Hard to find me lately?  Well, I’m busy…

Posted on May 16, 2009 - 04:20 AM

Apologies to anyone trying to track me down lately, but I have been even busier than normal.  Yes, I say that a lot, but this time I really mean it, ha-ha, as all my time and energy is being poured (lovingly) into rebuilding http://www.lclark.edu from top to bottom, front to back, six ways to Sunday, the whole nine yards.  The big relaunch date is [UPDATED] June 17, and while I should be on a more human schedule after then, I am sure there will continue to be serious amounts of post-launch work on the new Lewis & Clark website for a good time to come.


*New* Awards Generator

Posted on Apr 16, 2009 - 03:52 PM

I am proud to announce the new Automatic Award Generator.  If you are feeling a little down, misunderstood, or (gasp) unappreciated, then this is the tool to help you get back in good standing with yourself, your friends, and your enemies.  Simply let the machine tell you in what fields you are now recognized as student, scholar, or even world expert.


SXSW Interactive 2009 Recap

Posted on Mar 22, 2009 - 06:48 PM

Having now had some time to reflect about SXSW Interactive 2009, I thought I would make a list of the folks who really got me thinking.  While of course I couldn’t see more than a fraction of it all, I did see a pretty good number, missing only the early Friday and late Monday afternoon panel sessions.  Without further ado, the following are my “best speakers”:

Chris Anderson, Dave Gray, Tony Hsieh, Tim Hwang, Jeff Jarvis, Dan Roam, Clay Shirky, Baratunde Thurston, Gary Vaynerchuk

Care to disagree?  Feel free to contact me about it and we’ll hash it out (no twitter pun intended).  It bothers me that no women are on the list, and also it is intriguing how many authors made it on; it must be something about how they are able to express themselves better, one would presume, than your run-of-the-mill geek…


What’s New

Posted on Mar 19, 2009 - 10:53 PM

There are a lot of little things in the works here.  I’ve just returned from SXSW Interactive with new toys and ideas to play with, so pardon the appearance if you’re here and suddenly it all falls to pieces: I’m just building or destroying something. 

So what’s up, you ask?  I have widened the site considerably to add a new right column with (among other things) a Twitter feed that kills my XTHML validation, haha.  There is a random karaoke machine in the works (in collaboration with my bud, Jud). There is a random award generator coming soon for folks who can’t get enough accolades. Obviously, I like random generators (as I already several on this site.)  And I’ll be messing around with a bunch of jQuery things, to be revealed as they so desire.


New EP, “Sir Stone”

Posted on Feb 08, 2009 - 10:27 PM
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1. Sir Stone
2. Second to None
3. Winning Combination
4. Begin It Again
5. Television [Instrumental]

Listen: http://morgangrether.info/everything/always/changes/C116

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stone-Grether/12042368547


Richmond Elm photo montage

Posted on Jan 13, 2009 - 05:02 PM

Another in my series of photo montages, this one taken after a good snow we had in December 2008, between ice storms.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

elm-montage


Science Fiction Plot Generator [2.5.1]

Posted on Dec 30, 2008 - 12:27 AM

Check back as data are added often. [Suggestions welcome!]

You are a(n):


...Who is: Next


New Job, New Horizons, New News

Posted on Nov 05, 2008 - 05:26 PM

For those keeping score at home, I am no longer the Web developer for the Lewis & Clark graduate school and law school.  I am now the Web content system manager for Lewis & Clark as a whole.  So it’s a big promotion for me.  Very cool.  I am now in charge of the institution’s content management system, particularly in training new folks in how to get their stuff online.  I find this work quite rewarding.


Wahclella Falls photo montage

Posted on Sep 29, 2008 - 09:44 AM

Photo montages are my new hobby.  I guess that’s hobby number 29877, for those counting at home.  This montage is from a set of photographs of Wahclella Falls up the Columbia Gorge in Oregon.  A sacred place if ever there was one!Wahclella Falls photo montage


Gig was a Blast

Posted on Sep 04, 2008 - 11:25 AM

Hey, PDXU fans!  You want to see a couple of photos and hear most of the songs from Tuesday’s show at Lewis & Clark?  Well, get on over to this page: http://morgangrether.info/everything/always/changes/C113!


Gearing Up for the Big Gig

Posted on Aug 29, 2008 - 11:45 AM

Tuesday evening, folks—and what’s more rock’n'rollin’ than Tuesdays??—is the debut performance of my new band, the Portland Unconscious.  Or PDX Unconscious for those of you in a hurry.  I’ll try to have recordings and photos for you next week, fingers crossed. 

We’ll be playing from 6ish to 7:30ish at the Lewis & Clark College south campus quad (also called Corbett Circle or some such) for all you new and returning estudiantes.


Mourning Wendy Wilkie, a Beloved Client

Posted on Aug 28, 2008 - 01:12 PM
Cuisine for Healing

I have learned that one of my favorite clients has passed away: http://www.legacy.com/DFW/Obituaries.asp?Page=LifeStoryPrint&PersonID=115770284.  Her name was Wendy Wilkie and she ran Cuisine for Healing in Texas. 

It was my pleasure to work with her to build and launch the website.  She had such a wonderfully warm personality.


Launched Redesigned Site for Community Alliance of Tenants

Posted on Aug 13, 2008 - 09:10 PM
Oregon Community of Tenants

I am pleased to announce the launch of one of my favorite freelance clients, Oregon Community of Tenants.  I redesigned their site and moved them into a content management system.

See more of my website work…


Latest Olivia Birthday Poem

Posted on May 24, 2008 - 02:19 PM

Attention all you legions of poetry fans!  Check out “To Olivia, On Your Fourth Birthday,” which I put online yesterday.  I hope you enjoy it.  It is the latest in the ongoing Olivia and Violet Birthday Poems Project, a big bunch of blank verse.  Feel free to share your thoughts with me about it.


Hillsdale Veterinary Group site launched

Posted on May 24, 2008 - 11:10 AM
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Success!  We have officially launched hillsdalevet.com. It was a rare for-profit client job for me, as I usually do only non-profits, but hey, helping cats and dogs is A-OK with me, you know.

See more of my website work…


Saint Variety Show

Posted on May 02, 2008 - 10:00 AM

File under “Things I Like.”  My buddy Chris has a new comedy troupe, the Saint Variety Show (at the Saint in New Orleans) and they have made some fun videos.  Check ‘em out

Heck, go in person if you’re in New Orleans. I’ll post show info if I can find it round here.


New Client Testimonial

Posted on Apr 16, 2008 - 02:29 PM

Peter Korchnak, for whom I worked on DVRC-OR.ORG, had these nice words to say about me recently:

“Morgan is that rare web guy that both knows his stuff and interacts in a professional business manner. He is very responsive to requests for changes or troubleshooting and quick to deliver the desired results. Thanks to Morgan and NetRaising, our agency now has a solid web presence that is appropriate to our mission and goals.”


Downtown Waterfront Video

Posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 06:27 PM

While we’re at it, Andrew did this one of downtown Portland too… Pretty awesome…


Waterfront Time Lapse Test from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.


Hawthorne Bridge Video

Posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 06:22 PM

Andrew Curtis made this video of the best bridges in my hometown of Portland, Oregon, a town of wonderful bridges.  My home is very close to here and I cross it all the time.


Hawthorne Bridge Time Lapse from Andrew Curtis on Vimeo.


DVRC-OR.ORG Nominated for Outstanding E-Philanthropy

Posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 08:44 AM

Yes, the wonderful www.dvrc-or.org site (designed by Maria Pappas and built by yours truly) was nominated for the prestigious Willamette Valley Development Officers’ Crystal Award in the Outstanding E-Philanthropy category.  That’s the good news.  The bad news is the category did not receive enough nominations and “As a result, they decided not to give an award in this category.”  Still, it is a great site with lots of helpful information for people in need.


RSS Now Available

Posted on Apr 05, 2008 - 02:05 PM

Stay up date with all the Morgan Stone Grether news! Now you can subscribe to the Morgan Stone Grether News feed at feed://www.morgangrether.info/everything/always/newsfeed and get all the stories posted here sent directly to your RSS reader, blog, Facebook pages, etc. I have placed the subscription link at the top of this page, and I will leave it there from now on.

Don’t know what RSS is?  Why not let the brainiacs at Microsoft explain it to you?


New Violet Poem Added

Posted on Apr 03, 2008 - 07:59 PM

Though she’s not yet arrived… I’m going to be writing a poem for Violet every year, just like I do for Olivia.  Check out “For Violet, on the Day of Your Birth,” the first for her.


Profiled in Portland on Fire

Posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 11:18 AM
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This weekend I was profiled in the fun little website, Portland on Fire.  They describe themselves this way: “Portland On Fire is a daily discovery of PDX people. The site introduces you to a person in the Portland, Oregon (PDX), area every day.”  Find my profile here: portlandonfire.com/morganstonegrether/


New Look to the Website

Posted on Mar 09, 2008 - 04:49 PM

You may have noticed things are a bit different around here with the millionth change to the look in a year. (The motto is “everything always changes,” after all.)  Nearly all of your bookmarks should be intact, and in fact things should be a little easier to find… I hope.  Plus in the next few days I will be rolling out something very exciting… all of my music available for you to listen or even download **free** here (as DRM-free mp3s).  Enjoy!

UPDATE 3/13/08: About half the music is now available as MP3s.


Moving to Pure Digital

Posted on Mar 05, 2008 - 09:48 PM

**NEWSFLASH** As of tonight, I am no longer selling my compact discs.  They are so last century…. Yes, I am moving to pure digital, no printed materials. 

You will purchase the music available via iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, etc.  Also, I will no longer be selling t-shirts.  Consolidation.  Can’t put a t-shirt on your iPod, dude.


Lyric of the Day: Jul 03, 2009

I am going to the corner, gonna buy a diamond ring /Would you pardon me if it’s a 19 carat golden thing /Good golly, Miss Molly, sure like a ball /When you’re rockin’ and a rollin’ can’t hear your momma call
—Little Richard



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About Me

Hello, you!  I am the Web content system manager for Lewis & Clark College as well as a freelance Web developer; additionally, I have taught English at several universities and colleges including the University of Southern California.

You can often find me sauntering down Hawthorne Blvd. with my daughters here in wonderful Portland, Oregon, USA, but also here are some things I am up to in a normal week:

1. Web Developer
Over 10 years of professional experience with hand-coded (X)HTML, hand-coded CSS, webservers, mailservers, content management systems (particularly LiveWhale and ExpressionEngine), blogging, multimedia sites.  Software: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Pro, Flash, etc.

2. Expert Communicator
Over 15 years of professional experience in corporate/university communications. Including: grant applications, year-end reports, business plans, brochures, press releases, newsletters, guidebooks, etc.

3. Teacher / Trainer
Over 10 years of professional experience teaching courses and running training sessions as a college/university instructor and administrator.  Expert in adapting course/session material to fit learners’ needs.

4. Musician / Songwriter
I have been writing and performing music for over two decades in more bands and in more towns than I care to list here.

More work-related info:
Teaching Experience
Administrative and Other Work Experience
Writing

And find me here too:
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Love Song Generator

This handy-dandy little machine will write a love song for you — instantly!  Go check it out and give us your feedback: http://pump.org.in/arch/lyric/

About this Site

This site not only serves as my portfolio and a place to keep folks up to date about what’s newsworthy over here, but is also a sandbox to play with all sorts of new Web tricks.  I’m the guinea pig so my clients don’t have to be!

Anyway, as things tend to be a little cutting edge around here, the site is best viewed in the latest browsers, like Internet Explorer 8 instead of the awful IE 6.  But why not do yourself a favor and use a good browser: Firefox.