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SLL: Dude, Where’s My Newspaper?

On a Saturday morning in the brick and mortar home of an ink and print newspaper about 100 people will gather. Some of them will be journalists, some bloggers and some lurkers. They’ll all have one important thing in common, the desire to see how the news medium is evolving in the digital age.
Digital Journalism [...]

SLL: Open Source Bridge with Audrey & Selena

by CamiKaos

Friday night we were joined by Audrey Eschright and Selena Deckelmann the founders of the Open Source Bridge. OS Bridge is a conference being held here in Portland June 17-19th. We had a terrific chat with them about the conference, we they started it and what you can expect if you attend. They also put [...]

06.01.2009 See the rest →

At least someone loves us!

by A. L. Venable

Last week, we learned that BlogHer wouldn’t be visiting our city in 2009. But guess who will be visiting? MEETin!
MEETin will hold its annual celebration in PDX next August 13-16.
In case you’re going, “Er, who?!?”
MEETin, an organization based in Washington, DC, has over 90 chapters across the globe with each chapter run [...]

11.18.2008 See the rest →

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