Green Office Space: Use thermal imaging to identify heat loss
I’ve worked hard to green the office space at thinkspace. Most of my effort has been on the interior of the building. I’m now taking my first step to identify ways to make my green office footprint smaller by improving the energy efficiency of the exterior. Post people take steps to make sure they have […]
House with a small footprint & exceptional design
Tonight, before dinner, I was walking out on the E Lake Sammamish Trail and walked by the best house on E Lake Sammamish. The house is located right on the lake and has a spectacular view. I happened to meet the owner of the house and she was so kind to give me a tour. […]
Sammamish Chamber of Commerce Luncheon: Blogging for your Business
Steve Broback and Jason Preston from the Parnassus Group are speaking at the Sammamish Chamber lunch on December 18, 2008 from 11:30am – 1:00pm. Steve’s an expert at blogging and recently spoke here at thinkspace, where together we co-hosted the “Blog Bling Mixer“. Jason is an expert at Social Media. Jason has taught me a lot […]
Green Festival Seattle 2009
I just received my Green Festival Seattle Exhibitor Invitation! Last year, Seattle held its first annual Green Festival and it was a huge success. I remember the weather was incredible that weekend as it was about 80 degrees and clear blue skies. I also remember it being completely packed as more than 30,000 people attended […]
Hollywood Hill Vineyards incorporates sustainable business practices
Hollywood Hill Vineyards was the wine sponsor for the Sustainable Art + Wine event at thinkspace on October 29, 2008. It was a great match where both of our companies operate using sustainable business practices. Hollywood Hill Vineyards grows many of their grapes here in Woodinville. They have approximately 2,200 vines. Their Cabernet Franc is […]
Eastside GreenDrinks makes a splash in Redmond
Tonight we hosted Eastside GreenDrinks inside thinkspace. Looking around the room tonight, it appeared that people were having a good time talking with each other. I had a great time meeting new people and making good connections. A big thank you to tonight’s sponsors: Beer was provided by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, Food was provided by […]
Recycling Wine Corks
We’ve started our recycling of wine corks program today! We’re allowing businesses inside thinkspace to bring in their wine corks and then we will coordinate the recycling of the wine corks. We’ve signed up with TerraCycle to have the wine corks recycled. They pay for the shipping once we have collected 200+ wine corks.
Presidential Cookie Poll at Blazing Bagels
I was at Blazing Bagels in Redmond just a few minutes ago and saw these Obama cookies on the counter. I didn’t see any McCain cookies and then Dennis, the owner of Blazing Bagels, tells me that McCain cookies are sold out. “No way!”, I said. Amazing, I thought… until he told me he had […]
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, […]