I’ve mentioned the fact that Richard MacManus, the founder of ReadWriteWeb, is currently in the midst of publishing a a serialized memoir of his experience starting and leading one of the most popular tech blogs on the web during the Web 2.0 and early SaaS days. Well, the Portland of 2010 takes a center stage in this latest edition. Given the number of RWW staff that called Portland home at the time.
Soon we had a quorum of RWWers around the table. I sat next to Alex Williams, and on the other side of Alex was Deane Rimerman, a freelance researcher. On my left was Justin Houk, a government agency worker who was interning with us, and on the other side of the table were Marshall, Abraham, and Audrey Watters. Like Curt, Audrey had started toward the end of March. She was probably about my age but had spent almost her entire career so far in the academic field—most recently studying toward a comparative literature PhD. She was similar to Frederic in that regard, and like him, Audrey had quickly adapted to the blogging world.
For more, read “My Trip to Portland, Home to Half of Team ReadWriteWeb” or delve into the entire series at Cybercultural.
[Full disclosure: I wrote for RWW for a short time, 2008-2009.]
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