August 09, 2007
Portland, Oregon: Rose City + Silicon Forest
Portland, Oregon. Call it the "Rose City." Call it the "Silicon Forest."Call it whatever you want. Point is you've heard all of the hype.
Yes, yes. It's a cool place and it's where I happen to live. Bully for me.
But there's one thing that I've noticed lacking.
No, it's not sunshine. It's following-the-shiny-object tech coverage. You know, the "get all excited about the latest and greatest thing and then forget about it in a couple of days" tech coverage? Or, to be less snarky, the "I think I've built something really cool and I want everyone to know about it" tech coverage?
I mean, I read a bunch of the "Web 2.0" blogs. Every morning. TechCrunch. Mashable. eHub. And they're great and all. But I really want to know about the cool stuff that's happening down the street from me. Or in my backyard.
I've told you guys a hundred times. Get out of my backyard. NIMBY!
Sorry. Forget about the guys in my backyard. I'm more interested in the stuff down the street.
I'm talking about the folks who are doing great work, below the radar. They're not getting coverage in The Oregonian or the Silicon Forest blog. Although those folks are interesting to me, too.
But I'm thinking primarily about that other group.
You know those folks. They're all interested in "building standards-compliant tools" and "making cool products." They're busy being developers and not marketers. So they often don't have time to toot their own horns.
Well, luckily, I have time to toot their horns. So I will. So to speak.
So, being the industrious type that I am, and needing somewhere to remind me of all the cool Portland developers and bloggers doing cool stuff, I started another side project.
At this point, I have more sides than a dodecahedron.
Yes, it's a blog. Shocking.
It's called Silicon Florist. And it's designed to bring recognition to the great work being done in the Portland community. Small scale startup work. Thoughtful big company work. Good thinking and good building.
With Silicon Florist, I'm hoping to help a thousand flowers bloom here in our little Silicon Forest.
If it sounds interesting to you, why not subscribe or at least stop by for a visit?
And, if you're one of the aforementioned companies. And you live or work in the Portland metropolitan area. And you're busy doing good work. Feel free to drop me a line and I'll keep an eye on you.
Labels: oregon, portland, rosecity, siliconflorist, siliconforest, Web2, Web2.0, Web20
Portland, Oregon: Rose City + Silicon Forest
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April 04, 2007
Go See Oregon, home of more useless social networks per capita than any other state
First, the Portland Trail Blazers and now Go See Oregon.What gives around here? Are we working to become the useless social network capital of the US?
Oh wait.
I guess that snarky comment is predicated on the concept that there is a useful social network.
I retract my comment.
Labels: blazers, oregon, portland, social networks, trail blazers
Go See Oregon, home of more useless social networks per capita than any other state
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January 30, 2007
Branding discussion at the University of Portland
Last night, I was given the opportunity to present to a group of MBA students at the University of Portland. (Thanks to Dr. Howard Feldman and Nicole Elovitz for the chance to present.)Let me repeat that: Me in front of MBA students.
I know. What were they thinking? I mean, seriously. Have they seen how I drone on and on here? Apparently not. (One of the upsides or relative anonymity.)
And--true to form--I droned on and on for them, as well.
It's not often that I'm given the opportunity to talk about brand for three hours straight.
I mean, I do. Quite regularly. To my family. To my friends. To people walking down the street.
But, this was actually their collective choice. Poor souls.
Whoa whoa whoa. Of course, I thought of you, gentle reader. Calm down. Look at what I've done, so that you could share in the experience. I'm posting the slides below. Unfortunately, that means it will be sans my compelling commentary. But, I'm sure you can ad lib. Don't forget, imagine it with a really nasal tone.
Sweet dreams.
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Branding discussion at the University of Portland
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