Category Archives: Business

I just read this past Sunday’s New York Times Magazine cover story, The Kansas Experiment. It begins as a profile of a state senator working to make Kansas a zero income tax state, and then chronicles the legislative session in … Continue reading →

I’ve been thinking a lot about how Portland is changing. I figure the city leaders must know many of us feel like the city is growing too quickly and leaving some folks behind. But maybe they don’t. After all, I’ve … Continue reading →

There’s a catch, right? Yes, of course there is. You have to live in Oregon. Here in Oregon we have something called the Oregon Cultural Trust. It’s basically a legal money-laundering scheme that helps you help the arts. Here’s how … Continue reading →

It’s Father’s Day. Happy Father’s Day to me. If you’re a dad, or you like dads, and want to spend an evening with dads and non-dads alike, thinking about dads, and eating some awesome food cooked by Olympic Provisions, I … Continue reading →

Big thanks to the Urban Honking Television team for turning my 38 things I’ve learned in 38 lecture into a lecture video. I turn 39 this week, so I’m in deep meditation on the 39th thing. I’ll let you know … Continue reading →

When I was living in Los Angeles, a director mentoring my writing partner and me asked how old we were. Early 30s was our collective reply. He nodded his head. “So, you got the next 10 years to make your … Continue reading →

Failure has been a mantra where I work, at Wieden+Kennedy, for much longer than I’ve worked here. Dan Wieden has preached failure from the start. So much so that a few years back W+K 12 made a massive pushpin wall … Continue reading →

This blog isn’t really working. Or at least not how I imagined it would. I’ve been writing long format essays that start with a personal story and spin it into a business insight. In an effort to concentrate on the … Continue reading →

I love records. The problem is my young children do as well. And in an effort to allow our records to endure their childhood relatively scratch-free we’ve become a digital music household. Currently that means we move an iPod touch … Continue reading →

A few years ago I saw Mike Daisy perform Monopoly at the PICA TBA festival. He sat behind a desk and told a two-hour monologue that wove together Nikola Tesla’s battle against Thomas Edison over electricity, the history of the … Continue reading →