Although I’ve been exercising by going for walks and bike rides, and doing kettle bell work outs, I think that the amount of running backward and forwards between meetings I used to do must have had some exercise value. Spending more time focused at my desk has meant a net decrease in exercise, and I’ve put on a bit of weight.
To rectify this I’m going to increase my daily exercise regime and adjust my diet (which I need to do anyway). Trying to get a regular bike ride into my routine; but I’m not sure how good it is finishing it off with a pizza :-S
I’m really starting to enjoy the flexibility of being able to work wherever I take my laptop – especially when it’s sunny it gives me a great opportunity to get out and about and enjoy the sunshine. Sitting here in a café up in Dublin, updating this blog and getting a prototype web-site set up.
It’s been a busy week – after starting to play around with Brain Control Interfaces, a proposal we have put together for brain-controlled art has been accepted by the Dublin Science gallery for its Hack the Brain event (https://dublin.sciencegallery.com/page/hackbraindublin). So I have been spending part of the time working on a way to connect the OpenVIBE Brain Control system to the Unreal 3D engine, so we can use brain-control to control elements within the game engine. It’s slow progress, but last night I got as far as causing a virtual ball to roll around the screen under the control of OpenVIBE, so we’re getting there.
Alongside this, my main focus is learning about Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing; both of which are fascinating, and key to some ideas I have; and on looking at the possibility of joining a team focussed on consolidating an existing start-up business and trying to make it really fly. More on this as I when I get fully involved…
All told there are now four different projects I’m involved in, alongside the learning I’m doing. A couple of these are potentially commercial viable; and the others are great experiences which I think will bring me a lot of value through the things I learn through them; so in general I’m feeling pretty positive. I’ve still not had that light-bulb moment of thinking ‘This is it!’ around a project; but I’m not really expecting that yet – I’m feeling that getting involved in a variety of ventures, learning relevant tech; and giving myself head-space to freewheel a bit; are all pushing me in the right direction.