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SLL: When the Bloggers Come Home

Friday night we were joined by Portland blogging babes Kathryn Martini and Melissa Lion who spent the end of last week in Chicago at BlogHer 09. Being the opportunists that we are, we asked them if they’d join us on the couch to give us a rundown on their BlogHer experience. They did [...]

08.02.2009 See the rest →

Absence makes the heart grow fonder, right?

by A. L. Venable

In a few days, I will be in the land of Pitchfork Media, hot dogs with day-glo colored relish, and the extremely scary skydeck attached to the Sears Tower — Chicago — to attend the 2009 BlogHer Conference. Last month, I met up with a group of women at Posies Cafe to put faces to [...]

07.21.2009 See the rest → 1 comment

BlogHer’s not coming to PDX in 2009

by A. L. Venable

First, cue up the Sad Trombone.
BlogHer, a online community for women who blog, will not be coming to Portland…or any of the other finalists selected for the 2009 conference. As you’ll recall, the final three cities, as voted on by members of the BlogHer community as well as thousands of others across the Web, [...]

11.10.2008 See the rest → 8 comments

Showing off the Portland Tech Scene

by A. L. Venable

Looking for an opportunity to present in front of an audience of bloggers?
The 2009 BlogHer Conference, which will be held next July, has put out a call for ideas. All the details are here. It would rock to have some Portland representation at the session-level.
There’s still a chance Portland-based presenters won’t have to travel far. [...]

10.21.2008 See the rest →

Will BlogHer ‘09 happen in PDX?

by A. L. Venable

8/7/2008 Update: BlogHer has closed the poll after receiving thousands of votes. The top three contenders are Portland, St. Louis, and Philadelphia. BlogHer’s conference organizers will now begin the task of locating a venue, hotels, ensuring the space fits the conference’s needs, and so on.
Original post: Last month, I traveled to San Francisco [...]

08.07.2008 See the rest → 1 comment