Design – Page 3 – Silicon Florist

[HTML1]When the City of Portland decided to launch a design contest this week for the redesign of PortlandOnline, they tried to avoid some RFP entanglements. Unfortunately, that decision had them offering a link from the site to the winning designer—instead of a cash prize or contract.

Well, members of the Portland graphic design and Web design community responded. And it wasn’t favorable. Because the contest carried with it the strong stench of spec work.

Now, the Portland AIGA is working to bring the graphic design and Web design community together to discuss the whole PortlandOnline issue and potential next steps for the community. Read More

Category: #featured, Design, Discussions, Events, Oregon, Portland, PortlandOnline, Roundtables, spec, WebDesign
Tag: aiga, Contests, Design, Portland, PortlandOnline, round table, roundtable, spec, spec work

[HTML1]With WordCamp Portland fast approaching, I’ve had any number of folks approaching me with questions like “What’s WordPress?”, “Why should I use WordPress?”, “What can I do with WordPress?”, and “When will you shut up with the questions already? I mean, really?”

So rather than try to recount all my WordPress love in one egotistical post, I thought it might better for a little more “show” than “tell.”

So here—in a rough semblance of alphabetical order—are what some other folks in Portland and the Silicon Forest are doing with that magical open-source blogging platform, WordPress:

Whew! That’s a lot of WordPress going on.

If I missed your site (or screwed up your URL), I apologize. Please link it up below so that everyone else see the cool things you’re doing with WordPress.

Category: Design, Oregon, Portland, SiliconForest, WordCamp, Wordpress
Tag: Design, Portland, silicon forest, WordCamp, wordcamp portland, Wordpress

Tag: Design

Round table: Discussing the PortlandOnline contest, the Portland design community, and spec work

80+ WordPress designs from Portland and the Silicon Forest