In search of substance… Substance is looking for a frontend web developer with extensive experience working on coding frontend solutions with integration to backend CMS platforms. You’re going to need to have a passion for delivering excellence and an attention to detail that’s second to none. You’ve been around the block enough times to know how to learn from failures so as…
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September 22nd, 2010
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September 16th, 2010
Who wants to work at Substance (backend developer edition)?Substance is looking for a web developer with extensive experience working on CMS platforms and back end development who has the experience to make sound technical decisions and follow those decisions up with solid implementation skills. Is that you?
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April 6th, 2010
5,225 pounds of Beans and PotatoesThis past Friday the Substance crew teamed up with some friends and colleagues to volunteer at the Oregon Food Bank. We had a fun (and rewarding) time helping bag potatoes and beans – 5,225 pounds of them! We helped pack enough food to provide 4,019 meals for people in need and each volunteer was responsible for producing 167 meals in…
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January 5th, 2010
The Great 2009 Substance RecapCan you believe it? Another year in the record books, and what do we have to show for it? Well, plenty. — February 2009 — Recognizing the changing weather trends for Portland as just one effect of global climate change, we had the opportunity to help do something about it. Working with the visionaries at ClimatePath, we helped rebrand and…
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October 1st, 2009
Bike Commute Challenge Podium Results and Jersey WinnersFrom September 1st to September 30th, the cyclists of Substance participated in the 2009 Bike Commute Challenge, a “friendly competition to see who can get more people biking to work in September” organized by the Bicycle Transportation Alliance. And while the BTA stresses the “friendly competition” aspect, let’s face it: there are still winners and losers, the thrill of victory…
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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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February 10th, 2009
I wanna rock all night, and party every MondayIntroducing a new feature in the Substance digital conversation… music. mixtape.findsubstance.com This week marks the first Substance Monday Mixtape. Yes, it was two days ago… where were you? If you weren’t at mixtape.findsubstance.com, you missed out. But don’t worry, you’ve got five more days before we update it again. Plus, we’ll be archiving them each week, so you’ll always be able to…
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November 25th, 2008
Thanksgiving 2008We have a lot to be thankful for. Our health and our families, of course. We’re thankful for the people we get to share the long table with. We’re thankful for the lessons we’ve learned this year; there’s always an opportunity to do better. And we’re thankful for all the interesting people we’ve had the pleasure and honor to meet.…
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October 22nd, 2008
The life and times of SubstanceA few months ago we got a Flip camera for the office in order to show what goes on at SWHQ in moving pictures. Well, here’s your chance to get a view into our world, starring the cast and crew of Substance. Substance Moving Day Erin handled the Flip during moving day, showing our exit strategy from SWHQ 2.0 and invasion of…
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September 18th, 2008
Progress on SWHQ 3.0Above: The second Substance Long Table under construction Things have been a bit quiet here on the site, but not because we haven’t had stuff going on. We’ve just been spending our free time (as well as much of our non-free time) getting Substance World Headquarters 3.0 (SWHQ 3.0) ready for business. As you can see above, Todd is in…
Construction project starting tomorrow at #swhq (or @ohmytodd has started driving a big pile of lumber). http://t.co/CYDSBUKy
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