Written for RFPIO How OwnBackup Simplified Security Questionnaires with RFP Software When your company handles or stores customer data, security questionnaires and RFPs from prospective clients are sure to come through. Companies in highly regulated industries with strict compliance requirements (think finance, banking, insurance, etc.) need to know that their data will be protected, and... Continue Reading →
B2B Software: Case Study
Written for RFPIO Anthony Rossi is what you might call an RFP pinch hitter. His coworker at MasterControl had been managing most of the RFP process on her own, on top of her day job, and it had become hard to manage. Because of Anthony’s background in technical writing and data analysis, he fit the bill as... Continue Reading →
Albany’s Homemade Carousel to Finally Start Spinning
As you walk through downtown Albany (Oregon), among shops and restaurants and vacant storefronts in historic buildings, every so often you’ll see a beautifully handcrafted animal displayed in a front window. Perhaps you come upon Harriette the frog, wearing a painted-on purple dress and white apron and bloomers, donning a straw hat, and carrying a... Continue Reading →
UO students pitch ideas for bike trails
Featured in the Albany Democrat-Herald: The city of Albany’s off-street bike trails are few, and those that exist haven’t been maintained or reconfigured in years. It’s no surprise, then, that people just aren’t using them. But that may change. Through a Sustainable City Year Program (SCYP) planning class taught by Marc Schlossberg, University of Oregon... Continue Reading →
Political pioneers
Cover story in Flux Magazine about the representation of women in Oregon politics: Political Pioneers How Oregon women are breaking barriers and blazing a trail for equality in elected office. Words by Josie Fey Photos by KJ Hellis In 1909, Oregon’s Carolyn B. Shelton became the first female governor in the United States. Well, for... Continue Reading →
Historic hotel inspires adaptive designs for SCYP project
This is a piece I wrote about some work the Sustainable City Year Program at the University of Oregon has done with the city of Albany. It was a feature news story for the School of Allied Architecture and Arts: When UO architecture undergraduate Shirley Huang had a chance to work on a real-life design project for... Continue Reading →
Future Islands
I had this assignment to write a review of someone else's review of a show or exhibit or some kind of performance. I love Future Islands and I've spent a lot of time in Chicago so I covered an analysis by Michael Roffman and Heather Kaplan on the bands' new album preview show at a new... Continue Reading →
Bike share is coming to Eugene
I wrote about a bike share system that is set to launch in Eugene this fall. My timing is bad -- I will have graduated by then. By: Josie Fey A new bike share system is coming to Eugene in October 2017. Back in March 2015 the Oregon Transportation Commission approved a Connect Oregon grant of $909,066... Continue Reading →
American Qu’ran
Artist Sandow Birk’s depictions of the words of the Qu’ran juxtaposed with images of American culture result in a marriage of East and West that highlights universal ideas about life. “In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful.” When you enter the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on a weekday afternoon, you’re likely to... Continue Reading →
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