Tag Archives: portland
“Opium” accidentally makes a solid case for good branding
Don’t miss City of Gold at SPACE Gallery
Anyone who knows me knows that I love Los Angeles and a huge part of that love comes from the food the city has to offer. Jonathan Gold, the Pulitzer Prize winning chronicler of that food scene, is the subject of a much lauded documentary called City of Gold. It’s playing at SPACE Gallery this Sunday […]
Proposed Portland budget suggests eliminating care for most vulnerable
According to a source close to the situation, a friend affiliated with the city’s public health division, the proposed budget for the City of Portland eliminates all funding for India Street Public Health. Note: See many, many updates below, including the one all the way at the bottom about the Press Herald report about the closure […]
Ink and Business Acumen: Tattooer Hanna Sandström offers advice for entrepreneurs
Hanna Sandström is a tattooer, formerly based in Portland (Squid and Whale Tattoo), who presently resides and works in Seattle (Dark Age Tattoo). We were neighbors when she was in town, and she is responsible for half of my tattoos, so when I was in Seattle last week I reached out to see if she’d be […]
Spinning Trump’s visit into blog traffic
Donald Trump is coming to Portland tomorrow and so us savvy bloggers likely try to use this opportunity to earn some quick and easy traffic for our blogs. For my part, I have considered using this opportunity to write something polarizing about the candidate and his stances (or, more specifically, his lack thereof). This really fires people up. Those who agree with […]
Insights and advice to emerging Portland-based creative professionals
A colleague recently asked me to offer advice or insights for young Portland-based creative professionals looking for internships, entry level jobs related industry experience. I figured I’d offer an amended version of that list here. If you are planning on getting hired as a freelancer, get insured professionally (at least from a liability perspective). By way of a […]
360 / VR view of Portland, Maine
What is branding and why should I care?
Not only does brand consideration, thinking and strategy enter my company’s work with clients on a daily basis, we at my company is currently going through the process of a rebranding ourselves. While the process of brand development can be extraordinarily beneficial for companies and entrepreneurs, I realize that it remains mysterious to many. Because of this, I reached […]
“Networking” doesn’t have to be icky
I had to go to what was effectively a “networking” event last week and it wasn’t that bad. Actually, it was sort of awesome. I met incredible, passionate people who were all doing interesting and inspired work. When I indicate that it was “sort of awesome” I don’t mean to come off as cynical, or to seem perplexed. […]