---
title: 'TechCrunch has a Portland outpost'
date: '2012-04-24T18:51:23-07:00'
type: post
word_count: 190
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categories:
  - Blogs
  - Oregon
  - Portland
tags:
  - 'frederic lardinois'
  - ReadWriteWeb
  - RWW
  - TechCrunch
---

# TechCrunch has a Portland outpost

File under “better late than never.”

I just realized that, earlier this month, [Frederic Lardinois](http://twitter.com/fredericl "Frederic Lardinois")—an awesome tech blogger with whom I had the pleasure of working during a short stint at [ReadWriteWeb](http://readwriteweb.com "ReadWriteWeb")—has [joined the ranks of TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/10/please-welcome-peter-ha-frederic-lardinois-and-new-co-editor-alexia-tsotsis/ "Please Welcome Peter Ha, Frederic Lardinois And New Co-Editor Alexia Tsotsis"). Frederic lives Portland.

I haven’t really got much more than that. And I know opinions on TechCrunch run hot and cold. But it’s nice to have a talented blogger from the Portland area joining the ranks of an internationally recognized blog.

And in case you didn’t know, Portland’s [Marshall Kirkpatrick](http://twitter.com/marshallk "Marshall Kirkpatrick")—whom both Frederic and I worked for at RWW—was the [lead blogger at TechCrunch](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/marshall-kirkpatrick "Marshall Kirkpatrick on TechCrunch"). Back in the day.

Congrats to a former coworker on an awesome new gig. And best of luck. Just keep doing what you’re doing. [And breaking news](http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/24/google-outs-google-drive-on-its-french-blog-here-are-all-the-details/ "Google outs Google Drive").