With all the goofy stuff in this town I’m surprised that someone (or some group) has not started doing this. Link
New garmin website featured good-ol-Oregon. There are 16 things to find in The Land of Oregon. How many items can you find? Visit the site, take a look around, and start exploring. Anyone know what agency built the site?
Flickr set of “The End” in TV shows and movies. Takes me back… Link
Craigslist at it’s best is a gift and a curse for both parties. I have seen amazing things unfold (Your Mr. or Ms. right, your ‘dream job’ or even your next car) using this simple but amazing website and I have seen amazing problems (Your Mr. or Ms. wrong, your ‘worst job ever’ and even your last lemon.) Love it or hate it CL can be a powerful tool in your job-search (or employee hunt for that matter). James Dilworth has written up some good tips on how to use Craigslist to get a job. I think his insight is helpful. Take a look.
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Introduce your work to the world. Enter Communication Arts magazine’s 15th Interactive Competition. Judged by the who’s who in interactive media, the jury’s selections will be published in the 2009 Interactive Annual and on the Communication Arts Web site, assuring a prominent place on the industry’s premier stage. Deadline for entries is December 15,2008. Any project—interface design, educational and entertainment programs, interactive product display, self-promotion—created for digital distribution is eligible: |
From the Portland Biz Journal
The University of Oregon wants to change one of Portland’s most iconic symbols.
The beloved “Made in Oregon” sign that sits atop the White Stag building at 70 N.W. Couch St. in Old Town/China Town would be altered to say “University of Oregon” under a plan to be proposed by the university. The university’s Portland campus is the principal occupant of the building.
The sign — a designated city landmark famous for its outline of Oregon and a leaping red-nosed Rudolph — would otherwise be unchanged, said Jan Oliver, the university’s associate vice president for institutional affairs.
“It will of course keep Rudolph, it will keep all of the lights,” Oliver said. “We want to keep everything that’s considered historic as part of the sign. We’re limiting what we change to what it says.”
From the Biz Journal
Adidas AG on Thursday reported third-quarter double-digit sales growth, but is showing signs of struggle in North America.
The world’s second-biggest sporting goods maker, which has its North American headquarters in Portland, reported third-quarter income of $384 million, a 2 percent increase over the prior year. Its third-quarter earnings per share jumped 6 percent to $1.95 per share.
The Herzogenaurach, Germany-based company’s sales for the quarter rose 11 percent to $3.9 billion, led by a 15 percent sales growth in the Adidas brand and 12 percent in the TaylorMade golf brand. Sales in the Reebok brand declined 1 percent.
Adidas, however, is having a tough time in North America.
The company reported double-digit sales increases in every geographic region except for North America, which rose just 4 percent. A 10 percent increase in North American sales for the Adidas brand was washed out by a 10 percent drop in sales of Reebok products.
Adidas said it expects high single-digit growth for the remainder of the year, but the global economic crisis is making a forecast for 2009 difficult.
As a result, Adidas retracted early 2009 guidance and plans to provide a new outlook when reporting its 2008 full-year results in March.
From the Portland Biz Journal
Columbia Sportswear Co. announced Tuesday it will lay off 4 percent of its employees.
The Portland-based provider of outdoor apparel and footwear (NASDAQ: COLM) said the move affects 75 of its 1,800 employees.
“Our recently announced 11 percent decline in orders for spring 2009 and our expectation that U.S. market conditions will remain challenging through 2009, make it necessary for us to better align our planned spending with those realities,” Tim Boyle, Columbia’s president and CEO, said in a statement.
Two weeks ago the company announced third quarter results that beat analyst estimates, despite declines in sales and earnings.
OK- My fellow Americans. After this I promise to tone down the Obama politico postings and get back to blogging about items that are more “on-topic”. But there is SO much good stuff I had to do a little more. Can’t get enough? Want more? What was it like in Portland? Take a look. The above photo is one of a great series on Boston.com. Does this guy ever take a bad photo? If the new Prez can live up to a 10th of the hype that surrounds him we are in for an amazing ride. Here are a few more relevant images that made me laugh.
I was thumbing through the most recent copy of Oregon Business Magazine and found a good interview with our soon-to-be Mayor Sam Adams. Here is one Q & A that i thought you may find Interesting. Oh- Almost forgot to mention this great illustration done by Martin Gee.
Q:You’ve talked about families and working wages and other broad ideas. Get down to specifics. How will you prioritize some very specific things?
A: We have Adidas, Nike, Columbia Sportswear; we have [footwear maker] Keen. These are four or five of some of the biggest apparel firms and they’re importing their design talent. They can be partners with us to make sure we have a national-class design school. I’m interested in partnering up with the best European or Asian design schools to have an outpost here in Portland. The global economy plays a very big role in my mind because — whether I like it or not is not the question — my job is to make sure Portland and the Portland region and the state succeed in it. I intend to do whatever I can from the public side to provide leadership or to use this office as a bully pulpit and get the players to work together. If we’re building those partnerships then I think we can move quickly in terms of being best in our class in some areas. You know, if we’re not best in our class in the green and sustainable industries then shame on us — it was ours to lose. —Full Story Here.
