Archive for April 2011
Oregon Sustainability Center Public Meeting – Be There!
You are invited to attend a presentation of the final Schematic Design for the Oregon Sustainability Center. This will be an opportunity to get an update on the status and timeline for the project from the project leaders (Oregon University System, City of Portland, Portland Development Commission, Portland State University, and Oregon Living Building Initiative)…
Read MoreAnyone seen the laptop with the Software on it?
I always plan to arrive at tradeshows, demos, and exercises unreasonably early, for setup time. Just getting an unfiltered Internet connection at tradeshows or customer offices, required for demos, can be very difficult and time consuming – leading to delayed meetings, demos not working, and much in the way of horsing around in front of…
Read MoreLaunching New Product at Tactical C4 Show – Booth 23. Come see me there!
Off to the AFCEA “Tactical C4 Conference” where PacStar is introducing a new product. I’m excited about this launch because the development process for this new product was clever…we built it in partnership with a local PDX company that had a unique speciality that perfectly fit our needs, and they have been absolutely terrific to work with.…
Read MoreSustainable IT Recommendations to OSC
Last summer, I got involved with the Oregon Sustainability Center (OSC), in and effort to raise the visibility of the role that IT plays in meeting the energy effeciency goals of this ground breaking commercial building project. In collaboration with Mark Gregory, AVP from PSU and other local stakeholders and volunteers, we formed an all-volunteer advisory board…
Read MoreHow long does it take to approve a press release?
Hint: Working with large public OEM partners…be sure to leave 60+ days for an approval cycle for press releases. Requires 3+ layers of management approval, and corporate PR and corporate Legal review. Even when it’s not a joint release, but your own.
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