Stories
That Time I Pitched Apple With Nothing
Sometimes you just gotta say fugget and swing. It was autumn of 2006, I had been in Portland for about a week and change. I still had some client work…
Working with the Villain
There are a lot of really crazy scenarios that I have found myself in over the course of my career, but very few where I have felt like I was…
Stressfest 1: Flipbooks and Sandwiches
Sometimes things get crazy in the ad world, and I mean CRAZY. There are some touchdowns you have to land with 110%, especially if the project is on fire and…
Chillin Like Chameleons
Every once in a while, if you have enough projects and enough clients in your rear view mirror, statistics provide that you will get an easy one. Geoff and Caitlynn…
The Plumber Who Would Be King
I dedicate this tale, with all due respect, to the George Morlan Plumbing Supply Company of Portland, OR. With its distinctive vintage sign giving Foster Road a happy neon jig…
A Loopy Fiasco: The Game Don't Wait
In hindsight, this one really could be filed under pure common sense, but we all make mistakes along the way, it's how we learn and get wrinkles. Back in 2005,…
Once Upon a Time on Dearborn (My First Job)
It was the year 2000! So many schlock sci fi stories start that way, most involve brutality, radiation and nuclear war. Mutations and a scrappy band of survivors determined to…
Damn Timmy : Project Management Gone Wrong
Prelude: everything that follows in this tale is 100% my fault. I still have love for the agency in question and continue to admire their work. Several of their key…
Tagging First Base: Starting Out
One question that I’ve gotten many times over the years is how exactly I got started in web work. There are several ways to skin that cat, but for the…