I was late to the game on the Mad Men phenomenon, though quickly eliminated my knowledge deficit by busting through all of Season 1 over the course of a liquor-and-cigarette fueled week (also thanks to Comcast OnDemand for having …
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Logobama, Week 25
We enter the 25th installment of “This Week in Logobama.com” with the news that Joe Biden joins the Democratic presidential ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. I watched some of the news analysis of the VP annou…
The People’s Coast Believes in Substance
One of the pleasures of living in Portland, Oregon is the proximity to the Oregon Coast... with the closest points being about an hour away, it's temptingly close, and it's call is hard to ignore. Plus, we've been thinking about the coast for the last few months while working on the new Oregon Coast Visitors Association website, which launched last week.
Logobama, Week 24
Week 24, y’all. Next week is the Democratic National Convention, and we’re wondering why Logobama.com hasn’t gotten a spot on the floor. After all, the site as raised over $770 dollars for the campaign. We’…
Substance at SXSW
Every year, thousands of people converge on Austin, Texas for South by Southwest, a music, film and interactive festival. Next year it’s being held from March 13 - 22, 2009, with the interactive portion from March 13 - 17. W…
Logobama, Week 23
It’s Week 23. We received a great suggestion from a Logobama.com user about updating the color palette for fall, so we’ll see if we can fit that into the schedule. Besides that, as the campaign begins to heat up, weR…
Logobama, Week Double Deuce
During Week 22 of the continuing Logobama.com journey, not much happened. What did happen is Delicious was redesigned and changed from the funky period positioning (del.icio.us) to delicious.com straight up. Personally, I kind of …
Logobama, Week 21
This week, I found out what Freepers are, people like uploading this photo of McCain in a bib, and Derailed by Darry sent over 260 visitors to Logobama.com. It’s all reflected in the charts. Oh, and $10 towards the goal of $…
Logobama, Week 20
We’re out of the teens and in to the terrible twenties for Logobama.com. This week we received an email from someone asking why we were approving “very offensive, anti-Obama logos with racist and terrorist overtones.…
RYZ believes in Substance
RYZ is a new footwear company that is combining new manufacturing technologies, democratic design practices and online social networking and community. Ryzwear.com provides the opportunity for anyone to be a shoe designer. Yes, ev…


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