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title: 'Waxy.org: It’s back and now it’s part of Portland'
date: '2008-02-08T09:35:15-08:00'
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  - AndyBaio
  - Blogs
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Waxy.org
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# Waxy.org: It’s back and now it’s part of Portland

A few of us here in the Portland area use a little event planning and RSVP service called [Upcoming](http://upcoming.yahoo.com "Upcoming"). Actually, at least 600 of us. You might remember Upcoming as the place where [Ignite Portland](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/390164/ "Ignite Portland") was the second most popular event, next to [SXSW](http://sxsw.com "SXSW"). Or you might not.

Either way, what does Upcoming have to do with anything? Isn’t that a service owned by Yahoo!?

Well, yes. But—stick with me here—before it was purchased by Yahoo!, it was one of [Andy Baio](http://twitter.com/waxpancake "Andy Baio on Twitter")‘s projects. But not his only project. Another one of his projects has been [waxy.org](http://waxy.org "waxy.org"), a popular tech blog. And while publishing was a little haphazard during Baio’s stint at Yahoo!, postings are back on now.

So what does this have to do with Portland? Well, [Baio lives in Portland now](http://twitter.com/waxpancake/statuses/589923812 "Waxpancake tweets his Portland move"). So waxy.org is officially a Portland pub. So you should be [reading it](http://waxy.org "Waxy").

At least that’s the story with which I’m going.

*(Hat tip [Marshall Kirkpatrick](http://twitter.com/marshallk/statuses/689472872 "Marshall Kirkpatrick mentions waxy"))*