We had such a great time and a great crowd at our first Show and Tell PDX, we’re going to do it again. On Friday, May 22nd, Substance and Pinch welcome you to Substance World Headquarters to meet and greet with other like-minded people. There will be plenty of activity in Portland around Web Visions and we wanted to be…
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April 28th, 2009
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April 23rd, 2009
Substance believes in the Oregon Bike SummitPhoto of David (above) from Flickr by Jonathan Maus/BikePortland. On Tuesday, April 21st, David and I took a road trip down to Salem to attend Day One of the Oregon Bike Summit. We weren’t just going because we love cycling AND we love Oregon, but also to give a sneak preview of the Travel Oregon Cycling website we’re currently working…
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April 20th, 2009
Two years late…“Once again, AdWeek is right on time, two years late” – David Lowe-Rogstad (via Twitter) For the last week we’ve been talking around the long table about this article on AdWeek titled “Digital Shops Embrace Cheap Chic.” This quote from the article really jumped out at me,”…the approach has to do with clients wanting more of an emphasis on igniting conversation…
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April 17th, 2009
Oregon Bike Summit on April 21stOn Tuesday, April 21st, David and I will be heading down to Salem for the Oregon Bike Summit. Not only does it look like a good lineup of smart bike thinkers, but it’s an opportunity for the diverse biking community from around the state to come together to talk about ideas, inspiration and thinking about something we all love to…
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April 14th, 2009
We are Trail Blazers Fans (.com)Back in December of 2007, a few of us from Substance went to a Trail Blazers game that started us on the road to today: the launch of the new Portland Trail Blazers social networking site: beta.IAmATrailBlazersFan.com You might be thinking, “cool, you guys went to a basketball game a while ago, but how does that help you launch a new website?”…
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April 13th, 2009
Coffee with Likemind, April 17thIn a compromise that’s sure to please no one, we’re moving the time for Coffee with Likemind. Some people said 8am was too early, some said 9am was too late and they couldn’t get to work on time. So this month we’re aiming for the middle… 8:30am. We figure this could cover early risers – go at 8am, get a…
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April 2nd, 2009
Interesting Portland, April 9th“Interesting is a night of 20 different 3-minute speeches on a hugely wide variety of topics. The idea is to replicate the experience of clicking from one really good blog to another, ranging haphazardly across culture, sciences, arts, crafts, whatever. They’ve been held in London, Sydney, Amsterdam, NYC & Vancouver, BC.” Here are a few of the talks lined up: 1927: The…
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April 1st, 2009
David Lowe-Rogstad talks Long Table at Refresh Portland
Unless you’re David’s wife or kids, chances are you don’t often get to spend an evening with him. But last week (March 26th to be exact), David spent the evening presenting and engaging with the packed house at Refresh Portland, talking about the idea of culture shift. More specifically, he was talking about how we work here at Substance, the…
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April 1st, 2009
DO betterFUNNER!!!!!Editor’s Note: We had changed the site theme for April 1st. So if this post doesn’t make sense on April 2nd or beyond, it’s because the normal theme has been reinstated. We’ve been starting to feel like with the whole Econopocalypse (or Econogeddon, if you prefer), GMtastrophe, and general un-funness going on in the world that maybe, just maybe, we’re…
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