Month: December 2023

One of the greatest challenges of running a startup is figuring out where to find your customers. For the last decade or so, the prevailing answer has been “social media.” But where is the next generation of potential customers spending their time…? Recent insights from Pew Research reveal the usage of social media by US teens in 2023 — with YouTube and TikTok being the dominant platforms.

AI. It’s all the rage with the kids these days. So it only makes sense that folks would want to gather to discuss it. And potential applications for the technology. And other stuff. That’s why there’s now AI Portland.

Remember when we used to have huge tech events here, all of the time…? Well, there was a glimmer of that old magic today when the WordPress folks have announced that WordCamp US 2024 — the national gathering of folks from the WordPress community and one of the largest WordCamps in the world — will be hosted in Portland, September 17-20, 2024, at the Oregon Convention Center.

If you’re interested in attending PitchBlack 2024, I have some good news. If you’re interested in pitching at PitchBlack 2024, I have some stressful news. Good news first: PitchBlack 2024 tickets are now on sale. The stressful news…? Applications to pitch close at 11:59PM on December 12, 2023.

If you live in the Portland area and don’t know about Vanport, you should. Once the second largest — and most diverse — city in Oregon and the nation’s largest wartime housing development, Vanport only existed about six years, less than 100 years ago. It was destroyed by a flood and never rebuilt. Now, a little bit of tech is being used to tell the stories of that community through the voices of the people who lived there.