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title: 'memePDX 010: OSCON’s back, Venture Northwest, Cort & Fatboy, Building a better journalist, Blogging is dead, and Whitehouse.gov on Drupal'
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# memePDX 010: OSCON’s back, Venture Northwest, Cort & Fatboy, Building a better journalist, Blogging is dead, and Whitehouse.gov on Drupal

Happy Thursday! it’s time for another episode of [memePDX](http://twitter.com/memepdx "memePDX"), where [Cami Kaos](http://twitter.com/camikaos "Cami Kaos") and I cover the hottest tech stories in Portland and beyond.

For a special Halloween episode of memePDX, join the disembodied heads of Cami and as we cover [OSCON’s back in Portland](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/10/23/oscon-2010-portland-oregon-july-1923/ "OSCON back in Portland"), [Venture Northwest](http://venturenw.org/ "Venture Northwest"), [Cort & Fatboy](http://pdxsucks.com/2009/10/23/rip-the-cort-fatboy-show/ "Cort and Fatboy"), [Building a Better Journalist](http://blogtown.portlandmercury.com/BlogtownPDX/archives/2009/10/26/i-was-supposed-to-go-to-jantzen-beach-today-to-mc-a-costume-contest-for-dogs "Building a Better Journalist"), [Technorati’s state of the blogosphere](http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/kit-eaton/technomix/blogging-dead-long-live-journalism "Blogging is dead, long live journalism"), and [Whitehouse.gov on Drupal](http://radar.oreilly.com/2009/10/whitehouse-switch-drupal-opensource.html "Whitehouse.gov on Drupal").

But that’s not all. Cami also reveals [a secret project underway](http://30hourday.org "30 hour day").

Let’s get to it, shall we?

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