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February 2012

• 20 PDX PHP: CASH Music discusses their to-be-funded, open-source Kickstarter project
• 23 Open Source Bridge opens call for talk proposals
• 5 REMINDER: You have a week to complete your OSCON 2012 proposal
• 18 MeeGo meetup tonight. You should go. Err… I mean Yugo. Or not.
• 23 Portland Mayor Sam Adams addresses the beautiful people of Open Source Bridge
• 22 Open Source Bridge happy hour: Mozilla and Emma hosting a get together at the Cleaners
• 23 Is Portland, Oregon, really the de facto hub of open source? Montreal, Quebec, and Raleigh, North Carolina, say no
• 18 Python and open source advocate Steve Holden wants to help Portland live up to its open source moniker
• 4 Bending server configuration to your will just got a bunch easier with Puppet Enterprise
• 26 Sprechen Sie open source? Here are two upcoming events where you should be doing that speaking
• 21 Facebook in Oregon: Sure there’s Prineville, but did you know there’s the OSU Open Source Lab too?
• 19 Need a new gig in the new year? AboutUs, Emerge, Emma, EdZapp, Janrain, and OSU OSL are hiring
• 15 Want to report municipal problems in the de facto hub of open source? There’s no better way than the City of Portland Android app
• 28 GovHub: Portland’s open source and open government love child could be destined to help all open government entities
• 25 WHEREAS Portland loves open source: City of Portland declares Open Source in Government Week
• 19 City of Portland: Calling all Androids! Well, at least these specific models of Android devices.
• 13 Third time’s a charm: Open Source Bridge 3, June 21-24, 2011. This time… it’s personal.
• 7 Some strings attached: Puppet Labs acquires open source framework Marionette Collective
• 6 Got a burning idea on how to fix government with open source? You’ve got five minutes. Go.
• 23 It’s official. OSCON 2011 will be held in Portland, the unofficial hub of open source.
• 14 Linus Torvalds—Portland’s adopted open source guru—secures US citizenship
• 19 On open source and government: An accidental manifesto
• 9 Portland open source, startups, and mobile… oh my! The all time top 30 posts on Silicon Florist (so far)
• 19 Puppet Labs proves Portland open source startups can find funding (to the tune of $5 million)
• 14 Is your schedule open? Open Source Bridge and OSCON release final schedules for 2010
• 23 I know what you did this summer: Filling your calendar with big Portland tech events
• 19 Startup, open source, and/or independent tech folks: Enlighten the City of Portland and Portland Development Commission (PDC) about your world. Please?
• 15 memePDX 032: Awards abound, Urban Airship and Interscope, Open Source GIS Unconference, Twitter buys Tweetie and releases ad concept
• 2 Blogging, open source, and now mobile: Small Society Apple iPad app furthers Portland’s love affair with WordPress
• 23 REMINDER: Open Source Bridge call for proposals closes March 25
• 5 Open Source Bridge opens registration for 2010 event
• 25 memePDX 026: Jive Software CEO, Dawn Foster joins MeeGo, Open Source Bridge, Yahoo! and Twitter, ngmoco raises $25 million
• 23 Dawn Foster chosen to head up community management for MeeGo, the joint Intel and Nokia open source mobile platform
• 22 Your open source smarts needed in Portland: Open Source Bridge 2010 call for proposals now open
• 2 Open Source Bridge 2010: Dates announced (June 1-4), first volunteer sprint to be held this weekend
• 28 REMINDER: Open Source Bridge 2010 town hall meeting tonight at NedSpace Old Town
• 18 Health care geeks flock to Portland for open source CONNECT Code-a-thon
• 5 Unfortunately, Microsoft layoffs will affect the Portland startup and open source communities, too
• 23 CONFIRMED: OSCON 2010 will definitely be in Portland, Oregon, July 19-23 [UPDATED]
• 20 POSSE up! I mean, um, in the Cloud, this Wednesday
• 15 Open Source Bridge begins planning for 2010 event
• 30 Portland, Oregon, joins the ranks of the open cities, officially embracing open data and open source
• 28 Mayor Sam Adams and the City of Portland to open source, open data, and transparency communities: Let’s make this official
• 22 Matt Asay better than Fake Steve Jobs at faking Linus Torvalds
• 21 Matt Mullenweg on martinis, jazz, and a little open source project called WordPress
• 10 Keeping Portland weird: Microsoft signs on as premier sponsor of WordCamp Portland
• 2 REMINDER: Reductive Labs Luke Kanies talks open source and venture capital tonight at Portland Web Innovators
• 27 Open source and mobile: Learn more about the Moblin Linux platform at Mobile Portland tonight
• 22 Open Source for America: OSU Open Source Lab’s Deb Bryant named to steering committee
• 9 Portland Economic Development Strategy passes, City formally recognizes open source, mobile, coworking, and startup communities
• 23 Puppet master Reductive Labs garners $2 million Series A—and they’re moving to Portland
• 19 You’re invited: Open Source Bridge after party, Wil Wheaton, Stephanie Stricklen, and Strange Love Live
• 18 Portland Mayor Sam Adams wants Portland to be a “hub for open source”
• 18 Open Source Bridge: A peek at the hacker lounge
• 16 Still considering Open Source Bridge? Make a day of it for $99
• 16 What if we could get Wil Wheaton to show up for Open Source Bridge?
• 4 Ignite Portland and Open Source Bridge lead to impressive OpenConferenceWare
• 1 Awesome women in tech: Selena Deckelmann and Audrey Eschright
• 29 Strange Love Live: Open Source Bridge’s Selena Deckelmann and Audrey Eschright
• 28 OSU Open Source Lab gets a big ol’ chunk of bandwidth
• 20 Linus Torvalds slated to speak at inaugural LinuxCon
• 19 Portland Mayor Sam Adams talks open source, mobile, coworking, and the startup environment
• 18 How would you describe the Portland open source, Web, and mobile startup scene? [Updated]
• 15 Open Source Bridge announces final schedule
• 23 Open source citizens continue to impress with Open Source Bridge conference
• 24 Ada Lovelace Day: Celebrating Portland women in technology
• 11 #afterhours and #getoffmylawn inspire TweetScope, dynamic pages from Twitter searches
• 26 Open Source Bridge: Calling all open source citizens
• 18 REMINDER: OSU Open Source Lab and POSSE host Open Source Digital Voting Foundation tonight
• 8 Well worth the read: The Oregonian’s coverage of the Winter Coders’ Social
• 30 Open Source Bridge: Get involved in bridging the gap
• 18 Collaborative Software Initiative launches TriSano, an open-source means of tracking disease
• 24 Think Out Loud about open source
• 21 OSCON: Concrete5 demo tonight
• 9 OSCON 2008: Prepping for Portland, Oregon
• 7 Will Openfire Enterprise going Open Source be good news for Jive Jabber/XMPP work?

 

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