Tag: github

Spring cleaning: Contribute to the open source Portland startup community resource cheat sheet

Rick Turoczy on March 17, 2023

No single one of us is as smart as a bunch of us. That was my thinking when I originally threw together this cheat sheet on Github to help document resources in the Portland startup community. The idea was that it would make it easier for folks to understand what was happening in Portland, what organizations supported startup activity, and potentially serve as a way to finally capture and quantify the actual startup activity around these parts — that allowed everyone to contribute.

Category: Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: Community, github, list, open source, Portland, portland startup community, portland startups, resources, Startup, startup community

Building a different kind of rocket ship

Rick Turoczy on January 11, 2018

I’m not going to lie: I love that the increasing accessibility—both in terms of costs and programmability—of hardware is inspiring new and creative pursuits. Sometimes, they create new business concepts. Sometimes they’re just cool. And when folks give you an inside look at how they made it? That’s even cooler. Which is why I loved this LEGO Saturn V project writeup from Portland’s Asa Miller.

Category: Hardware, Makers, Oregon, Portland
Tag: asa miller, github, led, open source, rocket, saturn v, side project

Keeping your New Year's visualizations: Reflect allows you to reflect upon your 2016 Github efforts

Rick Turoczy on January 4, 2017

It stands to reason that a company called Reflect would have something for you this time of year. You know, to reflect. On where you’ve been. And what you did. And for the tech crowd, what better dataset upon which to reflect than your performance on Github over the last year? Introducing your Github Report Card. Read More

Category: #featured, Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: 2016, github, new year, reflect, visualization

Finding something else on which to chew: Meatspaces creator Edna Piranha hands off gif chat project

Rick Turoczy on October 10, 2014

Portland is pretty in tune with the experimental uses of technology. It’s our hobbyist culture. We like to muck with stuff. And technology, for many of us, is just another brush with which to paint. Which is what I found so compelling about Meatspaces, a chat environment created by Portland’s Edna Piranha, that mixes in short form gifs snapped by your laptop camera. Read More

Category: #featured, Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: Chat, edna piranha, gif, github, meatspaces, mozilla, open source

OpenHack: Actually surprised I'm getting to introduce this to Portland hackers

Rick Turoczy on November 8, 2012

Usually, I’m a little late to the party. I mean, when I see folks talking about all of the cities on this latest hacking idea, I assume Portland is already participating. And when it’s an open hacking thing? I mean, c’mon. Portland is probably leading the charge, right? Heck, we probably even organized it. Read More