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title: 'Spring cleaning: Keeping up with all that’s happening around the Silicon Forest startup scene'
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# Spring cleaning: Keeping up with all that’s happening around the Silicon Forest startup scene

Sometimes, I get so into keeping with all the awesome Portland startup news that I forget some folks are new around here.

Yes, like you, gentle reader. Welcome! It’s nice to have you here. I hope you can stay awhile. And please let me know if there is anything I can do to make your visit a better one.

So for all of the new folks—and for all of you who have been around here for awhile—I thought I’d do a little spring cleaning. And let you know all the ways that you can keep up with what’s happening here on [Silicon Florist](http://siliconflorist.com "Silicon Florist") and in the Silicon Forest.

Here are some resources for you. So you’ll be in the know:

- First and foremost, you’ll want to subscribe to the [Silicon Florist RSS feed](http://feeds2.feedburner.com/siliconflorist "Silicon Florist RSS feed"). This will keep you up-to-date on all of the latest posts and all the news that’s percolating here in the startup scene. Not familiar with RSS or feed readers? No worries. Here’s a little [primer from Marshall Kirkpatrick on how to use RSS to make your life easier](http://marshallk.com/teaching-rss-a-discussion "Teaching RSS").
- If you like Twitter, you can follow Silicon Florist (@siliconflorist) to get all of the stories in your Twitter stream. Or you can follow Rick Turoczy (@turoczy), Silicon Florist editor, for more conversational interactions.
- More into Facebook? I hear it’s a pretty popular site on the Internets, so that makes perfect sense. You can always show a little love and like the [Silicon Florist fan page on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/siliconflorist "Silicon Florist fan page on Facebook").
- Friendfeed feel more your speed? Then you can always follow [Silicon Florist there](http://friendfeed.com/siliconflorist "Silicon Florist on Friendfeed"), too.
- Like the LinkedIn? Feel free to join the [Silicon Florist LinkedIn group](http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1954569 "Silicon Florist on LinkedIn").
- Interest in local events? Well then the [Silicon Florist group on Upcoming](http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/4070/ "Silicon Florist group on Upcoming") is perfect for you. Subscribe to the group and you’ll get all of the awesome tech events happening in Portland on any given day.
- Interested in the stories that other people have written? Or interesting news that I don’t quite have time to cover? Then the [Silicon Florist daily local links](http://delicious.com/siliconflorist "Silicon Florist on delicious") are for you. A whole bunch of goodness written by people who write better than I.
- Want a firehose feed that includes Silicon Florist posts, events, and links? Well, I thought you might. That’s why there is the [Silicon Florist firehose feed](http://feeds2.feedburner.com/siliconflorist/combo "Silicon Florist combined feed"). For you information gluttons.
- Not into the whole “reading” thing? It’s understandable. Reading is hard. As is dealing with my abhorrent grammar. For you, there’s [memePDX](http://twitter.com/memepdx "memePDX on Twitter") (@memepdx), a weekly wrap up of the hottest tech stories in Portland, Oregon, and beyond. You can subscribe to [memePDX on iTunes](http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/memepdx/id332002216 "memePDX on iTunes"), [like the memePDX fan page on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/memePDX "memePDX fan page on Facebook"), or watch memePDX via [Viddler](http://www.viddler.com/explore/memepdx/ "memePDX on Viddler"), [Vimeo](http://vimeo.com/memepdx "memePDX on Vimeo"), or [Blip](http://siliconflorist.blip.tv/ "Silicon Florist on blip").
- What’s that? You’re super busy and you really just want the cream of the crop? No problem. I know how that is. And that’s why there’s [Silicon Florist curated content](http://eepurl.com/eGkc "Silicon Florist curated content"). It’s a weekly email that will recap the three hottest tech stories of the week and provide you with a heads up on a few must-attend events for the next week. And every once in awhile, something more. Easy peasy. All in your inbox with your Friday morning coffee.

So there you go. A variety of ways to keep up on what’s happening in the startup scene around here. All lovingly packaged up for you. And delivered just the way you want it.

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