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title: 'Somebody get this on the calendar: Calagator’s birthday is today'
date: '2009-01-19T21:44:55-08:00'
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# Somebody get this on the calendar: Calagator’s birthday is today

[![Calagator](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/imgcalagator.jpg?w=925)](http://calagator.org "Calagator")On January 19, 2008, a group of folks [got together for a codefest](http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-tech-calendar/browse_thread/thread/f86ce32db7afd759?pli=1 "First Calagator meeting").

> Today several of us met during the Code Sprint gathering at CubeSpace to talk and work on the calendar.
> Participants: Audrey Eschright, Selena Deckelmann, Igal Koshevoy, Reid Beels, Paige Saez, Daniel Etra, Anselm Hook, and Bill Burcham.

I was a little slow on the uptake. But a few days later, I managed to crank out a post about the “[Portland Tech Calendar](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/01/21/calagator-gnaws-on-the-portland-tech-calendar-problem/ "Calagator gnaws at Portland Tech Calendar problem")” project, highlighting:

> Last Saturday, the [Portland Tech Calendar](http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-tech-calendar "Portland Tech Calendar") group dove headlong into a code sprint around the problem of aggregating all of the tech calendars for Portland, Oregon, and the surrounding areas. The result? [Calagator](http://calagator.org/).
> 
> The group made a great deal of progress during the code sprint. [A full recap is available via Google Groups](http://groups.google.com/group/pdx-tech-calendar/browse_thread/thread/f86ce32db7afd759 "Calagator first code sprint recap"). Highlights are available on the [Calagator blog](http://calagator.wordpress.com/2008/01/19/our-119-codesprint/ "Calagator code fest one"). (That’s right, they have the beginnings of code *and* a [blog](http://calagator.wordpress.com/ "Calagator blog"). These guys have accomplished more in a weekend than I’ve accomplished in the last six months.)

What came out of that initial meeting was more than code, and more than an app. Much more.

[Calagator](http://calagator.org "Calagator") remains one of my favorite examples of Portland ingenuity, Open-Source teamwork, and the underlying culture of Portland’s Web tech community. And I sincerely hope that they continue doing the same kinds of things they’ve managed to do over the past year.

[Happy Birthday, Calagator](http://calagator.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/happy-birthday-calagator/ "Happy Birthday Calagator"). And thank you. Not only for aggregating the Portland tech calendar, but for providing a shining example of that which this community is capable.