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title: 'Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 10'
date: '2008-10-10T23:02:08-07:00'
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# Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for October 10

#### [GOSCON: Government Open Source Conf in PDX at Fast Wonder Blog: Consulting, Online Communities, and Social Media](http://fastwonderblog.com/2008/10/10/goscon-government-open-source-conf-in-pdx/#comment-54362)

Dawn Foster writes “I was just talking to Deb Bryant about the upcoming GOSCON event here in Portland Oct 20th – 23rd, and there are some very exciting things about the event. For anyone unfamiliar with GOSCON, it is focused on providing ‘forums to explore both the business case and real-world applications for open technology to deliver the next generation of government services.’ This is the fourth annual GOSCON event.”

#### [Saturday Dinner and Hackathon – WhereCampPDX Blog](http://www.wherecamppdx.org/2008/10/saturday-dinner-and-hackathon/)

Via the WhereCamp PDX blog “After sessions on Saturday, the 18th, we’ll be heading over to Old Town Pizza for dinner and hacking. We’re asking attendees to RSVP and pre-pay for dinner with the form below. Join us to continue talking about ideas from the day’s sessions, and collaborate on projects.”

#### [Shizzow Blog · Using Shizzow RSS: FriendFeed, Widgets, and More](http://blog.shizzow.com/2008/10/using-shizzow-rss-friendfeed-widgets-and-more/)

Via the Shizzow blog “A few weeks ago, we turned the switch to make the RSS feeds for shouts publicly available. While we have a few people using them for something interesting, the rest of you slackers haven’t done squat with them. Here are a couple of ideas to get you started.”

#### [Quick update | Oregon Blogs](http://blog.orblogs.org/2008/10/quick-update/)

Via the Oregon Blogs blog “There are at least 4 people looking at the codebase, including me. This is a good sign because, although it’s complex and feature rich, it’s relatively clean and Patrick (@plightbo) has graciously provided a script to grab the dependencies, meaning going from ‘broken’ to ‘not broken’ is relatively painless.”

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