This is a special-topic post. Super-boring for anyone not interested in knee injuries or P90X. Sorry.I have bad knees. First of all, I’m knock-kneed (officially, genu valgum). I don’t much like the look of it, but more concerning is that it makes the supposedly straight hip-knee-ankle line more more of a triangle. It results in all sorts of problems, including chondromalacia...
The New Yorker just published a long, loving profile of Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s COO, appropriately titled “A Woman’s Place”. For a brief moment in time it was at the top of Techmeme. Sheryl also did a popular TedTalk. She mostly blames the male domination of the tech industry (and world leadership) on women. I think, mostly, she’s on the right track. She gives solid advice to young women...
After receiving the 10th email asking why I’m changing my name, I decided I’d just explain. My parents named me Lucinda Bromwyn Duncalfe. Roughly, it means light princess of the cowshed (yeah). Lucinda is an old family name from my Mom’s side. Bromwyn is what they really wanted to name me but were worried about how unusual it is – it’s Welsh. My full name is (truncated) iambic pentameter. I...
We sold ClickEquations today. And I’m changing my name back to Lucinda Bromwyn Duncalfe (long story, and no I’m not getting divorced). So it seems like a good time for a fresh blog – and you found it! (My old stuff is still at www.cerealceo.com.) I also have a new email address: lucinda at duncalfe dot me and a new Twitter handle: @LucindaD. I will help with the transition for a month or...
Lots is changing, including where I’m blogging.
From now on you can find me at www.duncalfe.me
Email me at lucinda at duncalfe dot me.
I gave a talk last week, it was recorded. Its about online agencies, so pretty off-topic for this blog, but nonetheless… Apologies for the ad.
Trip 1 starts here. To read in chronological order scroll to the bottom of the page and read up, then go back to the bottom of the page and click on the previous page link to get to the rest of the post sorry!
Trip 2 starts here (same thing).
I got up, did yoga, and had breakfast before joining Claire for my last taxi ride in China, to the airport. Although the Shangri-Las breakfast buffet falls fall short of the Beijing Hilton Wangfugings, they let me take pictures! And even provide a placemat map. I have three more photos but I cant figure out what they are, so Ill spare you. Amazing, huh?After breakfast Claire and I headed to the...
I got up at 5, worked out, and had the wrong breakfast. The off-hours phone staff isnt very reliable I ordered an egg white fritatta and ended up with an American breakfast. I met Claire at 7:30 to start my last day in China in the dark (the downside of the otherwise efficient single Chinese timezone). We took yet another taxi ride about half an hour to a 9:00 meeting (Claire being overly...
I got up at 5, finished packing, checked out, ate breakfast, and took a quick and easy taxi ride to the airport. Not much traffic early saturday mornings. Checking in was uneventful, a welcome change from my last domestic flight to Lhasa. I met Claire at the gate and we boarded on time. Unfortunately we then sat in the plane for over an hour before take-off. After that it was an easy flight.We...
