http://www.modernworkweek.com Fresh Ideas For The Modern Workplace Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:45:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I believe it was my business partner Jessica who first said the word Pinterest out loud. I asked what she was referring to and I was shown this odd website that looked like a mix between an ad agency's mood wall and some gal's "vision board".  I joked that I ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2012/01/wtf-is-pinterest/ A new year means it's time for new goals - or more importantly, a new goals project! Those who read my blog regularly will recall that last year, inspired by a friend who set out to perform 100 goals in 100 days, I began a project to complete 50 goals ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2012/01/50-goals-in-first-quarter/ Last night marked the end of daylights savings time, and as such, our clocks were moved back one hour. When I was a kid, I recall quite a bit of effort taking place to make this happen, as my parents would have to manually change each clock in the ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/11/in-time-more-or-less/ There is a large, framed and very old photograph hanging in the back hallway of a bar in downtown Portland that captured my attention the very first time I saw it.  This washed out, turn of the century black and white photograph shows a barren hillside, upon which sits two ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/08/portland-cable-railway-company/ This evening I watched President Obama address the nation with regards to the debt ceiling controversy that has been raging in DC and beyond for a few months now.  I also watched Speaker Boehner's response to President.  Both men made it clear that it's the opposing party's inability to compromise ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/07/supply-and-demand/ Has it really been almost two months since I've written a blog post?  My dear, faithful readers - my sincerest apologies, but your humble narrator has been rather busy carving out an entirely new life in which to live - and thus has been unable to find the time to document ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/07/dreaming-in-the-land-of-plenty/ Bob Dylan turns 70 this month and tributes are pouring in from around the world.  I figured it was only appropriate that I take a moment to put down some thoughts on the man who I point to as the most influential person in my life (parents not included of course).  While ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/05/things-i-learned-from-bob-dylan/ A few years ago I heard Penn Jillette, the vocal half of the magic group Penn & Teller relay a funny story about his mother.  The duo had just completed their opening night performance in NYC and as the tradition goes, had stayed up all night to await their review ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/05/a-proud-mamas-boy/ A new month, on a fresh week, on a gorgeous day - what better moment than the present to transform yourself? After having some mild success in the first 3 months of 2011 with my Goals Project - I spent the month of April reviewing how I did, and trying to ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/05/may-flowers/ I didn't grow up in Portland, Oregon.  The first two thirds of my life were spent on the east side of America – and I'm not certain I had even heard of a place called Portland before some friends and I decided to move here.  As such, what little knowledge ... http://www.modernworkweek.com/2011/04/a-night-at-the-oriental-theater/