From the category archives:

Economy

Maybe Portland Doesn’t Suck After All… (pt.1)

November 17, 2009

As of this month I’ve lived in Portland for 4 years. I’ve been to 46 of the 50 states and when I decided to make the move from my hometown of Seattle I realized that I could have moved virtually anywhere.

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A Little Bit About Funding…

October 27, 2009

I’d like to briefly take the opportunity to thank everyone for all of their emails and DM’s regarding today’s episode and the “funding” issue that we touched on, it means a lot.

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Tagged as: creepy old men, employment, funding, lies, payroll, venture capital

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The Oregon Unemployment Rate Goes Up, States Violent Crimes Are Down

September 15, 2009

Violent crime in the state of Oregon hits a 40-year low from 2007 to 2008. No where in their article does it mention how our fair state compares with others in the nation, but who cares?

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Tagged as: bandit of the week, busted newspaper, crime rate in oregon, KGW, oregon crime stats report, oregon unemployment rate, oregon violent crimes, portlanders playing with fire

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Pay to Play. Is This Really News?

September 10, 2009

There was a recent article in OregonLive.com that talked about how school kids are having to pay for social/sporting activities, shelling out money to play sports, get a yearbook, play a musical instrument etc. Is this anything new?

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Tagged as: activities, dance team, Economy, OregonLive.com, parkrose high school, schools

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Selling Out

August 20, 2009

Here’s an excerpt from an email I received earlier today from a disgruntled reader/listener who is a little bit peeved about the advertising that’s popped up on the site these past couple of weeks…

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Tagged as: advertisers, being broke sucks, big bucks, making money, Podcast, portland blogger, selling out, sponsorships

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TriMet Nukes Fareless Square Free For All

August 12, 2009

Enjoy those TriMet Fareless Square rides while you can kids, as of January 3rd it all comes to a screeching halt.

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Tagged as: bus, fareless square, free ride zone, free routes, january 3rd, Portland, schedules, trimet, vote

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Is My Money Just No Good Here?

August 8, 2009

It’s hard enough in this market to explain to people that I want to advertise a podcast or an internet radio show, it’s even harder when no one seems to know what the fuck that is.

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Tagged as: advertising, media buyer, newspaper, Oregon, Podcast, Portland, print, radio, roi, television

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Dear Portland Radio, Please Pull Your Head Out of Your Butt

June 27, 2009

In the past few months we’ve all been watching as, one by one, all of our favorite local radio personalities have lost their jobs. It’s an epidemic, and it’s all been made public enough where I needn’t even bother naming names. You can’t blame the iPod because it hasn’t just been the music stations. You [...]

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Tagged as: dj, internet, local, personalities, Podcast, portland radio, streaming radio

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Goodbye Beer Tax, Hello Beer Tax

June 4, 2009

Even as Oregon State Rep Ben Cannon’s completely stupid tax on beer has up and died, he’s already brewing up a new way to fuck local breweries. Sure, Ben’s heard the expected boo’s and hisses that greeted his 1900% tax increase on beer and now he’s coming right back with a slightly more palatable tax [...]

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Tagged as: Beer Tax, ben cannon, breweries, House Bill 2461, oregon beer, Podcast, state rep

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Vidoop: Another One Bites The Dust….

May 31, 2009

Just a couple of years ago it felt like Portland was the place to be for a tech or internet startup, now they’re dropping like flies. Yesterday it was announced that the latest casualty in this mess is to be Vidoop, LLC – another victim of investor pullout. While Vidoop struggles to figure out how [...]

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