Archive for the ‘PDX’ Category

The Business of Service

I went all @jmartens this afternoon in response to a tweet about the @sarahgilbert-Burgerville kerfuffle. I’m not normally a kneejerk tweeter, and it made me wonder why this in particular had hit some sort of hot button.
I’m not anti-bike at all. It warms my heart that my condo building has fiercer competition for bike berths [...]

The Chicken Co-op

See what I did there? With the title? That’s Comedy Gold.
You don’t have to be a chicken to start a co-op in Oregon, but if you are a chicken (the proper term is “risk averse”), or you want to have all the Starkadders around you as you wander into the unknown, or you generally like [...]

Standing Pat

I debated changing my proposal for Ignite Portland 5 to one of the many other things that have been on my mind, but I’m sticking with bridge, for various reasons:
I’m fairly certain that all of my previous IP misses have been because of overly broad topic descriptions. It’s one thing to know that I could [...]

An Exciting Development

Most people who’ve interacted with me know that I have a law degree. Some even understand that I’ve been using that degree in the role of general counsel for Extreme Arts & Sciences for a while now (along with driving web stuff and product development, which are easily the bigger parts of that job). I’m [...]

Living Room Theaters

Stop whatever you’re doing and go here. Pick a movie. Arrange for some friends to meet you. You are in for one of the greatest experiences of your life.
Living Room Theaters is a concept movie house from the ground up, with roomy captain’s chairs, club chairs with low tables, and ottomans scattered [...]