Gaia Community: linden's Blog

The next generation

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:33:03 -0000

Classic commercial. These are great energy bars if you can get them. You have to start them young!

Welcome to Boulder Local

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:07:25 -0000

We spent the last few weeks working on a new local innitiative that is specific to the Boulder, CO location. It will continue to get built out with more functionality but for the immediate the site will give people access to Boulder members, a directory listing of local businesses (on going so please submit new entries) and Boulder events. You can find the site at www.gaia.com/boulder.

This site is the initial entry into a local effort from us so there will be continual updates through out the coming weeks so please bear with us if you see any changes. As always, suggestions are wanted from the community. We worked hard on getting this release out for the community so now it is up to the community (and team) to help build it into a 'local market' online. Enjoy.

New bike parking

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:56:22 -0000

Click here for the best bike parking in the world

Bears and South Boulder Running

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:05:15 -0000

Usually at this time of year you dont see too much wildlife running around in Boulder apart from ground hogs and deer. Well this weekend, I had a nice surprise when I came around a bend onto to have a black bear about 50 yards down the trail. I expect the reason she/he didnt see/smell me, was as I was down wind from her/him. Needless to say, I had to stop and wait to see what the bear decided to do. It just kept ambling down the trail until it decided to go off into the brush towards a stream bed. This gave me enough time and nerve to run past and keep on my way.

South Boulder has lots of Black Bears so it is not too uncommon to see them. Check out the latest route if you decide you want to do a little 'bear hunting'.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/co/boulder/538150157

Some specifcs on me and my work at Gaia

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:39:28 -0000

Some information about myself and my interaction/role here at Gaia.

Describe what you do at Gaia:
I am the Director of Web Development at Gaiam. I deal with all the web projects apart from Gaiam.com and oversee the development of all things Gaia. If there is web development to be done, my team in the end is the group that produces the results. In addition to the Gaia Development, I deal with all of the DRTV (Direct Response Television) websites. Read: infomercials websites. These are vastly different from the Gaia Community site but no less challenging.

What do you enjoy doing more (what are your greatest passions?):
For me anything that has to do with being outside and getting the blood flowing, I enjoy. Spending as much time as I do in front of the computer, the farther away I can get from it post work the better. My ideal day would be to get up, run 10 miles then get on my bike for another 75 miles, and finish it off with some bouldering up on Flagstaff. Ah, sounds so good, dont tempt me!

What's your favorite thing about our community?
I enjoy seeing all the vitality that is on the site. Hearing how passionate people are about their own specific actions is refreshing to hear. With all the new people coming into the community each day, it is great to see so much potential coming in and knowing this new potential is adding to an already aware group is cool to be involved with. Changing the world does seem possible.

What do you like about working here:
I enjoy seeing and working with people and ideas that are centric to what I believe in. The core group of people here at Gaia and Gaiam, are 100% behind the initiatives that they speak about and ultimately sell to the public.

Meet the rest of the Gaia Team

Boulder running at it finest

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:52:29 -0000

Last weekend was a great weather weekend. Sunday came with highs in the 60's (remember it is only January!) and after a nice team ride, I got out to run some in South Boulder. The running in South Boulder is some of the est around I feel. You have trails, open spaces, and very few people once you leave the main trails.
I went out to the Big Blue path and headed towards Eldorado again with a detour up skunk Canyon. I saw very few people once I had left Big Blue trail so it was very quiet. Just me and my breathing.
Here is a MapMyRun display. This is a 4 star run for sure.
Copy and paste the following MayMyRun URL to get a nice trail view of the run.

http://www.mapmyrun.com/run/united-states/co/boulder/367423201

A new entry in more ways than one

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 04:47:15 -0000

Tomorrow will be a fantastic day and a turning of another leaf in the Zaadz/Gaia 'seed' pattern. We hope the community likes it.

Winter is here and I love it

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:47:39 -0000

Winter finally showed up in Boulder this past weekend as we got a nice amount of snow up at the house. With the snow brings the dusting off of the skate skis and the winer boots and the huffing and puffing of nordic skiing down at North Boulder Park and Eldora ski area. Once the snow shows up North Boulder Park turns into the official 'Get ready for the Olympics' park with people racing one another around the park. At times it certainly does feel like the gerbel on the treadmill but at least you are out in the clean cold air.

This weekend allowed for some great times out on the skis with my son as it is his first full season on his nordic skis and he seems to love it. Kids are tough to get into nordic skiing as it isnt the most 'fun' sport for a kid but with a name like Bjorn and the lung capacity of a kid, there shouldnt be much stopping him from feeling some 'nordic roots'. He had a ball this weekend and finished it off with a nice hot chocolate.

Forecast is showing more snow tonight and tomorrow, so better get some more wax on the skis and prepare for the Olympics!

Wow what a week and enregy spent

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:31:22 -0000

Another week gone through. When you think back about what is accomplished, or missed, in a week of people's lives it is pretty stunning all the items that occur. We made some great move forwards on Gaia and the tools that are coming down the pipe for the community. Pretty powerful stuff to hand out to the people of the world to spread the word and enrgy.

Often times I think about about how the tools we are building would be of use to me in my life. This adds a bit of perspective to the work. We can all get caught up in the day to day grind of work but I dont seem to have that problem. I really enjoy going into work to see all the people who are truly trying to make a difference in their lives and the people on their respective online communities. That is so cool and powerful. More power to them I say.

So with that I can say that with the team at Zaadz and the passion put into the tools, the community is going benefit greatly . I can't wait to show it off to the group.

Tomororw I am going to get out and enjoy some great weather and my bike. With winter closing in here in Colorado, you have to get out on the days that are still warm. And tomorrow it is gonna be in the 70's. So with that, I am off and looking forward to some 'Summer Dreaming'.

Amazing video on recyling

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:21:25 -0000

This is such a great video showing people that when faced with such adversity have struggled through to eek out oa living while helping the earth greatly through recycling. Really, in this video you see twhat whom we should be looking to for ideas. Why close our selves off from ideas at this point. The experts dont always know the answers.
This video centers around a group of people in Cairo that are left to deal with the garbage that is not put through the recyling process but dumped in their backyard, more or less. It really shows what is possible if we as a community were to fully grasp hold of what is possible to recycle.

Boulder Community 101

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:09:20 -0000

I spent the weekend with a great bunch of people here in Boulder going over what the Boulder Community vision is for the years now unil 2020. It was pretty cool to see and speak to so many people that had a similar vision as I did about the community I live in. I am very happy to be lucky enough to live in a great community that has access to the areas I like to spend time in and have people I like to interact with.

So it is only fitting that I get to participate in the ideas and building out of the Boulder Community idea/site. We are looking to get some new functionality up on a site for everyone to read and comment on later this week. Once I have more about this great idea, I will be posting new informaiton. Until then, it is back to the building of Gaia.

Out on the fixie again today

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 04:12:46 -0000

OK, I know this isnt always in line with the general community side but I have been having a blast on my new bike. Feel like a litlte kid again with a new christmas toy. This past weekend, I got a new fixed gear from a friend of mine. If yo uhave ever ridden a fixied gear when training you know what it is like for your legs. Rough is all I can say. After an hours worth of riding you are ready to stop or slow down, a lot!@

One of the items I really like is the pureness of the bike. There are no gears, no free wheeling and only one (front) brake. It is something that just brings you back to the early years of riding. Back in the early 1900's the riders all were on fixed 1 speed gear bikes. And I can only imagine what it was like to have to ride one of these bikes up a mountain on a dirt rode.

I am going try and get out in the group ride this weekend with the new machine and attempt the 3 hour 'struggle' that it will most certainly end up. Might need to bring the phone for a needed pick up.

Time for change

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:43:31 -0000

I am new to Zaadz and come via the Gaiam integration group. I have spent some time on Zaadz afar and really like the energy that I see and hear on the site. The people bring some great comments and questions to the site and I am excited about being here.

I would like to say on the Gaiam integration front, that the people here at Gaiam are very excited about being part of the Zaadz community and are 100% behind the idea and can really only add to the power of the community. I hope we are all accepted with open minds and arms and given the opportunity to add to the community and power to change the world. Thanks ahead of time!