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Yes, John Oliver, We Are Stupid Fucking Idiots

To the highly valued employees of NORTH and our cherished creative and strategic partners: As you probably know, one of the tv spots we created as part of last year’s campaign to drive enrollment i...

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NORTH begins new partnership with Stanley and Aladdin brands

NORTH partners with the Stanley and Aladdin brands.

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How Complexity Theory Effects Social Media, Streaming and Musicians

I have been fascinated with Complexity Theory and Complex Systems Science for some time now. The chemist Ilya Prigogine, a Nobel Laureate, is credited with pioneering research into this discipline

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The Problem of Things Made But Not Sold

Intertwined thoughts on a depressed economy and the market for those gadgets displayed at CES 2014Every year end brings two competing societal sentiments: Optimism and pessimism. Not many weep over a

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TurboTax Breathes Life Into Tax Preparation

NORTH gets a mention by Forbes article by Will O. Burns on Wieden + Kennedy's new TurboTax spot. 

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The internet is not destroying all creativity

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Dave Allen: Stop blaming the Internet! It has always been hard for musicians

The musician fires back at David Byrne, Thom Yorke, David Lowery and others who argue the Web is bad for artists

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NORTH FC survives the first Futsal game! (at Rose City Futsal)

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"With a Twitter following six times as large as the city he has led, Mr Booker was known outside Newark largely for his appearances on late-night television and his heroics: rescuing a neighbor from a burning building, shoveling out snowbound cars, living on a food stamp diet."

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Happy Halloween 🎃 (at NORTH)

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All in a hard days work (at NORTH)

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Happy Friday (at NORTH)

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Can't wait to put this to use for these late work nights #officekeg (at NORTH)

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waka waka waka 🎃 (at NORTH)

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Punk-era figures named David continue to share opinions about online streaming. First it was Talking Heads' David Byrne, whose critique of Spotify and its ilk in The Guardiancarried the hugely unfortunate headline "David Byrne: 'The internet will suck all creative content out of the world.'" Now Dave Allen, the bass player for post-punk legends Gang of Four and a longtime champion of online music business pursuits, has responded with a lengthy rebuttal of his own via North, a Portland branding and advertising agency where he is director of digital strategy.

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http://www.designweekportland.com

NORTH's own Mark Ray, Owner and Creative Director and Dave Allen, Director of Interactive Strategy will head a panel discussing Music as Universal Language in the office tonight as a part of Design Week Portland! 

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Dave Allen spoke with Gerard Dolan on UX Discovery Session.