---
title: 'Not exactly the Portland hardware renaissance for which we were hoping'
date: '2013-03-01T09:00:44-08:00'
type: post
word_count: 131
char_count: 956
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categories:
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Videos
tags:
  - dorkbot
  - hacking
  - hardware
  - renaissance
  - 'thing tuesday'
  - tindie
---

# Not exactly the Portland hardware renaissance for which we were hoping

Portland has always boasted a diverse group of hackers in town—hardware hackers among them. And with the growing interest, affordability, and accessibility to hardware, I’m convinced that we’re poised to see hardware go through a bit of a renaissance.

[Dorkbot PDX](http://dorkbotpdx.org/ "Dorkbot PDX"), [Tindie](http://siliconflorist.com/2012/12/17/making-stuff-makers-funded-portland-startup-tindie-aims-etsy-hardware-hackers/ "Making stuff for the makers: Funded Portland startup Tindie aims to be the Etsy for hardware hackers"), [Thing Tuesday](http://www.meetup.com/Thing-Tuesday-The-Portland-Internet-of-Things-Meetup/ "Thing Tuesday"), Kickstarter—even corporate pursuits from Nike and Jawbone—all point to something special beginning to happen in Portland.

Putting that all aside—and I do mean way, way aside—here’s a little Friday levity that riffs on that renaissance.