Yesterday, I shared a recent report by Rise of the Rest which illustrated the number of VC dollars from the Bay Area and New York City that were being invested elsewhere in the country. Portland did okay in the rankings. But something was gnawing at me. Like I needed some additional context. And suddenly it dawned on me this morning that that additional context might be the populations of the metropolitan areas that were highlighted — and what the per capita venture capital investments were.
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Ten cities captured 50% of the growth in tech jobs: Portland is not one of them
There was a time when Portland was continually on lists. Best place to live. Most bikeable. Fastest growing. New tech hubs. But despite those perceptions, we’re not seeing the growth in the tech sector we had foretold. According to the Brookings, cities like Phoenix, Charlotte, Madison, and Provo are attracting more tech talent than Portland.
Read MoreWhat are the most popular iPhone app icon colors? With Icon Rainbow, now you know
Take Portland-based Icon Rainbow (@iconrainbow), a new project that analyzes iPhone app icon colors and tells you which colors are currently the most popular.
[HTML1]One of the things I love most about this whole Web thing is that if you take creative people and give them access to data? They’ll come up with some pretty interesting ways to munge that data and represent it in really beautiful ways.
Take Portland-based Icon Rainbow (@iconrainbow), a new project from Ryan Snyder (@ryansnyder) and Crystal Beasley (@skinny) that analyzes iPhone app icon colors and tells you which colors are currently the most popular. Read More
Who are you? Google? Facebook? Twitter? JanRain shares industry trends on distributed identities and social media platforms
JanRain has done all the work. So just head over to read more in their post “Data on Industry Trends in Social Media Platforms.”
You may not know this, but what distributed identity you decide to use and where you decide to use it says a lot about you—and a lot about the world of the Internet in general. I’m serious. Just think about it. Is Facebook Connect more popular? Is Google leading? What sort of traction does OpenID have overall? What about the promise of OAuth?
Wait. Am I the only one thinking about this kind of thing? Oh. Well, I know at least one other company that’s taking the time to dig into this dynamic: Portland-based JanRain. Read More
Twitalyzer 2.0 takes analyzing Twitter—and over analyzing yourself—to a whole new level
Well, it turns out that Portland has managed to keep pushing the Portland-based Twitalyzer team to make their analysis of Twitter user behavior better and better. (Probably because they wanted a free beer at Beer and Blog.)
[HTML2]You may remember Twitalyzer from the bit of hubbub it caused last year, when it was used to select the top 100 Twitter users in Portland.
Well, it turns out that Portland—the town that very well may have more Twitter users per capita than any other—has managed to keep pushing the Portland-based Twitalyzer team to make their analysis of Twitter user behavior better and better. (Probably because of all the folks who felt they deserved a free beer at Beer and Blog.)
And now, they’ve released the latest fruits of that effort with the launch of Twitalyzer 2.0. Read More
Clicky releases new look for Spy real-time Web-traffic analytics
I want to know. And that’s why, real-time Web-traffic analysis like Portland-based Clicky’s Spy feature are especially addicting for me, as well. So imagine my surprise when the interface suddenly changed on me today—for the better.
[HTML3]Like many bloggers, I’m wee bit addicted to tracking and stats and whatnot. Who’s reading what? When are they reading it? What’s popular? What’s not? Does anyone really care?
I want to know. And that’s why, real-time Web-traffic analysis like Portland-based Clicky‘s Spy feature are especially addicting for me, as well.
So imagine my surprise when the interface suddenly changed on me today—for the better. Read More
Twitalyzer: Top 100 Twitter types in Portland by influence
Portland-based Twitalyzer has released a new feature that allows users to rank Twitter folks for a demographic region by certain metrics, like influence, signal-to-noise ratio, generosity, velocity, and clout.
How do the Twitter types in Portland fare? Let’s take a look at the listings for today.
Here are the Top 100 Twitter types in Portland based on influence as of about 9:00 AM, today (but it has already changed—yay for dynamic data!):
- tweetpenguin
- mikeklingler
- stephstricklen
- chrisguillebeau
- fishfire
- TheSquare
- brampitoyo
- caseorganic
- emmortal
- erictpeterson
- theonetruebix
- italylogue
- atlanta978
- turoczy
- lynnelle
- ethobullion
- CarriBugbee
- 1080group
- SisterDiane
- jakks
- jkvirtualoffice
- matthewrayscott
- robsellen
- kellyrfeller
- lorelleonwp
- ravenme
- sabrinafina
- wendymaynard
- xolotl
- BikePortland
- jeanannvk
- bryanrhoads
- seschloss
- curtjonestweets
- cvelis
- jabancroft
- mike_ace
- betsywhim
- NBANoise
- selenamarie
- timorousme
- amyrsward
- PDXJobs
- haroldPDX
- georgeholland
- dieselboi
- znmeb
- DianaOfPortland
- girlgraphix
- evilspinmeister
- radiogretchen
- kentjlewis
- sheagunther
- AbbieKendall
- feedia
- macgenie
- pdxlilly
- carterlusher
- RobSalzman
- semaphoria
- justinkistner
- kimtoomey
- donpdonp
- psingleton
- Transitionqueen
- jandroid
- kaykas
- danielbachhuber
- brianclayville
- Aleta
- jamesshore
- morecontrary
- unclenate
- heathred
- ginarau
- jaycosnett
- aaronblew
- SocialMediaPDX
- widmer_brothers
- thorprichard
- BeverlyHogue
- adronbh
- bobhyatt
- lonefir
- ryanbuch
- sleeve
- smbguru
- adamboettiger
- jenmaxwell
- abrahamhyatt
- DrewColeman
- EdSchoaps
- ryansnyder
- sugarpuss
- JulieMorgan
- fredericl
- foodbizstartup
- ECdavies
- neddotcom
- pmarzullo
And while there are a number of folks missing from the list whom I would expect to be there—like Marshall Kirkpatrick and some of the Top 30 tech Twitter types from the Portland area from last year—this is still a great way to discover some local folks who you might want to follow.
For the latest rankings, metrics, and the ability to slice and dice the lists for Portland—as well as a number of other geographic regions—visit Twitalyzer.
(Hat tip Nate “@xolotl” Angell #29)
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