A month ago yesterday, Chris O’Rourke launched The Great Portland Interview Experiment, and I wrote about it the very next day. Since then @Verso spent two weeks in the land of Disney, and has returned to an unimaginable backlog of stuff, and @melissalion prepared for and hosted BackFencePDX and taught a writing workshop, both of… Continue reading Knowing Me, Knowing You
Recessions = New Businesses=Confusion
I have spent the last three years (give or take) working as, with and along-side microbusinesses, and we all sing a variant of the same song: I know there is help out there, and I know some of it is great and some of it is crap. But, as there is no single point of… Continue reading Recessions = New Businesses=Confusion
Some thoughts on branding…
I normally leave comments on branding to others, but today I felt the need to share my two cents on the topic. I use notebooks to jot things down, take notes in settings where a laptop is considered rude (yes, Virginia, they do exist), or when some old technology is called for. I have gotten… Continue reading Some thoughts on branding…
Moving right along, in search of good times and good news…
I know I got a lot of folks excited about my last blog post, and I suspect a bunch of those readers are wondering what comes next. Well, I am pleased to say that serious progress has been made. In the past week: I actually verified (minor detail) with our insurance agent that we could… Continue reading Moving right along, in search of good times and good news…
Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you…
When I ask people who are new to Portland about their favorite part of the city, community always comes up in the short list. We are a city of folks who like to hang out in parks, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Newbies also tell me about how friendly Portlanders are, and how they are quickly… Continue reading Getting to know you. Getting to know all about you…
Another delinquent post
I just returned from a 10 day trip east to visit with ailing family members, and I am using that as my excuse for having not stuck to my committment to blog at least once a week. That is my story, and I am sticking to it. But the real subject I want to write… Continue reading Another delinquent post
Procrastination is a well-honed skill
Just once I would like to see if I can force myself to blog on a regular schedule. It is not that I don’t have things to say and information to share. Rather it is some residual resistance to writing something that others will see that lingers from my school days. So now that I… Continue reading Procrastination is a well-honed skill
Turning parking lots into parks
For at least the past two years, there has been a coffee cart on the corner of SE Morrison and Grand that has been vacant. It sometimes looked like someone was going to move in, but nothing ever actually opened. One of our members even took to calling it the Duck Blind. But recently all… Continue reading Turning parking lots into parks
We interrupt this blog for an important announcement
Today the City of Portland’s Auditor released their report on the Portland Development Commission. The folks sitting near me while I read the report will attest to the fact that it made me hopping mad. For the sake of full disclosure I will mention that we (CubeSpace) applied for funding from the PDC and were… Continue reading We interrupt this blog for an important announcement
Main Streets
Portland is a city with some great main streets. SE Hawthorne is a perrenial favorite. SE Belmont, SE Division SE Clinton and SE 21st are continuing to develop as main streets. And the award for amazing turn-around goes to NE Alberta and N Mississippi which have been completely transformed from when I first moved here… Continue reading Main Streets
The World we live in 