Author and consultant, Joseph Grenny, writing in Business Week, sees a future where we learn to manage our internet addictions with the help of technology. Smartphones, tablets, MP3 players, GPS-enabled gadgets, and ubiquitous Internet access will continue to feed and...
Portland Is Open for Business
Portland Mayor Sam Adams is not running for re-election, but he is working hard to do the job Portlanders hired him to do. For one, Adams wants Portland to be "the scrappiest small global city in the United States." That means exports, among other things. "Even...
TBD: Oregon’s Next Representative To The U.S. House
Lawyer and Democratic state Sen. Suzanne Bonamici is competing against Republican business consultant Rob Cornilles for Oregon's 1st Congressional district seat (vacated by sex scandal-ridden David Wu). This is what Bonamici and Cornilles look like on TV, which is...
Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre
Are you suffering from Information Age blues? Drowning in data with no time or inclination to sort through it all? You are not alone. "The issue nowadays is to some extent the need for good filters, pushing away information after centuries of seeking it," writes...
Earthy Crunchy Candidate Runs For Mayor
New Seasons Market co-founder Eileen Brady is running for Mayor of Portland. She says, "Portland needs real people with real experience" in City Hall. Which means experience earned in business, not politics. According to The Oregonian, if elected Brady would give her...