Sep 22
Funny new video from MoveOn, Will Ferrell, and friends
Hey, I just watched this hilarious new video from MoveOn, Will Ferrell, and a whole cast of great actors. You should check it out. You can watch it at: http://pol.moveon.org/insurance_execs/?rc=email
Sep 16
Bob Sutton: Collaboration: Morten Hansen's Masterpiece
This the best chapter I've ever read on hiring, breeding, and (when necessary) firing people to create a collaborative workplace -- rather than getting hung up on theory, research or ideology, or committing the alternate sin of make excessive claims, telling stories that are fun but useless, or glossing over the difficulties,
Sep 16
AIGA Portland - Designspeaks with Jelly Helm
What’s happening with the business of advertising? What will the post-consumer economy look like? What is going on in sustainability? Jelly Helm is the first to admit that he doesn’t know. But that’s not going to stop him from speculating about it in public, to anyone willing to pay for it. In the spirit of Designspeaks, Jelly’s presentation will be full of cockamamie theories, wishful thinking and (at least some) poetry. He may also give us a sneak peek of the new work he’s done with the Oregon Council for the Humanities, and get all frothy about his newest client, Wikipedia. You’ll be anything but disappointed.
So be sure to join us, to engage with Jelly and others, and consider what has passed and what may come. Seating is limited, so please reserve your spot now.
Cost:
Members: $8 in advance/$10 at the door
Non-Members: $18 in advance/$20 at the door
Students: $5A selection of beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. ID required for beer and wine.
About Jelly Helm
Jelly Helm is a writer, designer, film director, creative director, and teacher. His clients include Imperial Woodpecker, Oregon Humanities, Infectious Diseases Research Institute and Wikipedia. He is formerly an executive creative director at Wieden + Kennedy, and founder of W+K 12.About 52 Ltd.
52 Ltd.—Portland’s homegrown matchmaker of talent and employers in the arena of creative services—received recognition in the 2008 and 2009 lists of Fastest-Growing Private 100 Companies by Portland Business Journal.52 Limited provides contract freelance employees, full-time placement and custom project teams to a diverse client roster which includes: advertising agencies, design houses, interactive firms, brand marketers, health care organizations and others. For more information on how 52 Limited can help you find work or find talent, please visit
About Designspeaks
The Designspeaks series, developed by Portland AIGA and in partnership with 52 Limited, showcases the most intriguing designers in the Pacific Northwest. Some of our guest speakers in this quarterly series will be stars and some will have managed to maintain a lower profile, but we can assure you; all will challenge you to think a bit differently about design and its impact on community. We’re continually tweaking this series as an intimate venue for the creative community to connect to others, to see what they are doing and how they’re doing it. There is no specific format for Designspeaks. Basically, it’s a small talks gathering intended to inform, inspire and engage.Laugh. Cry. Ask questions, please. But whatever you do, join us! Won’t you?
Looking forward to hearing just exactly what Jelly is thinking! Join us!!
Aug 9
posting it here ... no turning back
I started peeling the paint off of my kitchen cabinets the other day. It was kind of like therapy in a way. I could, if patient and attentive, peel the paint off in one entire piece. It was kind of rubbery when it did come off. Of course if I went to fast it would break. But I could grab the next piece and continue. Here is a big piece of it I pulled from the trash. It's very smooth. Almost like a very thin piece of vinyl. Very nice!
Under that is another layer, well let's say several layers under the first. But they don't seem to want to just roll off like the top layer. Now I don't know my paint at all. Which in itself could be an entirely different post. But why did this first layer peel off so easily? Literally any nick would scratch the surface and you could peel away! My random guess, wrong kind of paint to cover what was there. Cause the rest, ain't giving up that easily.
So why put all this here, every where? As mentioned earlier in another post at my blog. I have been wanting to repaint or redo the kitchen since shortly after I moved in. But it was good as it was so why take the time or the money.
Well, now I have so much time on my hands it's crazy to not dig in. And I certainly can't pay someone to do it. I've cleaned out the closets, storage and have purged the paper files. Threw out the tree's that I brought home from my last job that had been filed under training and technology. RIght, poor tree's! Interesting thing about that if they were actually able to implement some of their training, they might be great instead of pretty good. But then what do I know about business and sales...
Why post? If I put it here maybe someone will help keep me on track to finish. And as I get more paint off, I'll post more pictures. Of course now that I've gone this far;
There really is no turning back. As soon as that orange stuff has set a bit longer ... I'm hoping it releases the paint to I can unhinge the doors? I hope? Why do people paint hinges?
Aug 4
to BRILLIANT not to share
This is Ben. He belongs to my friends Jana and Bill who I met in Kansas City. Kind of followed them to Portland, then they headed to LA for Hollywood success. How did I get so lucky in the friend department?
This week they are on vacation visiting family. Today on Facebook Jana posts this;
