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The Oh Loco Aresenal July 9, 2008

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 While I’m at it, I guess it wouldn’t hurt to blog up another post. Since I got to introduce myself, I’d like to introduce the rest of our team so when they start posting you won’t find them absolute strangers. It is currently summer and each member of the crew is off to vacation in far away places except myself (Nex), and now BD is back. I guess despite juggling two jobs and a start-up, I am the least busy of all and thus have the time in the day to blog. I must say, i can really get used to this :) . Well, before I go into an endless ramble about myself, I would like to introduce the fiery members of the Oh Loco Resto team. Here we go!  
This is HExadecimal (Hex)
This is HEXadecimal (Hex)
 
 Meet Hexadecimal. He’s currently vacationing in an undisclosed locale on the Mediterranean Sea probably working on his tan. He is a third year computer science student with me at McGill and is often my dose of anti-depressant when Montreal’s winter blues kick in. From what I know, Hex is a soccer fanatic and can eat rather massive quantities of food at a single sitting. Although he doesn’t look like it, he has quite an appetite for adventure and an unhealthy attraction to danger. Or is it it the other way around? Yes, Hex has managed to find himself chased and almost squashed by an convoy of speeding police vehicles (while pursuing a stolen car, which had nothing to do with him…i hope), almost getting sprayed head on by a fireman’s extinguishing hose (yes, he’s that hot) and almost getting killed after rolling kilometers down a black diamond level ski trail (to be later rescued by ambulance, unharmed.) Yet he wonders why I flip at the mention of him going skydiving. Well, its not him who gets the chocolate everytime he survives one of these “chance occurrences” ;). 
  
 
I wonder why Dot is so surprised?I wonder why Dot is so surprised?
 Dot, if I may clarify, is my younger and only sibling. Many people mistake us as a couple because we don’t really look alike and this translates into numerous clarifications that we are indeed siblings. Sheesh, people! Meet Dot.  The source of  a lifetime’s worth of serious drama. Yes, if she’s not being stalked by mysterious strangers then she’s somehow managed strike up a conversation with some celebrity politician. “Oh, you’d never guess who I met today!” And so would starts another tale of intriguing secrets and revelations she had stumbled upon that day. Dot is entering her second year of university after finishing a year of Political Science at Concordia. I thank God that she is reconsidering her academic path because I have been driven insane by her Machiavellian strategies to control me. Dot is a passionate believer in the power of people and even more, in the power of food. Its no surprise that working in a start-up centered around food has re-ignited her passion in the local dining scene. I wonder who she’ll meet next?  
  
This is BD, he\'s the newest member of the team.
This is BD,  the newest member of our team!

Meet BD. I met BD a while back when a “chance occurrence” had taken place and Hex was struck with an unexpected situation. Instead of chocolates I arrived with a few kilos of ground beef and sausages with the hope that my cooking may set things right. And so I found BD there and cooked up a carnivore’s favourite stew. I had a hard time eating it but it seemed that BD and Hex were able to force themselves to finish their helpings (out of politeness I suspect). Well, that was the last thing on our minds that day. BD is an electrical engineering student at the Ecole Polytechnique here in Montreal. What’s really cool is that he has an amazing knack for drawing, anime, and computer graphics. He’s a pretty cool guy and we’ll have alot of adventures in the coming months as we get Oh Loco Resto up and running. At the moment, the most important thing for us is to be able to present our web service as it would appear upon launching and with BD’s expertise, the vision is one step closer to reality. We’re all really excited with our new member and I can’t wait for our first meeting at the Oh Loco HQ in August.

 So I have introduced you to Oh Loco’s serious arsenal. What you see here is a dedicated group of thinkers who have put their heads together to come up with what will soon become the way of eating out in the coming years. With the skills, the smarts, and the serious dose of fiery energy the Oh Loco Resto team is a force not to be reckoned with. At that, I’ll see you next time. Until then,

Nex

Nexus and the rise of INFiNAUT July 9, 2008

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Nexus Q:

I’m forcing myself to get used to this blogging thing. I like reading blogs, not writing them. But desperate times call for desperate measures and this is just that! Until I am able to locate the exact whereabouts of Dot and Hex, my two fellow infinauts, I will not be able to release any information on their identities. Until then, I will be the first of the infinauts to introduce myself.

I am called Nexus but will be referred to as Nex in writing from here on in. I settled for this code name because it described my role adequately. My role as an Infinaut to make sure that all our other Infinauts are connected with one another wherever they are on the globe. In addition to that, I am responsible for connecting them with certain people in uncertain places at certain times. I hope this clarifies.

Hmm, what else should I reveal? I have sweet tooth. I love chocolate. Red Bull gives me wings. I like to chase away my enemies with cloves of garlic and Kung-Fu chop lettuce for my salad…etc. That, however, is all unimportant because above all, I am an entrepreneur. Although I don’t have much to show for it yet, I have finally made the decision to let go of what I thought I liked and follow what I’ve always known I’m good at. Of course, these things happen in life. You think that you have it all figured out and that you’re path is set and its full steam ahead…and then you hit the iceberg. Wow, how grateful I am that I hit that iceberg and plummeted to the freedom of the bottomless cool sea. I’ve been exploring ever since and it has been extremely refreshing.

I’m a third year ex-Biochemistry major at McGill University in beautiful Montreal. I have left the study of biochemistry after a series of occurrences that opened up my eyes to the prospects in that field and where my life was heading if I didn’t change course. Not that the prospects are undesirable in this field, it was that they would clash with my personality and I am relieved to have learned that first hand. After this, i knew what I had to do and the rest is history. From here on in my field of study will focus on the dynamics of small business and enterprise, their management, and growth strategies. I will be working towards a BCom in the next two years and a bit. This, I’ve realized, will come in very handy when operating our first project, Oh Loco Resto.

I believe I mentioned Oh Loco Retso earlier on. Let me check…yup! Oh Loco Resto is a new web application that is being developed by my wonderful team that aims to transform the way we eat out and how we share our thoughts and ideas about places. Of course since we are in the development phase we are in super-stealth mode and the details of the idea are kept safe within a locked chest. Just kidding, we’re too creative to worry about our idea getting taken because we know that no one has the passion and energy to handle it except us. Saying that, you’ll be able to track our idea and the Infinaut team from here on in to see where things end up going. We hope to give you a unique insight into what goes into assembling a start up, financing it, dealing with failure, and success. Now, I don’t like to boast but be we are very confident that the service that’ll be provided by Oh Loco Resto will create a unique experience for Internet users and restaurant goers unlike any other. We’re all excited about getting things off the ground but we’ve encountered a few obstacles already. I guess this is the way its gotta be. Nothing is certain except that what we’re facing now is nothing compared to whats coming.

Buckle up and and fasten your seat belts. You’re about to join the INFiNAUTS for one helluva ride. Until next time!

Nex

Meet the INFiNAUTS June 27, 2008

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Infinauts. Navigators of infinite measures. Never heard of them before?

Well now you have, and you heard if from us.  By us I mean myself and the other two infinauts, currently navigating through infinite dimensions of their own, in infinitely distant places. Until their safe return, it’s gonna be only you and me. Scary thought.

My name is Nexus and I’m an infinaut. That’s right, an INFiNAUT. Based in Montreal is our start-up Internet killer app project, the Oh Loco Localizer. It’s all still in the pipeline but we’ll be out with it soon. Don’t worry. Just relax and take a good look. You’ve come to the right place to Meet the INFiNAUTS.

Quoting the courageous words of the legendary Buzz Lightyear,

” To infinity and beyond!”

This is exactly where we’re going to take you. Until next time,

Nex