This spring, Substance welcomed Jessica Tsuji as our first ever participant in the Substance Substantial Apprenticeship Program. We invited Jessica to share her experiences at Substance. This is her story… Finding an internship while going to school full-time, especially in this state of economy is tough for anyone. However, finding the most gratifying and rewarding interactive internship experience in the Portland area…
our thinking about Campfire…
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2 July 2009
The Substance Apprenticeship Version 1.0
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1 April 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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4 March 2009
Show and Tell — The Recap
We want to thank everyone, presenters and attendees alike for joining us at the first Show and Tell PDX. It was more successful than we could have hoped, and we’ve already had requests for more. Before we get to the next one, I want to call out to certain people who made the night what it was. Thanks to… Thank you to…
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27 February 2009
Show and Tell PDX — The Lineup
We have confirmed our speakers for the first Show and Tell, next Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:00 pm. Jason Sherwood – Choffy for everyone Shaun Tinney of Substance – Adobe AIR Image creator Scott Benish – State of the Salmon Gene Ehrbar of Anomaly Incorporated – An Introduction to SnappyCards Vince LaVecchia of Instrument – Building Flash sites that don’t suck Anselm Hook – Spinny Globe Cinco…
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12 February 2009
Show and Tell PDX – March 3rd at Substance World HQ
Substance and Pinch, along with the Flash PDX User Group, invite you to an evening of show and tell. We know that you have been working diligently on the next big thing, so we want to give you the opportunity to brag about it a bit. So on Tuesday, March 3rd at 6:00 pm, at Substance, we will be hosting…
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7 January 2009
Substance 2008 Recap-a-palooza
With another year added to the record books, we have the benefit of hindsight to look at what happened over the last twelve months at Substance. It’s been quite a ride in 2008… Fail, fail, fail. With all of the projects we launched in 2008 and the things we have lined up for 2009, you might think it’s all rainbows and lollipops…
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1 October 2008
The New Substance World Headquarters
A year ago, we moved into Substance World Headquarters (SWHQ) 2.0. (It’s debatable that it was SWHQ 1.0, but for the sake of argument, we’ll call it 2.0.) Over the course of these 12 months, we added two new members to the Substance team and outgrew the 600 square feet of space down by the railroad tracks. September 29th marked the…
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21 July 2008
It’s the Soft Stuff that Matters Most
Sometimes while mowing my lawn I drift off into some crazy internal philosophical discussions. Today’s started out with equal parts nonsense and rationality, but ended up being something significant and share-worthy. Here it is… Every business has “hard” stuff that they need to deal with in order to keep afloat. It’s the quantifiable bits – income, overhead, utilization, profit margins, etc.…
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10 July 2008
Life at the Summit – A Substance Summit Recap
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8 July 2008
The Substance Summit, July 9 (#ss)
Just a quick reminder that the Substance Summit is on Wednesday, July 9th. What is the Substance Summit? In it’s simplest terms, it’s a conversation between creative and technology. It’s discussing how creative and technology can work together to build a stronger community in Portland, and how they can work together to change the world. It’s about sharing more and learning…
Arrived to beautiful weather in Austin. Off to pick up badges and then the Ginger Man for beers. Meet up? #sxsw
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