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Jun 18, 2010: Beer and Blog sponsored by ReadWriteWeb at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

Founder of ReadWriteWeb, Richard MacManus is in town and he's buying beers. Come join us!

June 17 2010, 10:03am | Comments »

May 14, 2010: Beer and Blog: Involver is coming to town at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special treat for everyone this week. Involver is coming to town! If you don't know them, Involver is the leading creator of custom tabs and apps on Facebook. No, they don't make Farmville type stuff. Other people use their services to make their own tabs and apps. And, business is booming for them. So much so, that they are expanding their offices and are scouting out Portland as a potential location! I told them we had a seriously under utilized pool of developer talent here and they want to see for themselves. Help us roll out the red carpet for these out of town potential employers so they have no choice but to open up shop somewhere in PDX.

May 10 2010, 9:19am | Comments »

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Jun 16, 2010: Lunch 2.0 Co-Hosted by Webtrends and Network Redux at Webtrends

Webtrends and Network Redux will be co-hosting Lunch 2.0 at Webtrends' HQ in downtown Portland on Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Are you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks. Wondering what Lunch 2.0 is? Lunch 2.0 is a phenomenon that began in Silicon Valley. You can read about their current events and the history behind Lunch 2.0 at lunch20.com. We imported the concept to Portland in 2007, and you can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 at the Silicon Florist.

May 7 2010, 12:32pm | Comments »

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Jan 29, 2010: Celebrate Our 2nd Anniversary with Mayor Sam Adams at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

The final Friday of our 2nd anniversary celebration is here. So far this month we've given away lots of free booze and cool stuff (courtesy of @AlaskaAir, @SexyNurd, and @DarkHorseComics) to record-breaking numbers of Beer and Bloggers. Even the staff @LaughingSquid stopped by to join in on the hoopla. Sweet! Have you been enjoying yourself so far? We hope so! And now, for our final Friday celebration, we've managed to work our way into the schedule of a very special guest who's heard good things about Beer and Blog and wants to come and celebrated with us: Portland's own Mayor Sam Adams! We're honored by a visit from the Mayor of the city we love so much. We believe it's the spirit of community that Portland, Oregon is known for that has kept Beer and Blog humming along, growing steady and strong like we have the past two years. Portland is Weird, it's awesomesauce, and a visit from Sam Adams is pretty much a Seal of Portland Approval in my eyes. Please join your fellow Beer and Bloggers this Friday at the Green Dragon for the final round of cheers in celebration of our 2nd year. We'll start gathering at 4pm as usual, and expect the Mayor around 5:30pm. A very special W00t! to long-time Beer and Blog supporter @faddah for coordinating the introduction to Mayor's Office :)

January 26 2010, 3:15pm | Comments »

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Dec 4, 2009: Beer and Blog - Gift Giveaway at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

We're giving away presents! Come join us :)

December 2 2009, 8:21am | Comments »

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Aug 6, 2009: Portland Incubator Experiment: First Thursday Open House at Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE)

Part shared office, part incubator, part skunk works, and part think tank, the Portland Incubator Experiment---or PIE as it's now affectionately known---is now live. And its initial incarnation is designed to get some of the best and brightest in the tech industry working more closely with one another. And hopefully instigating a little cross pollination among their startup pursuits---and W+K. I'm the first to admit that the description seems exceedingly, well, nebulous. But so is the concept. Rather than go with hard and fast rules, we're running the Portland Incubator Experiment like, well, an experiment. Let's throw some stuff together and see what happens. Interested in learning more about the space, who's working there, and what's being built? Join us this Thursday---First Thursday---at 5:30 for beverages and whatnot. Meet the folks who are calling the office space home. See what's planned for the immediate future. And revel in the "we don't know exactly what we're doing but we do know it's going to be cool" blooming and buzzing confusion in which we currently reside. We'd love to see you in the space, this Thursday. So we're hoping you can join us.

August 5 2009, 3:16pm | Comments »

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Aug 5, 2009: Lunch 2.0 at Slate Technologies at Slate Technologies

Slate Technologies will be hosting the 19th Portland Lunch 2.0 at their offices in SE Portland. If you're driving, I'm told there will be additional parking arranged. Lunch 2.0 is a Valley phenomenon that you can read about at lunch20.com, and we're putting a PDX stamp on it. You can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 an the Silicon Florist. Are you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.

July 26 2009, 12:13pm | Comments »

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Aug 3, 2009: Ignite Seattle 7 at King Cat Theatre

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers. Topics usually tend towards web 2.0, startups, life hacks, etc., but it can really be about anything that would appeal to a roomful of tech geeks and Internet junkies. Check out some of speakers from past events here - http://www.youtube.com/user/ignitenight

July 26 2009, 12:12pm | Comments »

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Jul 17, 2009: Heard AboutUs? They're 3 (and They're Buying Us Beer!) at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

The wait is over...it's FINALLY time to celebrate a 3rd year of the wiki-awesomeness called AboutUs.org! Portland-based burgeoning Web site indexing service AboutUs.org turned another year older last month (June 20, to be exact), and in appreciation to the community for helping their database grow to more than 14 million pages they're buying the Beer and Blog community a beer. Happy birthday to US and AboutUs! This Friday's free birthday beer comes right on time, too. The night before, on Thursday, is the eagerly anticipated Ignite Portland 6 (brought to us by Legion of Tech and many, many hardworking volunteers). How very poetic (and convenient) to have a decomp the day after in the form of a birthday toast celebrating a successful local business. This will surely help us ease back into the progressive craziness ahead, because just you wait: demands to submit your IP7 proposals will soon be streaking your twitterstream. Join us on the patio at the Green Dragon this Friday from 4-6. Oh! One more thing: show up sooner than later, because free beer goes fast. That's just common Law of Free Beer sense. ;)

July 16 2009, 4:03pm | Comments »

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Jun 26, 2009: Eat Cake and Celebrate OurPDX at Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub

For a year now the OurPDX blog has pointed readers to the best and worst Portland has to offer online and off, engaged in transparent discussions about culture and post content, and sought to inform and entertain the fine citizens of Portland, Oregon. You might know the names of some of the authors of OurPDX from the Beer and Blog community: @morganPDX, @ahockley, @CamiKaos, @Dieselboi, @abrahamhyatt, @betsywhim. Any of those ring a bell? How about @mediaChick? Yep, I write there too. But not as often as I should, I'm afraid, but I do proudly call myself an OurPDX author. Or...maybe you don't know them. Or me. If that's the case then here's your chance, because this Friday Beer and Blog is thrilled to host the 1st birthday party of OurPDX, Portland's awesome group blog authored by 23 writers who pour their honest insights about our fair city onto the Web. Come celebrate OurPDX's first year with cake on the patio of the Green Dragon (hopefully...rain, rain, will stay away) starting at 4pm. In fact, if the weather does cooperate, Beer and Blog will bust out the summer gear for playful fun. That means we might get to frolic in the kiddie pool, my beer and bloggie pals. Awww-yeah. Here's hoping @portlandsun hangs around because, personally, I want my cake (on the patio) and to eat it (water pistols) too! Also, later that night, tune into a special Strange Love Live broadcast, hosted @CamiKaos and @docnormal, with as many OurPDX authors who can stay up that late. Signature SLL tiki rum drinks will be served to the writers to get them sufficiently liquored up in the hopes they'll say embarrassing things for everyone's amusement. I'll be there, trying to remember that the show is, indeed, broadcasting accross the Interverse, and is, indeed, being taped for prosperity and posting later. As in inrefrutable evidence of one's drunken, public confessions. On behalf of Beer and Blog and OurPDX, we hope you'll join us this Friday. Won't be the same without you!

June 24 2009, 6:58am | Comments »

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Jun 19, 2009: The After Party at Webtrends

Come join us for the Beer and Blog After Party in honor of the closing of Open Source Bridge. Special guests Strange Love Live will be broadcasting live from the event.

June 16 2009, 12:42pm | Comments »

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Jul 23, 2009: Beer & Blog & Timbers Army at PGE Park

The Timbers Army extends an invitation to the Portland Beer & Blog & Tech & Tweet communities. Come join us in the North End of PGE Park to cheer the Timbers on in a match against the Puerto Rico Islanders. Kick off at 7 pm. Pre-game meet-n-drink at the Bitter End Pub and the Cheerful Bullpen Tavern. Then comes 90 minutes of singing, laughing, comeraderie and fun inside the Park (the Thirsty Thursday beverage prices help). Then post-game back at the pubs. Come celebrate our team, our town and the game we love! Rose City Till We Die!

June 16 2009, 11:39am | Comments »

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Jun 23, 2009: Portland Data Plumbing User Group (pdpug) at Oracle

The Portland Data Plumbing Group (aka pdpug) gives us a place to talk about RSS feed hacking, Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and other related technologies. We have monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of every month at the Oracle office in downtown Portland from 6pm-7:30pm.
Proposed Agenda for June: * 6:00 - 6:15 Introductions * 6:15 - 6:40 YQL (Yahoo Pipes on Steroids) by Uncle Nate DiNiro * 6:40 - 7:00 Gnip by Ed Borasky * 7:00 - 7:30 Other interesting discoveries and future agenda topics (all) We will also be talking about whether or not we want to skip the July / August meetings and pick back up in September. Please use the tag #pdpug for Twitter messages, blog posts, pictures, etc. You can also join our discussions about Yahoo Pipes and other plumbing topics on our Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/portland-data-plumbing

June 12 2009, 11:33am | Comments »

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Jun 4, 2009: Webtrends and Open Source Bridge Lunch 2.0 at Webtrends

The Lunch 2.0s are fast and furious now that Summer is here. Not intentionally, but happily, at least if you like to hang out around town in the sunshine. If you attend PDX Lunch 2.0, you've probably heard about Open Source Bridge already. You know, the volunteer-run conference, dedicated to open source citizenship and (ahem) world domination that's happening June 17-19 at the OCC. Rather than co-opting another Lunch 2.0 to promote the conference, they're teaming up with Webtrends, one of the conference's sponsors and a great Portland company, to fill your ears with open source goodness and your belly with yummy food. Come by and mix and mingle with your Twitter pals, meet some new folks, and hear all about Webtrends and open source. Lunch 2.0 is a Valley phenomenon that you can read about at lunch20.com, and we're putting a PDX stamp on it. You can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 an the Silicon Florist. Are you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.

June 4 2009, 11:13am | Comments »

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Jun 2, 2009: Beer and Blog - Salem Style at f-stop visual arts center

Justin Kistner, founder of Beer and Blog, is scheduled to attend the first Salem Beer and Blog meeting, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 2 at the f-stop visual arts center, 335 Grove St NE in Salem. Recently featured on the front page of the Oregonian, the group started in 2007 as a means to swap information among peers in the Portland tech scene. The movement has grown to 14 chapters in North America, Europe and Asia. Salem is the fourth Oregon city to organize a get-together. The Salem blogging community has become extremely active in the past six months. Local blogging aggregator salemites.com features dozens of local bloggers writing about food, arts, culture, politics and other topics of interest. In an effort to get to see the faces behind the blogs, Salem Beer and Blog was created to establish a physical network for bloggers to share ideas and technology in a relaxed environment. For more information visit salem.beerandblog.com, http://www.videomash.org or contact Ross Swartzendruber

June 2 2009, 11:33am | Comments »

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