Two years ago I created my first post on Blogger. It was a short one, and it started as a challenge: what would I do differently? From August 7, 2006: “Let’s stop talking about ideas. Let’s start talking about change, in…
our thinking about Relationships…
Found in Translation
This week, Stephen and I had the opportunity to present to a group of young Japanese design professionals at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. The group was here in Portland as part of Teruo Kurosaki’s international desi…
Coffee with Likemind, July 18
It’s coffee. With Likeminds. This Friday. July 18th. At Stumptown. (That’s downtown.) At 8am. You going?
Life at the Summit - A Substance Summit Recap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rno59mxEp6E Wow. What a great start to this idea. Thank you to everyone who make it, and we hope the rest of you who couldn’t make it this time will be at the next. I know I rely upon the ad…
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 a…
Are you relevant?
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less.” – General Eric Shinseki, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (retired) We were discussing the concept of relevance at the long table (we love t…
Announcing The Substance Summit
“Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know, and more will come back to you.” - Paul Arden (thanks to @swestbrook for the quote) What? The first in a series of conversations with the Portland creative commu…
Coffee with Likemind, June 20
Haven’t gotten the official word on this, but according to Likemind.us, there’s coffee with Likemind this Friday, June 20th. And since I don’t need to drop anyone off at school, I think I’ll be able to make…
Substance Rolling Coffee.
The first Substance Rolling Coffee took place on Friday, June 6th. It was kind of cold, kind of rainy, but many people braved the weather for some awesome eastside Voodoo Doughnut action. Well, four people actually biked (David, S…
What are you afraid of?
“I’m afraid of asking questions. I’m afraid of making mistakes. I’m afraid of sharing my ideas. I’m afraid of what people might think. I’m afraid of what people might do. I’m afraid of the endless possibilities.&…


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