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title: 'A (Portlander’s) profile a day, that’s all we ask'
date: '2008-01-01T23:09:58-08:00'
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# A (Portlander’s) profile a day, that’s all we ask

Portland-based Open-Source guru, BarCamp champion, and [Legion of Tech](http://legionoftech.org "Legion of Tech")‘er, [Raven Zachary](http://www.portlandonfire.com/ravenzachary/ "Raven Zachary"), has started the new year off on the right foot by launching [Portland on Fire](http://www.portlandonfire.com/ "Portland on Fire"), a new site designed to profile one member of the Portland community each day.

Why? I’m glad you asked. (And I’m glad Raven provided an FAQ for this one.)

> Current online social networks are ineffective channels to meet new people. This site will help to facilitate networking. I was working on a project in the late 90’s called ‘Great Minds’ – a global profile site of amazing people. This is an implementation of that idea focused around the amazing people in the Portland, Oregon, area.

For more information, visit [Portland on Fire](http://www.portlandonfire.com "Portland on Fire") or see additional coverage of the effort in [VanPortlander](http://www.vanportlander.com/portland-on-fire/ "VanPortlander on Portland on Fire"). To participate, prepare and [submit your profile](http://www.portlandonfire.com/participate/ "Participate in Portland on Fire"). Or, if you’re just looking forward to reading about some interesting folks, grab the [Portland on Fire RSS feed](http://feeds.portlandonfire.com/PortlandOnFire "Portland on Fire RSS feed") or follow [@portlandonfire on Twitter](http://twitter.com/portlandonfire "Portland on Fire on Twitter").

I’m looking forward to reading more about you one of these days.