Topic: Portland

Laid Off

In the span of 15 minutes on Tuesday I was laid off from my job managing MaineBusiness.com and given a new job as a night content producer for the Portland Press Herald. I went from working from 6am to 2pm, Monday through Friday and ...READ»

Wisconsin Background Checks

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Clean Technology at Innotech

Investing in clean technology might be the way out of this messy economy, but first you've got to tackle things like leveraging the stimulus package and "mapping the green IT landscape." More than 30 leading professions ...READ»

A Cheap Solution to Portland Airport's Liquid Waste Problem

Ever wince at the amount of waste left over from tossed toiletries and bottled drinks at airport security lines. So do airports--and not just because of the environmental costs. Hauling away these heavy containers costs big money for ...READ»

• The Central Park International Airport Hoax

Better Buses Through Psychology

Suppport for mass transit is growing, as more people learn about the perilous costs of our carbon habit. Urban planners typically respond with a built-it-and-they-will-come attitude: Getting more people on buses, for example, is just ...READ»

The Portland Art Museum Transforms an Exhibition Into a Social Platform

A new exhibition is a wake-up call for businesses that have been slow to adopt platform thinking. Companies, non-profits and cultural institutions can all learn from its example.READ»

• Steve McCallion's Beyond the Widget blog

Going MiaGreen in Miami

Riding the green wave to MiamiREAD»

A Day in the Life of Work: Wave Runner

A former lawyer found her true calling as a harbor pilot, steering 1,000-foot tanker ships through Portland's waterways.READ»

Is Print Dead?

Is Print Dead? How Digital Media is Changing the Face of Publishing Mobile phone. Audiobook. Ereader. Social Media. Widget. What do these all have in common? Each of these forms of digital media, and the rate of consumer ...READ»

Building Denmark's Design Identity, One Sale at a Time

The Crafts Collection promotes Danish designers who might otherwise get overshadowed. Their new wares include brilliant stacking mugs and gorgeous bikes.READ»

They had climbed the towers. Claravis story.

He had seen this many times, watching the tapes in Osaka. READ»

Developers, Start Your Engines: NYC's Grand Experiment in Mobile Apps

The city is offering $20,000 to whomever designs a web or mobile app that best uses any of 170 public data sets--from health inspections to traffic updates.READ»

How The Fashion Industry Is Greening Its Operation

While being eco-friendly has been in style the last few years, it’s questionable whether green will still be fashionable next season.READ»

• Green Fashion Goes Mainstream
• 9 Daring Ideas That Blend Fashion and Sustainability

Reaching those who need us

Apex Technology Management, Inc contributes the best solutions to IT problems and challenges that face businesses and professional offices in this area.  We have the largest, best certified staff and the most innovative mindset of ...READ»

How the Portland Art Museum Is Bringing Art to the People

Its latest exhibition, China Design Now, uses crowdsourcing and experience design to shift the museum’s role from curator to moderator, and to put the museum in the center of a global conversation.READ»

• Steve McCallion's Beyond the Widget blog

Ziba Design's New HQ Is a Sustainable Pillar of the Community

The Portland-based strategic innovation and design consultancy builds a new office that also builds their neighborhood.READ»

• Designers Accord Case Studies

Five Cities That Got Civic Apps Before San Francisco (Sorry, Gavin)

This morning, San Francisco mayor (and 2010 gubernatorial candidate) Gavin Newsom announced the launch of DataSF.org, a Web site that will serve as a hub for the mountains of data streaming out of San Francisco's government agencies. ...READ»

Rapid-Prototyping Gets Serious: Fabricates Entire Building

Radiolaria is designed by Shiro Studio architects, and it's a pretty cool free-form structure that will act as a pavilion. But perhaps the coolest thing about it is that its designer is using the worlds largest rapid-prototyping ...READ»

The Woes of a Union in Trouble

I understand why unions exist. Fair wages, fair hours, fair benefits. But what happens when you are a part of a union that you don’t agree with? I am a new hire at MaineToday and the Portland Press Herald. The job I was hired ...READ»

The Eco-Conscious Thanksgiving Menu: Now Serving Greens!

The hidden cost of overeating on Thanksgiving isn't just an expanding waistline; it's a fatter carbon footprint, too. Studies show that most groceries travel about 1,500 miles from the farm to store shelves. The same distance ...READ»

Community Wind Gets a Boost on Maine's Fox Islands

As utilities scramble to reach emissions targets with massive renewable energy projects and smart meter rollouts, it's important to remember that community-owned renewable energy is a viable--and sometimes better--alternative. And ...READ»

Portland Art Museum Tells the Story of China's Newest Dynasty: Design

An exhibition at the Portland Art Museum, "China Design Now," positions design as China's newest dynasty.READ»

• Steve McCallion's Beyond the Widget blog

Vintage Bohemia: Small Hotels Take On the Dark Side of Interior Design

A new book extolling the design trend of the past several years--a recreated, embellished vintage look incorporating brick, iron, wood, velvet, and fur--at last christens a genre of interior design seen from New York to Paris. Dark ...READ»

The Brand Man

Trevor Edwards, 46 VP, global brand and category management, Nike His Nike+ service for the iPod Nano, now built into the iPod Touch, proved that consumers had an appetite for apps customized to their lives. Nike+ has ...READ»

• Mobile App Mania
• The Storekeeper
• The Developer

Electric Motorcycle Competition Revs Up: Zero S Streets Alongside Brammo Enertia

Just last week, we reported that the Brammo Enertia officially went on sale at a Best Buy store in Portland, but the Zero S Electric Motorcycle--also for urban commuters--wasn't going to be left out. The electric street bike is ...READ»