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title: 'What does the Portland tech community look like?'
date: '2008-05-01T15:40:07-07:00'
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# What does the Portland tech community look like?

While a good number of us here in Portland tend to interact on [Twitter](http://twitter.com "Twitter") or [via blog comments](http://siliconflorist.com/wp-admin/post.php#comments "Comments") or [at events](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4070/ "Portland tech events that I'm following"), it’s rare that we’re all in the same place at the same time. So getting a [comprehensive picture of the “Portland tech community”](http://flickr.com/photos/ahockley/2249344273/ "Portland tech community at Ignite Portland") has been difficult, at best.

So what do geeks do to solve that problem? We employ technology.

[Audrey Eschright](http://lifeofaudrey.com/ "Audrey Eschright") has put together a [Legion of Tech survey that will give us a view into the Portland tech community](http://moourl.com/lotsurvey "Legion of Tech survey on Portland tech community"), in terms of the demographics and general foci of the folks living and working here in the Portland community.

It’s goals, [according to Audrey](http://dyepot-teapot.com/2008/05/01/surveying-portland-tech-community/ "Audrey Eschright on the Portland tech community survey"), are pretty straightforward: get some semblance of an idea about who we are and what it is we do.

> If you’re in Portland, and involved with any kind of technology activities for work or fun, please go to <http://moourl.com/lotsurvey>. The more responses, the better, since we want to see the breadth of our community, and whether Legion of Tech events are on your calendar. Tell your friends, coworkers, and neighbors.

If you consider yourself part of the Portland tech community—or if you’d like to be part of the Portland tech community—please take a few moments to walk through the **[Portland tech community survey](http://moourl.com/lotsurvey "Portland tech community survey")**.

I’ll make sure to highlight the results in a future post.