Observations on the state of things…

  • Is the Tread What Peloton Really Needs?

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    Last week, fitness startup Peloton (you’ve seen their commercials) announced their second product, an Internet-connected treadmill called “Peloton Tread”. This is a pretty dramatic step (no pun intended) for the company, but (pun intended this time) are they putting their best foot forward? I’m not an expert in the fitness industry, and I’m not even…

  • The Difference Between Analytics and Analysis

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    I am something of a Peloton fanatic. You can find me (by my nom du guerre “LeftShark”) somewhere on a leaderboard every single morning. Coincidentally, I’m also an analytics junkie, and one of my favorite parts of a workout is afterward, when I crunch the numbers to see how I’m doing. Peloton provides all sorts…

  • What is this all about?

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    I created this site in January, 2018 as a place where I could write on a variety of topics. If someone such as yourself reads these posts and gets something out of them, so much the better, but the principal reason for creating the site is just to have a place to write, so I…