Links to Most Excellent Portland Things

This is the link roundup to accompany my Beyond Beer and Blog presentation at WordCamp: Las Vegas. Here are the various Portland groups, events, companies, applications, and people that I mentioned (roughly in the order they were mentioned in my presentation):

These are some of the awesome things happening in the Portland tech scene… explore, learn, and enjoy! I really enjoyed preparing this presentation.

Watch Me Present: Beyond Beer and Blog

On Saturday at 10:45am (PST) I’ll be presenting Beyond Beer and Blog: How Social Media Lit Up the Portland Tech Scene at WordCamp: Las Vegas. I’ll be speaking about the Portland tech communities and how we’re using social media to drive all sorts of good things both online and offline.

The event is being streamed on Ustream, so feel free to tune and listen.

Announcing: Portland WordPress User Group

Portland loves blogging, and Portland loves WordPress. With so many great bloggers in the area using the WordPress platform, I’m excited to announce the first meeting of the Portland WordPress User Group.

Where/When: Thursday, January 15th from 6:00-7:30pm at CubeSpace. Please RSVP on Upcoming.

We’ll talk about:

  • Getting started
  • Meeting time/dates (monthly)
  • Future meeting topics or speaker ideas
  • The idea of a regular “help session” / “genius bar” type thing
  • Some of the great new features of 2.7 that folks might not have found

Come join us and let’s kick off what is sure to be a fun and helpful group.

* Preemptive FAQ: No, we’re not trying to compete with Beer and Blog. The user group will have a bit more formality in a calmer environment for folks to learn new things, get help, and improve their WordPress sites. While I’m sure there will be a lot of crossover in the audience, the topics and tone will be different.