and wanted:

Candy that’s good for you… JellyBelly’s with vitamins in them COME ON.

And that’s a Jetboil… I’ve had this idea where I can feed myself very nutrionally between one of those and a Magic Bullet.

I was telling the sales guy about my idea, but he said you’re not supposed to cook inside with them, the fumes will get to you. I hadn’t thought of that at all. They run off butane.

Hope you had a good day, too!

Just a Minute – Have the Winter Blues Too?

Feb 24 2011

I know it’s coming, and still I’m surprised every year when it does. I just figure since I know of it’s impending arrival, that “seasonal affected disorder”, shouldn’t my brain just be unaffected by now? Kick out those thoughts?

Click here and here to see a city in China like the one I’m talking about; I think they’ll help you feel better.

And my go-to line is, “it could be far worse… you could be living in Rwanda, a war-torn country, looking for a bug for dinner…”.

Spring is coming, it’s darkest before the dawn and all those cliches. Stay positive!

This is THE Marketing Conference to Attend

Feb 21 2011

It’s the Art of Marketing at the MTCC March 7.

I’ve been invited to attend, and click here for the KeriBlog $50 off promo so you can come, too! We can hang out with other marketing people and trade tips.

I’m most excited to hear these three speak:

Guy Kawasaki because hellooooo Cheif Evangelist of Apple, and specifically, he’ll discuss, “how to influence what people will do while maintaining the highest standards of ethics”.

Avinash Kaushik because analytics and are so interesting, and something I would like to be better at. And Avinash’s thing is you can do it in a hour/day, which is great because there is never enough time. Oh time.

And oooooof course Gary Vaynerchuk.

Remember that time I interviewed Gary? Love him.

Hope to see you there, learning is fun and if you see me yell hi!!

(don’t forget to use this code to register and save 50 bucks).

This is 'Morning Drive'

Feb 10 2011

I invented it 10 years ago, it’s called “Morning Drive” and may I recommend you try it, too.

Remember, no going places! It’s not about that… it’s more for meandering and ruminating.

And did that floor you too? Toronto being the 5th largest city in North America?!

Here’s a shot of that satellite farm… if you watch TV in the GTA, it likely came through here.

And here’s the map of the route.

View Morning Drive – Cherry Beach in a larger map

(Song is “More” by Usher)

About the Usage Based Billing Issue #UBB

Feb 8 2011

Thanks to OpenMedia.ca

Rogue ISPs will be fun eh, I’d love to have one for you to use… in my imagination right now I’m bundled up outside in a little hut, yelling like a carnie to come on over, need some internet?

I also think shortwave radio will see a brief resurgence in popularity.

Lastly, here’s a friendly video reminder to change your passwords, because when was the last time you did?