Merkley Halloween

Senator Jeff Merkley – YES!

Yeah! We carved pumpkins for the Merkley and Obama campaigns!

Voting

We had a great voting party here last night.Voting Party 2008

About 25 people and a reporter and photographer from the Oregonian showed up for our voting party. Can’t wait to see how the story turns out.  Here’s how to host a similar gathering where you live!

Here’s the full article!

Today had a neat meeting with Marc of Opening to Life Studio to work on his website and make some improvements. And in the afternoon met with Robin Denberg to discuss helping him with his website and marketing his real estate agency. Also on the phone to Tim of the Tummy Temple to discuss next steps as an on-line marketer for his business, so it’s been a busy week.

Regarding my various ideas I’ve been following up with the City on the telephone opt out idea and they provided some information on how I, as an individual, could opt out – great.  Working on it.  The Portland City Council reaffirmed its 4-0 vote against changing the zoning of Colwood Golfcourse, thus making the path to a new urban farming training institute one step closer to reality.

The sun is blazing out right now, so I must go outside and watch squirrels move apples to and fro.  More work tomorrow, I’m sure.  Oh, and recruiters seem to be anxiously and actively finding me via Monster and elsewhere and promoting me to various area companies, so I’m imagining that something good this way comes.  enjoy the sunshine!

albertideation

Just back from the Beaming Bioneers in Seattle

Bioneers

Beaming Bioneers - Seattle 2008

Beaming Bioneers – Seattle 2008

We traveled to Seattle for the Beaming Bioneers conference. Once again, got inspired and am refreshed by a plethora of new ideas and connections.  There is nothing quite like the Bioneers to wake you up and get you ready to change the world for the better.  I’m considering organizing the 20th anniversary Bioneers conference (Beaming version) in Portland for 2009.  Until then, I’ve gotten started with a new website which mirrors what has been done in New Mexico (where the offices of Bioneers are) on mapping out a green energy future. dreamingoregon.org coming soon to a world wide web near you!

Welcome to albertideation – a home for ideas and ideation to flourish!

Welcome to the new home for albertideation – thinking = ideation.

This is where friends and colleagues can come together to work on ideas whose time has come.

Often, an idea just needs a little tweaking, advocacy, or a push to become a reality. Some of the ideas I intend to flesh out on these pages are place-specific to Portland, Oregon, but all can probably be templated/replicated and used anywhere. Sometimes the ideas are mine, and sometimes they are shared with others – in my ideal world, ideas are open-source, and I offer each of these ideas in this spirit.

Albert Kaufman

Albert Kaufman

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