Disconnected Connectedness

In the exciting new world that is Web 2.0, it’s all about the social networking.  There are some very cool sites that help people network around common relationships, common hobbies, common web surfing habits, common wine palates, common brands of hair spray, common transportation choices, common preferences in vacation getaways, and on and on we [...]

The green apron people just made a good move

Coffee geek post here. 
Starbucks announced on Wednesday that they are acquiring a Seattle coffee equipment company that makes a machine known as the Clover.  This small, funky looking gizmo is an innovative thing of beauty. 
What does it do, you ask?  It brews drip coffee . . . but it does it really, [...]

Weekend wrap-up

Well, I’m sitting here, finally at a place to unwind a little after the past few days.  They were good, good days, to be sure, but definitely full, and thought-full, and tiring.
The conference was very good.  In some ways, it was a lot like many events I’ve been to over the past eight or nine [...]

Bikes to Rwanda

This is a very cool deal that the coffee and bicycling communities of Portland, Oregon have put together. One of the ways that Rwanda is being rebuilt after its devastating civil wars is through the coffee industry. Stumptown Coffee asked the coffee farmers what they needed, and they said bikes. So, bikes [...]

Perkatory Cafe

Earlier this week, the Perkatory Cafe went live at The Purple Door. It’s a partnership between the college ministry I’m a part of, and a local church. We’re open for some limited hours to start with, but hopefully we’ll expand those as time goes. Good, fairly traded coffee will be served, along [...]

Denmark Observations - entry 1

While only in Denmark for a few short days, I noticed some cultural stuff that surprised me. First, I was surprised at just how similar the popular clothing fashions are. In one sense, because of the global media and marketplace I shouldn’t be surprised, but my past experience traveling to Europe has been [...]