When you think of where digital and tech entrepreneurs are concentrated, three cities come to mind: San Francisco, Boston and Austin. You couldn’t find three places with more distinct personalities. But which one is the best environment to foster innovation? Austinites like to think that we own that space for very ...more +
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If a council were formed to determine a list of the “Founding Fathers” of the Portland design community, Byron Ferris’s name would have to be near the top of that list. Sure, there were others who grew to be big-wigs in advertising, but you’d be hard pressed to find someone ...more +
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If you haven't worked with a staffing agency before, never mind one focused strictly on creative positions, the process might be shrouded in a certain amount of mystery. Where does your application go, when will you hear back, and how do we determine who's the right fit for each job? ...more +
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I do SEO full time, in-house, for a large e-commerce company. After that, I scroll through the latest industry news, do some side consulting, and look out for cool online marketing campaigns as I careen around the Internet. In short: I think about SEO a lot, but I recognize I’m ...more +
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What would happen if you decided to stop working in advertising or design and attempted to start a business of your own? How would it feel to sit on the other side of the table and ask for help selling your product? Would you know how to talk about what ...more +
9 years ago
Working in coffee houses can fatten you up like a holiday turkey. It’s not like they serve wheatgrass. Your choices are scones (fat), croissants (fatter) and granola (fattest). Good thing there’s “coworking”—a healthy alternative for the freelance professional. Finders coworkers Coworking spaces are workspaces within existing companies. Finding them is ...more +
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The 1960s design scene in Portland had elements that may seem familiar to designers today: passionate creatives, a small community, and a collaborative work ethic. Out of this creative pool emerged Byron Ferris, Bennet Norrbo, and Charles Politz, three men whose careers overlapped, who influenced each other and yet left ...more +
9 years ago
I’m halfway through my developer bootcamp, filling my brain with JavaScript and preparing to transition my skills out of the classroom and into a job. Along the way, I’ve been collecting resources: documentation libraries for Orchestrate and jQuery, tutorials like Mozilla Developer’s Network and Treehouse, and oodles of bookmarked pages for projects ...more +
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