Comments on: Portland Tech Community http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/ A blog about putting people before technology Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:52:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Thomas Brenneke http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1543 Thomas Brenneke Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:10:31 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1543 Chiming in a little late here... My name is Thomas and I am the owner of Network Redux -- we're a portland based web hosting firm specializing in managed linux platforms. We're heavily virtualized, yes we have one of those "clouds" but we don't tout it as such, moreso a utility platform for our virtualized customers who need to grow on an as need basis. We love to participate in portland based technology, and have been an avid open source sponsor and supporter for some projects you may be familiar with (adiumx / imagemagick / pidgin). We would sincerely like to provide hosting resources to your new site. There isn't a caveat, no ads, no requirements, it is what we can do to help enable the portland tech community. You can contact me directly if you are interested in what we can offer. It goes beyond hosting, we can sponsor meetings and events, host conferences in our building, etc. Just let me know how we can help. Cheers! Thomas Brenneke - President Network Redux, LLC thomas@networkredux.com Chiming in a little late here…

My name is Thomas and I am the owner of Network Redux — we’re a portland based web hosting firm specializing in managed linux platforms. We’re heavily virtualized, yes we have one of those “clouds” but we don’t tout it as such, moreso a utility platform for our virtualized customers who need to grow on an as need basis.

We love to participate in portland based technology, and have been an avid open source sponsor and supporter for some projects you may be familiar with (adiumx / imagemagick / pidgin).

We would sincerely like to provide hosting resources to your new site. There isn’t a caveat, no ads, no requirements, it is what we can do to help enable the portland tech community.

You can contact me directly if you are interested in what we can offer. It goes beyond hosting, we can sponsor meetings and events, host conferences in our building, etc.

Just let me know how we can help.

Cheers!

Thomas Brenneke - President
Network Redux, LLC
thomas@networkredux.com

]]> By: Portland Web Innovators: Portland Tech 2008 in a word? Community : Oregon Startup Blog http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1516 Portland Web Innovators: Portland Tech 2008 in a word? Community : Oregon Startup Blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:42:13 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1516 [...] Portland Tech Community “Over the last year, I’ve written several emails to people moving here describing different events to attend and at those events introduced people new to the area to others in the Portland Tech Community. Despite the fact that I had found myself doing that multiple times, I never really thought about it as a need. I just considered it some ways part of being a good host for the town I grew up in…. But there is a clear need. If someone doesn’t know to ask or whom to ask, they may never find their connection.” [...] […] Portland Tech Community “Over the last year, I’ve written several emails to people moving here describing different events to attend and at those events introduced people new to the area to others in the Portland Tech Community. Despite the fact that I had found myself doing that multiple times, I never really thought about it as a need. I just considered it some ways part of being a good host for the town I grew up in…. But there is a clear need. If someone doesn’t know to ask or whom to ask, they may never find their connection.” […]

]]> By: Aaron B. Hockley http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1515 Aaron B. Hockley Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:32:39 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1515 Agree re: wiki. Throw a wiki on the site and I think you'll find a very nice directory appear, with some folks contributing longer-form introductory/explanatory parts. Agree re: wiki. Throw a wiki on the site and I think you’ll find a very nice directory appear, with some folks contributing longer-form introductory/explanatory parts.

]]> By: Jake http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Jake Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:15:47 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1513 Great idea. I agree with Selena (again) about the wiki comment. Sure, it may get a little fragmented, but it's easier to maintain and open. Not that we need more events, but a periodic (quarterly) welcome to PDX tech event might be useful to PDX n00bs. Great idea. I agree with Selena (again) about the wiki comment. Sure, it may get a little fragmented, but it’s easier to maintain and open.

Not that we need more events, but a periodic (quarterly) welcome to PDX tech event might be useful to PDX n00bs.

]]> By: Jmartens http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1512 Jmartens Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:49:43 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1512 Great idea, glad you bought the url. I'd love to help figure out what to do with it, let me know how I can help. Great idea, glad you bought the url. I’d love to help figure out what to do with it, let me know how I can help.

]]> By: Crystal Beasley http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1511 Crystal Beasley Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:41:05 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1511 One ring to rule them all... What we need is an aggregator of the aggregators. Ok, so I'm being silly, but I agree with the point that was made in the meeting that we don't need more tools. We're good at making tools, so that's what we as a group tend to gravitate towards. What we really need to do is just use the tools we already have. The magic isn't in centralization, it's in the level of the engagement of the community. We all need to reach out to the others in our office and circle of friends to bring more people into the community. The strength is in numbers, and the most compelling way to get that to happen is to simply show up and meet people. We all know there are people in our offices and our friends that are perfectly wonderful geeks, they just aren't on twitter and don't go to any events. Out of this deeper, expanded networking, we'll see the bigger things happening. I want Portland to get known on the tech scene nationally. I want techcrunch, gizmodo, arstechnica, daring fireball, etc. talking about Portland folks every other post! That's how we'll get people from the outside to even care enough to enter "portland tech community" into a search engine. If someone is searching about portland, we're already 90% of the way towards selling them. The real challenge is to get them to say "Portland. hmmm... Wonder what's up with that?" One ring to rule them all… What we need is an aggregator of the aggregators. Ok, so I’m being silly, but I agree with the point that was made in the meeting that we don’t need more tools. We’re good at making tools, so that’s what we as a group tend to gravitate towards. What we really need to do is just use the tools we already have.

The magic isn’t in centralization, it’s in the level of the engagement of the community. We all need to reach out to the others in our office and circle of friends to bring more people into the community. The strength is in numbers, and the most compelling way to get that to happen is to simply show up and meet people. We all know there are people in our offices and our friends that are perfectly wonderful geeks, they just aren’t on twitter and don’t go to any events.

Out of this deeper, expanded networking, we’ll see the bigger things happening. I want Portland to get known on the tech scene nationally. I want techcrunch, gizmodo, arstechnica, daring fireball, etc. talking about Portland folks every other post!

That’s how we’ll get people from the outside to even care enough to enter “portland tech community” into a search engine. If someone is searching about portland, we’re already 90% of the way towards selling them. The real challenge is to get them to say “Portland. hmmm… Wonder what’s up with that?”

]]> By: Selena Deckelmann http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Selena Deckelmann Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:35:22 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1510 Wiki! :) Wiki! :)

]]> By: Portland Web Innovators: Portland Tech 2008 in a word? Community » Silicon Florist http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Portland Web Innovators: Portland Tech 2008 in a word? Community » Silicon Florist Thu, 04 Dec 2008 10:38:32 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1508 [...] Portland Tech Community “Over the last year, I’ve written several emails to people moving here describing different events to attend and at those events introduced people new to the area to others in the Portland Tech Community. Despite the fact that I had found myself doing that multiple times, I never really thought about it as a need. I just considered it some ways part of being a good host for the town I grew up in…. But there is a clear need. If someone doesn’t know to ask or whom to ask, they may never find their connection.” [...] […] Portland Tech Community “Over the last year, I’ve written several emails to people moving here describing different events to attend and at those events introduced people new to the area to others in the Portland Tech Community. Despite the fact that I had found myself doing that multiple times, I never really thought about it as a need. I just considered it some ways part of being a good host for the town I grew up in…. But there is a clear need. If someone doesn’t know to ask or whom to ask, they may never find their connection.” […]

]]> By: TiEsQue http://userfirstweb.com/371/portland-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 TiEsQue Thu, 04 Dec 2008 08:15:40 +0000 http://userfirstweb.com/?p=371#comment-1507 Nice idea. A PDX geek welcome wagon of sorts. For starters I'd suggest: -Display Calagator's feed with a snazzy looking UI -Link Twitter profiles of some local "connectors" -SEO it up. Nice idea. A PDX geek welcome wagon of sorts. For starters I’d suggest:

-Display Calagator’s feed with a snazzy looking UI
-Link Twitter profiles of some local “connectors”
-SEO it up.

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