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title: 'ReadWriteWeb, the Adidas of tech blogs, now a Portland blog'
date: '2008-06-21T11:19:11-07:00'
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categories:
  - Blogs
  - Portland
  - ReadWriteWeb
  - RWW
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  - adidas
  - Oregon
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  - RWW
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# ReadWriteWeb, the Adidas of tech blogs, now a Portland blog

[ReadWriteWeb](http://readwriteweb.com "ReadWriteWeb")—the [Adidas](http://adidas.com "Adidas") of tech blogs—is the second most influential technology blog [according to the Techmeme Leaderboard](http://www.techmeme.com/lb "Techmeme Leaderboard") ([TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com "TechCrunch") is the leader) and one of the top 20 blogs (#11 as of this writing) in the world [according to Technorati](http://www.technorati.com/pop/blogs "Technorati's most popular blogs"). And now—continuing to extend the Adidas metaphor—they’re officially part of Portland.

[![ReadWriteWeb](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/imgreadwriteweb.jpg?w=925)](http://readwriteweb.com "ReadWriteWeb")

RWW [announced today](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/frederic_corvida.php "Frederic and Corvida join RWW") that Portland-based [Frederic Lardinois](http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_frederic.php "Frederic Lardinois") has joined RWW as the “News & Reviews” blogger. According to RWW founder [Richard MacManus](http://www.readwriteweb.com/about_richard.php "Richard MacManus"), “\[Frederic\] will be a daily presence on RWW throughout the working week.”

With this announcement, we’re soon to have more ReadWriteWeb content produced in Portland than anywhere else. Because Portland is now home to twice as many ReadWriteWeb bloggers as any other city in the world.

We have two: [Marshall Kirpatrick](http://marshallk.com "Marshall Kirkpatrick") and Frederic.

And I don’t know about you, but if you got the chance to meet [Corvida](http://shegeeks.net "She Geeks")—[who was formally welcomed as part-time writer for RWW, as well](http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/frederic_corvida.php "Corvida's official welcome")—at [Ignite Portland 3](http://igniteportland.com "Ignite Portland") or the [Strands](http://strands.com "Strands") after party, I think we have a good chance at having at taking an insurmountable lead as the de facto home of ReadWriteWeb.

So much so, in fact, that let’s just agree that ReadWriteWeb is now a Portland blog. Okay? Okay.

I mean, it wouldn’t be the first time a major player, headquartered somewhere else, had more employees in the Silicon Forest than in their hometown. Now would it, [Intel](http://intel.com "Intel")?

And, this isn’t the first time Portland has been lucky enough to attract a major blog to our fair city. Another high-traffic property—[Waxy.org](http://waxy.org "Waxy.org")—[became a Portland blog when Andy Baio moved here earlier this year](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/02/08/waxyorg-its-back-and-now-its-part-of-portland/ "Waxy.org is part of Portland").

Congratulations to Frederic and ReadWriteWeb on this new relationship. I’m looking forward to continuing to read what is now the most popular Portland blog. And I’m also looking forward to Corvida coming back to town—so that we can further increase our lead.

[ReadWriteWeb](http://readwriteweb.com "ReadWriteWeb") began publishing on April 20, 2003 and is now one of the most widely read and respected blogs in the world. It has over 220,000 RSS and email subscribers. ReadWriteWeb is edited by Richard MacManus and is written by a team of Web enthusiasts.