Modelling tracks or just playing with play-doh?

I’ve been experimenting with modelling boarderX track features in play-doh to help me understand how they should be built correctly, and seeing how we can put a bit of science into feature design rather than track-builders always having to make it up as they go along.

Roller – 1:7 ratio sine wave
Roller – 1:7 ratio sine wave
Roller – 1:7 ratio sine wave
Berm – width to height ratio 2:1
Berm – Not much science, just thinking about an Euler spiral for the track transition curve
Berm – Not much science, just thinking about an Euler spiral for the track transition curve
Berm – width to height ratio 2:1, starting to use Euler spiral to create transition between berm and track.
Berm – width to height ratio 2:1, starting to use Euler spiral to create transition between berm and track.

OxCom Day 1

Had my first session with the Oxford College of Marketing for my Diploma in Digital Marketing. The session was really good, and I was impressed with their professionalism and seriousness. The sessions all have learning outcomes attached, the powerpoint slides have a bibliography, and there is a strong focus on making sure you know what needs to be included in your assignment. They also seem to make good use of web-based learning materials with webinars on each topic and all the course material available online.

Kindle Book Pricing Strategy

How does an new kindle author price his/her work? How does a reader put value on digital books? Should books be priced by size? A six page book costs 86p, a ten page cost 99p, a 300 page book costs £5.99. Does that create a value structure for that works for the author and the reader?

Another strategy someone else mentioned was for the author to price all their books at 99p to encourage people to buy them in order to get the book high up on the top sellers list, and then up the price once it has proved its popularity/value.

Dinking off a nubbin on a nompa

Freeriding

The Remolition traditional new years day ride was pretty cool. Got to ride with a good bunch of people from as far away as Worcester and Peterbrough, on the best freeride terrain in the country, on my new board, wearing my new helmet. If you weren’t there, you should’ve been.

Macc Attack

Macclesfield Forest

Sixty eight wheels, getting cold, dodging horse phlegm, running over little dogs, smashing hubs, smashing knee pads, sessioning s bends, fixing bindings with padded shorts drawcord, and not sliding nompas. Just another day at Macclesfield Forest.