Greetings on this leap year!
Due to the COVID-19 situation, I've had to cancel my travel plans to Southeast Asia for now and will be staying put in Vancouver. The majority of February was dedicated to working on a local marketplace startup, which is gearing up to launch this summer in the Greater Vancouver area before expanding across Canada. Though I can't share too many details yet, I'm quite excited about this venture.
On a separate note, I'm currently seeking a second consulting or advisory role. Do you know anyone in need of skilled support? Specifically, I'm looking to bring on a UX Designer and a Junior Product Manager (or Business Analyst) - the roles are open to remote, part-time, or full-time candidates. If anyone comes to mind, please let me know. I'd appreciate any connections or leads! Lmk!
February Updates:
- My sister had a baby! Check out Bennett in the photo stream below.
- Streaks: 46 days without coffee, completed 30 day workout challenge.
- Started running last week. Thinking about BMO half marathon in May.
- What makes people happier than money? Yale and Oxford scientists have the answer.
- Airpods owner? Did you notice the recent update where Siri automatically reads incoming text messages? Audio feeds are going to be a new thing. Audio based summaries from 3rd party apps or services.
- How many of these Gen Z terms do you know? Scroll to page 22 of the PDF. I scored 3.
- Video from 100 years ago shows a car with “parking assist” technology
- 3 Types of Product Managers: Builders, Tuners, Innovators
- Finding Product Culture Fit - advice for product managers in the midst of contemplating their next role
- After 15 Years as a Product Leader, CEO and Now VC, Here’s the Advice I Always Share with Future Founders
- Botnet is a social network simulator where you’re the only human along with a million bots who are obsessed with you.
- If you had to pick one priority in your life, could you do it?
- Face-recognition respirator masks. “Our masks are custom printed with your face making phone access easy during viral epidemics” - https://faceidmasks.com/
- The Business of Ski Resorts. Retaining/recruiting seasonal talent, how climate change affects the business, and how resorts make money. Includes coverage about Whistler.
- WeChat opens “broadcast live sales“, a way for merchants to offer LIVE video shopping experiences. Launch your own home shopping network from your mobile phone.
- Seinfeld fan? The Seinfeld theme song was recorded separately for each episode.
- Another jetpack video, look at the climb.. Bananas.
- Apparently Michael Jackson isn’t dead he’s a wrestler in Brazil
- Fortnite: the anti-weed, anti-sex, anti-TV, anti-alcohol, anti-smoking solution parents have been seeking for decades. Check this graph
- Dating a new partner? Post meeting parents interview
Personal
Books:
Trying to slow down, spend more time with each book, and re-read chapters
- Finished: Mindset for a second time
- Reading: The Untethered Soul, The Great CEO Within,
Film / TV:
- Parasite - loved this
- Knives out - fun, but 20 minutes too long
- 28 days later - covid
- Back to the Future
- The Morning Show - Jennifer is a smoke show
Music:
That's all.. Let me know what you liked, want to see more or less of.
Kenny
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