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title: 'OpenHack: Actually surprised I''m getting to introduce this to Portland hackers'
date: '2012-11-08T00:20:53-08:00'
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# OpenHack: Actually surprised I'm getting to introduce this to Portland hackers

Usually, I’m a little late to the party. I mean, when I see folks talking about [all of the cities on this latest hacking idea](http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4756084 "OpenHack on Hacker News"), I assume Portland is already participating. And when it’s an open hacking thing? I mean, c’mon. Portland is probably leading the charge, right? Heck, we probably even organized it.

And I’m not even going to go into the whole “[Portland startups on Github](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/11/02/ten-portland-startups-github/ "10+ Portland startups you should be following on Github")” stuff.

So imagine my surprise when I happened upon [OpenHack](http://openhack.github.com/?new "OpenHack") and Portland was nowhere to be found.

That’s right.

Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Birmingham, AL; Boston, MA; Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Columbia, SC; Columbus, OH; Fort Wayne, IN; Green Bay, WI; Iowa City, IA; Jersey City, NJ; Miami, FL; New York City, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Providence, RI; Toronto, ON; and Windsor, ON. But still no Portland, OR. Sad trombone.

So what is OpenHack thing anyway? Well, “OpenHack is a meetup with a simple purpose: Code together, on anything.”

Sounds pretty Portlandy, right? So maybe we should get on it.

And by “we” I mean people who actually have coding chops and who find this a good idea.

For more information, visit [OpenHack](http://openhack.github.com/?new "OpenHack") or follow @openhack on Twitter.