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title: 'AboutUs Lunch 2.0 V2 Recap'
date: '2009-02-12T07:23:55-08:00'
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# AboutUs Lunch 2.0 V2 Recap

Yesterday, we ended the first year of Portland Lunch 2.0 at the place it all [began](http://www.lunch20.com/2008/02/28/portland-lunch-20-launches/) in February 2008, [AboutUs](http://aboutus.org).

I didn’t get a very official count at either event, but I think we went from about 50 at the first Lunch 2.0 to well over a 100 yesterday. I saw a lot of familiar faces, along with new ones.

Aside from opening up their sweet renovated warehouse office space to us, AboutUs provided chotchkies (cell phone charms featuring the [universal edit button](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/06/27/universal-edit-button-ward-cunningham-mark-dilley-and-peter-kaminski/) and AboutUs buttons), grub and [cupcakes](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahockley/3272974031/in/set-72157604001310857/) as big as a fist. They had a projector broadcasting a stream of their pageviews, which attracted a lot of attention; Lunch 2.0 still is a pretty geeky crowd after all.

[](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/02/12/aboutus-lunch-20-v2-recap/1265/)

[![3273794888_e5e33aed49.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/3273794888_e5e33aed49.jpg?resize=481%2C321)](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/02/12/aboutus-lunch-20-v2-recap/1265/ "Photo by Aaron Hockley, used under Creative Commons")

Case in point, someone suggested that we watch the list to see if there were repeat IPs, but this quickly made me dizzy and disoriented.

Another nice touch was the arrangement of cinema displays (color me jealous) along the western wall of the office that read “HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUNCH 2.0”.

[](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/02/12/aboutus-lunch-20-v2-recap/1264/)

[![3272975615_c16e8118c9.jpg](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/3272975615_c16e8118c9.jpg?resize=481%2C321)](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/02/12/aboutus-lunch-20-v2-recap/1264/ "Photo by Aaron Hockley, used under Creative Commons")

We skipped the talkie-talkie this time. Everyone was happily chatting around the office, which is kinda the point. No need to interrupt everyone to listen to me mumble, and AboutUs had all their people mingling and answering questions about what they do.

Big thanks to the whole AboutUs crew for hosting, especially to [Steven](http://twitter.com/stevenwalling) for organizing.

Likewise, thanks to [Aaron Hockley](http://twitter.com/ahockley) who provided excellent photos of the event. All photos in the post are by Aaron and used under Creative Commons. Incidentally, check out Aaron’s [Lunch 2.0 – Portland](http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahockley/sets/72157604001310857/) set on Flickr; it provides a great history of the event. Aaron has been to nearly all the Lunch 2.0s, and he usually has his camera to document the festivities. His photos also pop up on Flickr widget on [lunch20.com](http://www.lunch20.com/), the home of the original Bay Area chapter because of how awesome they are. OK, it’s *also* because they’re tagged “lunch2.0”.

Anyway, let’s peer into the future of Portland Lunch 2.0’s second year.

**Upcoming Portland Lunch 2.0s**

- [March 11](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1429655/) at OpenSourcery
- [March 25](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1808911/) [April 22](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1808911/) at TechShop Portland in Beaverton

**Save these Dates**

These haven’t been officially announced yet, but they are happening. Stay tuned for details.

- April 8 hosted by [MioWorks](http://www.mioworks.com/) at a location TBD
- [May 20](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1808990/) hosted by [WebVisions](http://webvisionsevent.com/) at the Oregon Convention Center

Big thanks to all the hosts who have hosted or plan to host Lunch 2.0. Drop a comment (or tweet [@jkuramot](http://twitter.com/jkuramot)) if you want information about hosting one. It’s [easy](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/11/11/how-to-lunch-20/).