I’ve been reading a lot of manifestos. Manifestos about change, about creativity, about ways to approach ideas. But a couple days ago a close friend recommended I read the Declaration of Independence. I don’t think I had actually ever read the entire document, which I found to be quite inspiring.Imagine the time when it was written… the British occupied the…
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November 22nd, 2006
Off travellingHi. Thanks for stopping by the blog. I’m going to be travelling from November 22nd through December 3rd, and I don’t know what kind of access I’ll have to a computer, the internet or the blog. So you may not hear from me for a bit. Don’t worry. There are some really great blogs I link to over in the right sidebar…
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November 22nd, 2006
Thank you and the worldFirst off, thank you to everyone who has given me their support in the changes in my life. It has been incredibly inspirational and motivational. Yesterday, my 5 year old daughter said to me, “Dad, I’m so excited for you!” and gave me a big hug and kiss. Then she said, “so what are you going to do?” Thinking quickly, and wanting…
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November 21st, 2006
The greatest experience ever
To my trusted friends, colleagues and advisors, I am writing to let you know that my tenure at opus:creative has ended. During the last seven years, I have had the privilege to work with many inspiring and inspired individuals, and I want to thank all of you for your support, advice and encouragement. While I am proud of the quality of work…
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November 20th, 2006
Experience Economy follow up
Noel and I were talking about the Experience Economy conference I attended this year (he went last year). One of the great things about the conference are the discussions you have with the fellow attendees. But it’s hard to keep up with everyone that you talked with, and then there are all the people you didn’t talk with. What if there…
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November 17th, 2006
Coffee time and changeThe sun was shining, the air was crisp, and I got my $2 back from Noel. We had what I will now refer to as the “original crew” represented… Nicole (not giving the evil eye this time)… And Noel and Allison trying hard not to look terribly serious. Today we covered a wide variety of topics… everything from why transformative experiences will eventually be…
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November 16th, 2006
Father and Daughter
The title of this 8 minute video, Father and Daughter, caught my attention. After all, I’m the father of two daughters. So I watched it.Wow.In a previous post I talked about a man who communicated an idea, a philosophy in 18 minutes that made people think in a different way. This piece does something very similar… yes, it’s beautifully illustrated…
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November 15th, 2006
Hey hey, coffee timeJust a reminder, Portland coffee time happens this Friday, November 17th, at 8:30am. The place is Stumptown Coffee at 128 SW 3rd. And since I lent Noel a couple bucks last week, he says he’ll buy me a “fancy coffee drink.” Ooh! What more can I ask for?Oh… for you to drop by and join us. Yeah, that’d be nice.As…
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November 15th, 2006
Sustainable companies
“…I just wanted to create a company that would be as much fun and as fulfilling as possible. Fun in work to me means a lot of freedom, and ton of creativity, working with people I respect and like, and pursuing ideas that are just crazy enough to work.”A quote from this post at Citizen Agency.These are the types of…
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November 14th, 2006
Learn how to play drums and piano…
Or learn how to use a video editing program. Which is actually pretty impressive.This video was linked to on a couple music blogs I check out. When I viewed it at 4pm today, it had about 187,000 views. Now, at almost 9pm, it had 197,000.Why am I blogging about it? Because it always amazes me how someone could come up…
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