TEDxPortland

TEDxPortland highlights notegraphied

I used to collect quotes and carried them around in a day planner. That habit stopped when day planners went out of style. Recently, I discovered Notegraphy and it quickly became my favorite app for collecting quotes. After attending last Saturday’s TEDxPortland, I decided it’s time to put the app into high gear.

A morning of emotions

TEDxPortland started off with a bang by Aaron Draplin’s talk in light speed. He was spitting out words of wisdom so fast that I could barely get them written down in my notebook. I managed to capture the best one:

Aaron Draplin: Invent your life!

Nong Poonsukwattana was the perfect speaker to follow Aaron. Her personality is as big as his and her life story grounded all of us. She left Thailand to get away from her abusive father. She worked 7 days a week at Thai restaurants and then opened her own food cart. Her parting words for all of us are the simplest of the day:

Nong Poonsukwattana: Make it big!

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The best part of TEDxPortland was not a talk

I went to TEDxPortland last weekend. The best part of it did not involve anyone talking. It was a time-lapse video of Portland and it was shown to the public for the first time. I got emotional watching it. I am sure many people in the room felt the same. We all jumped up from our seats afterwards to cheer on the best piece of art in the world of new media. You’ve gotta see it to believe it!