On Saturday, June 20, there will be a tweetup at Hale’s Ales on Leary Way NW in Fremont. This is the public tweetup that’s following the Common Ground social media event at the Fremont Fair. Come hang out with the cool kids! WHERE: Hale’s Ales, 4301 Leary Way NW, Seattle, WA WHEN: June 20, 2009, from 5pm-7pm WHO: Anyone in the Seattle area who would like to meet fellow social...
read moreSEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – January 1, 2009 – Please forgive the indulgence. I’m writing this down to make my commitment public. 1. For me, 2009 is the Year of the Body. My entire life, I’ve given priority to thinking, reading and working with absolutely no interest in fitness, health or even just plain ol’ taking care of myself. I mean, ZERO, NADA, NONE. The neglect...
read moreSEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – December 20, 2008 – We got about a foot of snow this month and were trapped in the house, unable to get off our ridge safely. The entire neighborhood was covered in deep, wet snow and our streets were sheet ice. At one point we were sliding completely sideways, effortlessly, down a hill into traffic. Jena took the time off to craft a snowdog at the end of...
read moreSEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA – December 31, 2007 – Every year since 2004, I’ve felt more and more compelled to do something more meaningful and impactful. I see increasing imbalance in our world, a focus on self that’s ultimately self-destructive. Every January, I say something about it on my website. Every December, I’ve been left wondering if I made the slightest difference. This...
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KITTITAS, WASHINGTON, USA – August 27, 2007 – Our Flickr meetup group got an invitation to tour Puget Sound Energy’s Wild Horse Wind Farm in eastern Washington. As we walked around these massive turbines, each over 220 feet tall, with their 125′ blades spinning through the air directly above my head, all I could think of was DUH. As in, why exactly, again, can’t we...
read moreI want to write a little bit about the role of Creative Director. You see, the best creative director I’ve ever met has died. His name is Mach Arom, and he was executive creative director for FCB Interactive in New York. I just found out he died on August 23rd, while doing humanitarian work in Rwanda. I worked with Mach while we were at Magnet Interactive in Washington DC. Mach was the...
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