Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
Month: February 2008
Silicon Florist’s links arrangement
Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
Tim Sears joins WaggEd
Cool Oregon Events This Week at Fast Wonder Blog
Central Oregon Web Professionals Usergroup: PU.Camp Sessions
Tweetup! Portland Twitter users at Noodles & Company (Monday, February 25, 2008) – Upcoming
Silicon Florist’s links arrangement
Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
Janet Lee Johnson: Attensa Enhances My Productivity
Beer and Blog – Work Session at Lucky Labrador Brew Pub (Friday, February 22, 2008) – Upcoming
Kryptiq signs up new customer for Allscripts interface
TechCrunch, Peaking, Etc.
Vidoop Video Contest – What is your Identity?
Because I don’t.
Let’s move on to what Vidoop has going, “With everyone talking about what makes up your online identity (your OpenID, social network profiles, etc.) we wanted to give you a chance to tell us at Vidoop how you identify yourself. So make a video that tells everyone ‘How do you Identify’ and win cash!”
SplashCast political project
Open Source Software meeting of the minds
Today, I had the privilege of sitting in on an Open Source meeting of the minds at OTBC, where a sizable contingent of folks from the Open Source community in Japan—programmers, entrepreneurs, professors, reporters—shared their vision for establishing a Mecca for Ruby enthusiasts—and a hub for Open Source—in Japan.
The bulk of the Japan team heralds from Matsue, a town on the north end of the main island in Japan. They are in the midst of developing the “Ruby City MATSUE Project,” a concentrated effort to make Matsue the “Mecca of Ruby.” The OSS Society Shimane also works in conjunction with the project to promote Open Source and Ruby.
Much like the efforts around the Portland-area Open Source scene, the MATSUE project is working to foster community building around codefests and the sharing of ideas on how to apply Open Source technologies.
The community is also lucky enough to have a university that provides a full semester load of undergraduate course work on Ruby, Rails, JRuby, and applying the technologies.
Besides their dedication to and focus on this effort, the group also commands some substantial geek-cred from the participation of Yukihiro “Matz” Matsumoto, one of the original developers of the Ruby language, who is a resident of the town.
After spending today with the OTBC and dinner with the Portland Ruby Brigade, tonight, the Matsue contingent will head down to Corvallis to visit with the Oregon State Open Source Lab.
So what’s the Silicon Forest angle here?
An hour into the meeting, the two sides of the table were already pitching ideas back and forth. Sharing concepts and benefits of pursuing Open Source development.
And that’s a thing—I’d like to think—that we’d be very happy to keep going.
This is the first—of hopefully many—meetings of the minds between the Portland Open Source community and the Matsue Open Source community that, with any luck, will develop into a “sister city” arrangement to foster both of our communities’ continued learning and development.
The next time these folks are back in town, I’d highly encourage trying to meet up with them.
Silicon Florist’s links arrangement
Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
Jive Finalist for Intranet Journal Product of the Year (but need 3 clicks from you)
Portland Web Innovators: Mobile Tsunami Presentation
Alex Malinovich joins Planet Argon
Team WhiteBoarding with Twiddla
Rick Hangartner to demo MyStrands at Startupalooza
Angel Oregon: Three diverse Web-tech companies vie for funding
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) has announced the seven finalists gunning for funding in its annual Angel Oregon competition. Among the seven are three particular companies who have decidedly focused some angle of their offering on a Web play.
And since we all know the Web is near and dear to my heart, I’m going to focus on them.
I’m not guaranteeing a win. But were I a betting man, I’d be putting my money on one of these:
OsoEco – OsoEco is positioned to exploit a significant gap in the E-commerce market for green products & services by launching the first Web-based “Sustainable Social Shopping” community w/a unique focus on local solutions. Members can connect, discover, research, and recommend green products & services to peers, interest groups and gurus.
Powermand, Inc. – Web service and solution to aggregate many small electric loads into a large virtual load for monetizing as “negawatts.” Low cost service fee per site per month paid by the negawatts customer.
Revelation – Revelation creates web software that optimizes qualitative market research, enabling companies to develop and harness rich understanding of customer experiences, behaviors and needs at a fraction of the time and cost of traditional research techniques.
For more, see the complete list of Angel Oregon participants. Visit Upcoming to RSVP for the event or register to attend at Angel Oregon.
FreeRange WebReader garners Chicago Tribune ink, affection
Portland-based FreeRange happened to mention that their mobile tool, WebReader, was recently featured in a Chicago Tribune article.
Maybe “featured” isn’t the right word. Perhaps “loved” is more appropriate, considering:
And one of the better tools I’ve seen for doing so — for taking even a mediocre Internet service like my BlackBerry using T-Mobile’s Edge network and making it pop — is the FreeRange WebReader.
And that’s not all the reporter has to say. To read more nice things about the FreeRange product, see “Getting the most out of your hand-held.”
FreeRange Communications was created to develop innovative products that tap into the continued convergence of computers, the internet and mobile phones. Founded in 2004, our first products are business-focused applications that bring fast and affordable information access to your mobile device.
For more on FreeRange and its mobile products, visit FreeRange.
Silicon Florist’s links arrangement
Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
MyStrands named Mobile Rules! Finalist
Clearspace is a 2008 Codie Award finalist for Best Collaboration Software Solution
Silicon Florist’s links arrangement
Sometimes, a link says more than I could ever say. Here are some fragrant little buds I’ve found recently, courtesy of ma.gnolia.
Minutes from “Dashboards” at Beer and Blog
Jive gets a new logo
Reminder: Marshall Kirkpatrick on RSS, February 19
Just a reminder that Marshall Kirkpatrick, lead blogger for Read/Write Web and RSS guru, will be presenting a “Lunch and Learn” session on RSS at the OTBC on Tuesday, February 19.
I like to think of myself as fairly RSS savvy. And I can say, without a doubt, that no one has taught me more about how to make RSS jump through hoops than Marshall.
To RSVP, visit the OTBC Meetup page on the event. The cost is $15 at the door. But you were going to spend that money on lunch, anway. And this way, you actually get to learn something.