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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           NEMO Presents: Portland Looking Up -Artwork by Chris Donnelly

Join us Friday, August 7, 2009 for the opening reception of Portland Looking Up – featuring the paintings and carvings of artist Chris Donnelly.

Portland Looking Up will highlight Chris Donnelly’s work of paintings and carvings. The exhibit will focus on Donnelly’s travels through Portland, where he became captivated by the shapes of the industrial water towers, and their contrast to the neighborhoods below.

Discovering Portland by bicycle last summer, Chris noticed the shapes quietly looming overhead. Like floating ships or low-tech space ships at rest just above the neighborhoods, these water towers have a presence. As if monuments from a bygone era, they fade into the landscape despite their size and visibility. These giant vessels venerate our most precious resource. The striking blue sky of Portland summer provides the backdrop for these strong shapes. While strong and industrial looking, their round shapes and patina create a friendly character. Painting these pictures helped Chris get to know Portland.

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The folks at Twitter have put together a fine deck of slides for businesses who are still struggling with how to use the Twitter platform. The same insights can be used for personal tweeting too but I prefer to see Twitter as a very effective business tool. Below is one of the slides that explains you don’t even need a Twitter account if you want to listen to what people are saying about your brand. The slides are a must read for all businesses or business owners. Download the PDF here.

(l to r) @adognamedpants @pampelmoose @motorcoatdave – pic:Cathy Cheney | Portland Business Journal

The Portland Business Journal ran an article today about the head-to-head that the Portland Advertising Federation and their Rosey Awards show is having with the the Noseys, a non-federated, creative community inspired subversive start-up. The Noseys campaign began on Twitter and has been supported solely by the local creative community that objected to the Rosey Awards’ ‘talking smack’ campaign.

The Noseys is a clear example of how ‘owning the message’ online will always be a difficult task. In this case the PAF president, Jerry Ketel of local ad firm Leopold Ketel, embraced the subversive nature of the Noseys campaign and immediately embraced it. The Noseys viral campaign has now moved beyond the web as this article shows.

Synopsis – No money, grassroots, community support, Flickr and Twitter = Nosey Awards

@noseyawards @adognamedpants @motorcoatdave @pampelmoose

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“Facing the Future” as delivered by HRH The Prince of Wales, St James’s Palace State Apartments, London

From the Who, How, Now series, Bonus parts four and five.

Bryce Kanights shares memories from his early days skating with San Francisco crew the Sick Boys, his first years at Thrasher Magazine, and what skateboarding is to him.

Bryce Kanights- Bonus- Part 4 from Nemo Entertainment on Vimeo.

Bryce Kanights explains his passion and dedication to skateboarding, shares his time capsule of magazines and memories.

Bryce Kanights- Bonus- Part 5 from Nemo Entertainment on Vimeo.

Part three from the Who, How, Now series.  Bryce Kanights takes his dog to the park, then meets up with Chet Childress to skate.

Bryce Kanights- Part 3 of 3 from Nemo Entertainment on Vimeo.