Busy February
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Wow! It's hard to believe it has been a whole month since I last posted. February has been super busy for us. We've moved into our own design studio, which we are now in the process of renovating and we've been deluged with all kinds of new client work. I've been meaning to update our portfolio for some time but it looks like it is going to have to wait just a little while longer.
This week I've been up to the Yukon on business, leaving Nathan and Anthony to hold down the fort at home in Victoria. They've got their hands full so I'm certain they will hardly even notice that I've left. The weather up north has been quite good with most days averaging -5 to -10 degrees Celsius in Whitehorse.
On a particularly cold evening I had a chance to sit down at a good friend's birthday party and meet two truly unique Yukoner's who run Dechenla Adventure Nature Tours. After seeing photos of the lodge and surrounding area I'm hoping to find a number of solid outdoors men or women to put together a group to visit the place. The photos speak for themselves. Stunning!
We have been thinking a lot about the benefits of collaborative work spaces as we have been recently hunting for commercial office space in our home town of Victoria. Evidently it is a lot more difficult than you would think to find good commercial space at a good price - and it makes a lot of environmental and financial sense to share space with another company if you can make it work. 
Well it’s the time of year for resolutions and thinking up new and creative ways of staying excited about work and about life. One of the things we’ve been talking about is getting out as a group once a month for a hike, rock climbing adventure, or surfing expedition. We were all talking about how great it is to mix work with a little play once and again and as we’re all pretty outdoorsy guys it makes sense to augment hard work with some good fun. This is designed with three goals in mind:
Well I’ve finally made a decision to attend my first ever Green Drinks upcoming on the 11th of December. The green business network meets from 5-8pm down at the Canoe Club in downtown Victoria. My colleague Roger Colwill started the organization, being a passionate man with a very green thumb. Unfortunately Roger passed away this fall while I was away in South America so now I have taken it upon myself to join his network and contribute to the growing number of small businesses here in Victoria that are looking to make a change for the environment.
Well it’s an exciting time of the year, and we’ve been very busy working for a large non-profit organization down here in Boston. Both Nathan and Graeme are working steadily from Victoria, and I’m now on site.