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title: 'Mobile Portland getting mobilized'
date: '2008-02-14T11:50:49-08:00'
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  - Mobile
  - Oregon
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  - Portland
  - UserGroup
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  - Mobile
  - mobileportland
  - Portland
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# Mobile Portland getting mobilized

Jason Grigsby, who [authored the first Silicon Florist guest editorial on Mobile earlier this week](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/02/12/guest-editorial-is-portland-behind-when-it-comes-to-mobile/ "Is Portland behind when it comes to mobile?"), has some more exciting Mobile news to share: the formation of [Mobile Portland](http://mobileportland.com "Mobile Portland"), a new user group for folks working and developing in the Mobile space.

> The idea for Mobile Portland came from our desire to have a place to share what we’re learning and collaborate with other mobile developers. The idea took hold when during a conversation with Jon Maroney of [Free Range Communications](http://www.freerangeinc.com/) after the recent [PAF panel on mobile marketing](http://www.portlandadfed.com/events/details.php?id=2).
> 
> In addition to Free Range, early enthusiastic collaborators for a local mobile user group include individuals from [eROI](http://www.eroi.com/), [GoLife Mobile](http://www.golifemobile.com/) and [bBoing](http://bboing.com/) (a.k.a., [Summit Projects](http://www.summitprojects.com/)). We’re pleased that we’ve got a group of people interested in making this happen.

For more information, see the [Cloud Four blog](http://www.cloudfour.com/30/mobile-portland-user-group/ "Mobile Portland User Group"). Or visit [Mobile Portland](http://mobileportland.com "Mobile Portland") to add your email to their contact list.