SHARE AN EMPTY BOOMER NEST WITH AIRBnB
Attend any gathering of baby boomers and you’ll hear about the empty nest. They’re happy, they’re sad. They’re moving forward, or staying put. Like others in a time of transition, boomers seem headed...
View ArticlePORTLAND OREGON SHARING ECONOMY
Try It Bro, You’ll Like It. Baby boomers are into sharing? I don’t think so, but Portland baby boomers are getting a close-up of modern sharing. But let’s back it up a little, first. Young boomer...
View ArticleELON MUSK JOINS THE SHARING ECONOMY WITH TESLA PATENTS
And Slaps George Selden’s Face In The Act. In a rare case of reverse capitalism, visionary Elon Musk gave away the farm by open sourcing Tesla electric automobile patents. He gave it away instead of...
View ArticleBOOMERS IN A DOWNSIZING STATE OF MIND
Or Just Moving For A Better Portland View? From oregonlive.com: “The analysis of Census data showed more baby boomers than ever lived in single-family detached homes in 2012. The pattern holds true...
View ArticleTHE LAST GENERATION (before the internet)
The Moment Of Internet Conception. Being the last of anything signals a changing of the guard, but the last generation before the internet? Is this special? It’s not the last Civil War, or WWI,...
View ArticleYOUR LIFE IN THREE PARTS: PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND SECRET
Where Do You Spend The Most Time? Too many times someone passes away and the information doors open. You find out more about them than you ever could have guessed, or wanted to know. How did you miss...
View ArticleAN AIR B&B FOR EVERGREEN AIR MUSEUM?
Taking AirBnB To A Whole ‘Nother Level: A Proposal. A huge challenge for the sharing economy is finding new ways, new things, to share. Writers on blogs far less reputable than BoomerPDX have uncovered...
View ArticleBABY BOOMERS FIND THEIR SPARK IN 2015
Who Is Your Spark Plug? Nothing, a huge nothing, enhances the miracle of personal transportation like a van carrying three generations of the same family on the freeway at night. With a check engine...
View ArticleOREGON SHARING: WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?
The Sharing Economy, Or Just An Excuse To Complain. For all good reasons to share, because it’s the right thing to do, because you can make money doing nothing, because it’s so easy, there’s as many...
View ArticlePORTLAND PROGRESSIVE REGRESSIVE
If you’re confused in 2016, you might be a Portland Progressive Regressive. Why do things look so perfect in the rear view mirror in Portland? More important, why do we keep looking? The Portland...
View ArticleSHARE AN EMPTY BOOMER NEST WITH AIRBnB
Attend any gathering of baby boomers and you’ll hear about the empty nest. They’re happy, they’re sad. They’re moving forward, or staying put. Like others in a time of transition, boomers seem headed...
View ArticlePORTLAND OREGON SHARING ECONOMY
Try It Bro, You’ll Like It. Baby boomers are into sharing? I don’t think so, but Portland baby boomers are getting a close-up of modern sharing. But let’s back it up a little, first. Young boomer...
View ArticleELON MUSK JOINS THE SHARING ECONOMY WITH TESLA PATENTS
And Slaps George Selden’s Face In The Act. In a rare case of reverse capitalism, visionary Elon Musk gave away the farm by open sourcing Tesla electric automobile patents. He gave it away instead of...
View ArticleBOOMERS IN A DOWNSIZING STATE OF MIND
Or Just Moving For A Better Portland View? From oregonlive.com: “The analysis of Census data showed more baby boomers than ever lived in single-family detached homes in 2012. The pattern holds true...
View ArticleTHE LAST GENERATION (before the internet)
The Moment Of Internet Conception. Being the last of anything signals a changing of the guard, but the last generation before the internet? Is this special? It’s not the last Civil War, or WWI,...
View ArticleYOUR LIFE IN THREE PARTS: PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND SECRET
Where Do You Spend The Most Time? Too many times someone passes away and the information doors open. You find out more about them than you ever could have guessed, or wanted to know. How did you miss...
View ArticleBABY BOOMERS FIND THEIR SPARK IN 2015
Who Is Your Spark Plug? Nothing, a huge nothing, enhances the miracle of personal transportation like a van carrying three generations of the same family on the freeway at night. With a check engine...
View ArticleOREGON SHARING: WHEN IS IT ENOUGH?
The Sharing Economy, Or Just An Excuse To Complain. For all good reasons to share, because it’s the right thing to do, because you can make money doing nothing, because it’s so easy, there’s as many...
View ArticlePORTLAND PROGRESSIVE REGRESSIVE
If you’re confused in 2016, you might be a Portland Progressive Regressive. Why do things look so perfect in the rear view mirror in Portland? More important, why do we keep looking? The Portland...
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