Posts with category: Life in Portland
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From moving over a thousand books to holding an Executive-level position at Kumoricon, 2023 was a busy year.
While the blog never accomplished what I originally set out to do, it has done far better than I would have imagined.
A new role at Kroger, a new fuzzy roommate, and a pandemic as the blog moves towards its last year in the single-digits of operation.
While HOP's first year was better than other systems, it is a system that still has room for improvement.
32% of Streetcar riders make less than $30k a year. If it weren't for overtime, I'd be close to being one of them.
Overall, Amazon Books feels very much like a concept store in its current form. It’s a store worth seeing at least once, but there’s room for improvement, perhaps in a larger location.
While it may seem like there isn't much to a streetcar, the view is very different once you get above or below one of the trains. Each train has several hundred, if not thousand parts to maintain.