Here are the videos from Interesting PDX, Thursday April 9th, 2009. One thing to mention: we set up the lights and stage so it was less of a performance feel -which makes for crap video quality. Apologies.
- What We Still Don’t Know Beneath the astounding brilliance and seemingly bottomless knowledge of science, humanities and technology are some shockingly fundamental unknowns. Unknowns that when recognized don’t undermine everything we know, rather liberate us from the shackles of what we think we know.
Brett Macfarlane, DDB Canada, brettmacfarlane.typepad.com
Jeff Fairchild, New Seasons Market
- Dare To Go I will talk about what drove me to go to Afghanistan with nearly $100 US dollars in my pocket, a one-way plane ticket and no promise of a job.
Liz Grover, Self employed web designer and writer, www.lizgrover.com
- A Contemporary Idea of Justice The idea of justice has developed in Western culture since Socrates and Plato, about 400 BCE. Twentieth century philosopher John Rawls articulated a theory of justice which anyone can put into play in order to evaluate past or future decisions. Rawls says it will inevitably produce two principles of justice for the creation of a fair society.
Lani Roberts, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Philosophy Department, Oregon State University
Voodoo Doughnuts, www.voodoodoughnut.com
- One Day Robert Duncan Went Insane The San Francisco poet, Robert Duncan, who I studied under in graduate school, one day went insane. He was hospitalised with the threat of being placed in the psych ward until an old friend of his suggested a possible cause.
Doug Lowel, ID Branding, www.idbranding.com
- A Brief (and otherwise secret) History of Sans Serif Typeface Do you know that the sans serif letterform is 125-years old? I’ll rapidly take you through its visual history – juicy scandals included.
Bram Pitoyo, Link En Fuego, brampitoyo.com, linkenfuego.wordpress.com
- Story Games: How to Play Them, and Why Stories don’t have to come from Hollywood professionals. Learn how to replace your social TV night with great serial fiction you and your non-performer, “not creative” friends create yourselves.
Mike Sugarbaker, gibberish.com
- 1927: The Real Birth of Cool A three-minute, bumper-car history of American modernism weaving together bathtub gin and jazz-age economics, Bix Beiderbecke, skyscrapers and urban density, Buster Keaton, Hart Crane, and Edward Hopper—all from the vantage point of one year: 1927 (the year we learned that, over and above hard work, the quest for pleasure was a worthwhile pursuit)
Tim DuRoche, www.timduroche.variousartists.org www.portlandspaces.net/blog/the-burnside-blog
- Ode to Grandpa (of Trifectas, Pigeons and More) My grandpa who died about this time 2 years ago brought so much color to my world through his eclectic (now, seemingly) interests including off-track betting, raising and racing pigeons, and playing the concertina. I’d like to share mini-anecdotes, with some pictures to accompany.
Julie Duryea, souk (a coworking space), www.soukllc.com
- How to Live With a Jack Russell Terror I will bring a Survival Kit I’ve put together for all owners, or would-be owners, of Jack Russell Terriers
Janice Bradford, Design Threads, www.designthreads.com
- Something Out Of Nothing Improvisers make something out of nothing. We will create some spontaneous theatre, reveal some of the basic building blocks of co-creation, and invite the audience to become instant improvisers.
Gary Hirsch, On Your Feet, www.oyf.com, Super Project Lab, www.superprojectlab.com, Dooodlehouse, www.doodlehouse.com
- 10 Lessons of a Bicycle Delivery Soupman Since starting SoupCycle nine months ago, Jed has made over 2,000 bicycle deliveries of organic soups. Here are the lessons he’s learned from the streets of Portland.
Jed Lazar, SoupCycle, www.soupcycle.com
- It’s a Feel Thing Why the what is not nearly as important as the how and when and where this is most important.
Victor Johnson, P-POP Entertainment and Publishing, www.victorjohnson.com
- The Magic of the Magic Bus I found a converted school bus and took a bunch of geeks to Seattle. This is our story.
Alex Williams, Podcast Hotel
Rob Wilcox
- Everyone Needs a Little Space I’ve asked thousands of gap-toothed people to tell me their story. Here’s what they had to say.
Noel Franus, franus.com
Petter Moe, past Norse Hall President
- Does Chocolate Contain Caffeine? Well, does it?
Jason Sherwood, Choffy