A fun evening of Art + Wine
Andrea Becker, Yellowbook & Mary Benz, thinkspace We had a successful event last night and had nearly 70 people inside our space. I want to say thank you to everyone that attended. Great tasting food was provided by Grand Peking and splendid wine provided by Hollywood Hill Vineyards. We had all kinds of tasty Chinese […]
The Blog Bling Mixer
Last night we had the Blog Bling Mixer. We had a good mix of beginner bloggers as well as some expert bloggers. We wrote down topics on the whiteboard and everyone had a chance to vote for what they wanted to hear and learn about. The first topic was about “Widgets – What are they, […]
Low-VOC Paint versus traditional paint
I just picked up another gallon of paint today for the coworking space. I decided to compare the VOC content of Sherwin Williams Duration paint versus Sherwin Williams Super Paint. Paint Type g/l lb/gal Duration 48 0.40 Super Paint […]
USB Flash drives made from sticks
Companies are making USB Flash drive and housing them in odd materials. In the span of 24 hours I’m seeing the USB Flash Drives in compressed recycled paper and the strangest is inside sticks. The one’s pictured here are made from silver birch which are grown in Berkshire, England. I haven’t read anything about this […]
Fun recycled marketing collateral
Back during the Green Festival Seattle, I found a company called the Sustainable Group. They sell really cool looking office supplies like the Repocket (shown here in the picture). All of their stuff is made of recycled cardboard! It really makes quite a statement when you put your marketing collateral inside one of these folders. […]
Ways to remain relevant, powerful, and influential in business and still be a great parent
I’ve had a few very interesting conversations in the last two weeks. One is with Christine Blumer, CEO of CRB Consulting and the other is with Lisa Hufford, President of Simplicity Consulting. Both of these women are extremely successful people and have had great work experience at Microsoft. Both Christine and Lisa left their jobs […]
Ron Sims: A Politician that gets Twitter
Ron Sims is using Twitter and I’ve been following him for about one month. I think it’s really cool that he’s embracing technology as way to communicate with people. Back when Governor Locke was King County Executive, I volunteered in his campaign office while he ran Governor. I never really had that close a look […]
Battery Recycling at thinkspace!
Don’t throw your batteries in the trash, recycle them at thinkspace! We are now offering our clients battery recycling. We will accept rechargeable and non-rechargeable, such as D-cell, C-cell, AA, AAA, 9-volt, and button cells. King County offers local communities Recycling Collection Events for businesses and residents where you can drop off reusable and recyclable materials including batteries, […]
The Writing Doctors are In
Event: October 14, 2008 from 7:00pm – 9:30pm. Register: The Writing Doctors are In. In a world of Web sites, blogs, e-mail, electronic records and written proposals, the written word has become just as important as prototype design, contract negotiations or the first handshake. But how do you know your writing is snappy, substantive and […]
Virtual office – Seattle attorney Sitlani establishes Redmond presence
David Sitlani, from the Law offices of David Ravi Sitlani, initially toured thinkspace in the midst of the build out, dodging construction workers, looking at blueprints and listening to details of this new sustainable/creative office space in Redmond. Having just started his law practice with the main office in Seattle, he was looking for executive office […]