This week, as part of his “100 businesses in 100 days” effort, Mayor Sam Adams wandered into the Wonderful World of Geeks when he met with Portland’s open source tech community to discuss his economic development strategy. A diverse group of folks, including: Rick Turoczy, Raven Zachary, Audrey Eschright, Scott Kveton, J-P Voillique, David Kominsky,… Continue reading Wonk meets Geeks
Tag: Community
Simplicity isn’t that Simple
This evening I went to the first of several public information meetings for small business trying to participate in the Go Oregon! program. Don’t know what I am talking about? Well, you are not alone. I consider myself to be more web-savvy than the average bear, and I know I am much more comfortable wading… Continue reading Simplicity isn’t that Simple
Starry-eyed Optimist
Keeping up with the Obama administration is a serious challenge for an amateur wonk like me. I can barely keep up with everything they are doing (which I see as a good thing), and I certainly can’t blog at their speed. I was writing my post on transparency and accountability last night and took a… Continue reading Starry-eyed Optimist
Heralding back to a better day
January 20, 2009 was an emotional, historic and ground-shifting day in more ways that I can count. There have been so many excellent blog posts on how it affected people (I should know, as I have many of them opened in tabs in Firefox so I can catch up on reading them when I get… Continue reading Heralding back to a better day
How to Argue
For reasons that are not entirely clear to me (but a bit worrisome nonetheless) I have found myself picking apart a lot of people’s arguments lately. To be specific, three times in the last week. This is behavior that I usually associate with David. Has our marriage hit that pivotal point where couples start integrating… Continue reading How to Argue
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…
The World we live in 