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title: 'Raven Zachary’s Apple iPhone obsession now his full-time gig'
date: '2008-08-18T09:52:43-07:00'
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# Raven Zachary’s Apple iPhone obsession now his full-time gig

[![Raven Zachary Apple iPhone](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/imgiphoneravenzachary.jpg?w=925)](http://raven.me "Raven Zachary Apple iPhone")Without a doubt, one of the busiest people in Portland—when he’s actually on the ground here in Portland—is [Raven Zachary](http://portlandonfire.com/ravenzachary "Raven Zachary"). Working with [Legion of Tech](http://legionoftech.org "Legion of Tech"). Founding [iPhoneDevCamp](http://iphonedevcamp.com "iPhoneDevCamp"). Running around consulting on Open Source. Standing in line waiting for iPhones. And helping folks with all things iPhone.

Yeah, you caught that, didn’t you?

It’s no secret that Raven’s interest has definitely been leaning more and more toward the [iPhone](http://apple.com/iphone "Apple iPhone"), as of late. And you know what they always say? Follow your passion.

So now, Raven is taking the opportunity to do exactly that, [turning his iPhone obsession passion into full-time gig](http://raven.me/2008/08/18/focusing-on-the-iphone/ "Raven Zachary's new iPhone gig").

> For those of you who know me as the founder of [iPhoneDevCamp](http://www.iphonedevcamp.org/), this will probably not come as much of a surprise. Over the past few weeks, a number of professional opportunities relating to the iPhone have emerged that are too compelling to pass up. Some of these project I can’t talk about just yet, but I am looking forward to sharing them with you as soon as I able to.

Well, sort of.

Raven will still be supporting some of his consulting clients for [The 451 Group](http://the451group.com "451 Group"). But instead of being a full-time analyst, he’ll move into the part-time role of contributing analyst.

So, he’ll **still** be crazy busy. Just with a different priority ranking on his efforts.

I, for one, couldn’t be happier for Raven. His passion is infectious. And this opportunity to channel his energy into this gig will be a delight to see.

And it looks like I’m not the only one. [Twitter is running rampant with congratulations for Raven](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=ravenme "Ravenme"), this morning. Including a retweet from none other than [Tim O’Reilly](http://tim.oreilly.com/ "Tim O'Reilly"), himself:

[![Tim O’Reilly on Raven Zachary](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/imgoreillyravenzachary.jpg?w=925)](http://twitter.com/timoreilly/statuses/891182665 "Tim O’Reilly on Raven Zachary")

Raven’s new venture can be found at [raven.me](http://raven.me "raven.me") or you can [follow him on Twitter at ravenme](http://twitter.com/ravenme "Ravenme on Twitter").

> raven.me is an [iPhone](http://www.apple.com/iphone/) site. It serves two functions – to provide interesting iPhone content to the general public and to promote my iPhone advisory business and other iPhone-related pursuits.

Again, best of luck to Raven. I know he’s going to be a phenomenal success. And that bodes well for all us here in the Silicon Forest.