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title: 'Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 14'
date: '2009-01-15T00:03:49-08:00'
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# Silicon Florist’s links arrangement for January 14

#### [Thank You San Francisco! Get Ready Portland | SXSW.com](http://www.sxsw.com/node/826)

Via SXSW “The next SXSW Interactive mixer will be held at the Fez Ballroom in Portland (316 SW 11th at Burnside) on January 19th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm. RSVP to interpress@sxsw.com now to ensure your spot on the guest list. Porter Novelli, the official PR agency of SXSW Interactive, is the co-sponsor of these networking parties.”

#### [Installing CouchDB Edge](http://jchris.mfdz.com/posts/138)

Via Chris Anderson “CouchDB’s been seeing some interest growth lately, and we’ve been ‘on the cusp’ of an 0.9 release for a while. 0.9 is still ‘soon,’ but for those who don’t want to wait for a release, you’ll need to run against CouchDB trunk if you want to play with the latest codes.”

#### [Raven Zachary on Jobs and Apple – Silicon Forest](http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2009/01/raven_zachary_on_jobs_and_appl.html)

Mike Rogoway writes “I happened to be walking to a coffee with top iPhone developer Raven Zachary this afternoon when the news broke about Steve Jobs taking a leave from Apple.”

#### [Who Will Be The Bacon Master? | Our PDX Network](http://ourpdx.net/2009/01/who-will-be-the-bacon-master/)

Cami Kaos writes “That’s right everyone, Masterbacon is almost upon us. Join the bacon loving masses this Saturday, 1 PM at Davis Street Tavern for a bacon contest. There will be a grand prize winner and a runner up plus several special awards. But don’t show up empty handed, all who attend are expected to participate in some fashion.”

#### [CitySpeek » Girl in Your Shirt ](http://girl.inyourshirt.tv/cityspeek)

Via Girl In Your Shirt “CitySpeek is a NEW micro-messaging service that allows you to stay in contact with friends, co-workers, teammates and customers. You can create public and private groups and upload photos.”

#### [Top 15 Twitter Acronyms | Pistachio](http://pistachioconsulting.com/top-15-twitter-acronyms/)

Alexander Howard writes “There you go. The top 15 Twitter acronyms, along with a few extra ones in the explanations. If you have others that you think should be included, add ‘em to the comments. @verso & @ahockley maintain a whimsical wiki called the ‘Twictionary‘ where you can find more coinages.”

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