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We need vision and collaboration

This is my final comment in this thread – in reference to a comment that we should to create a mega event like SXSW… (I have more to say about this idea, actually, because a large group of us discussed the possibility in detail, and why we thought it wouldn’t work.)
I don’t know much about [...]

Space and time to help our neighbors

I wrote the following in response to Mark Lawler’s original post.
Hey Mark,
We’ve never met. I’m not currently on the board of Legion of Tech, but was one of the founding board members.
I currently am chair of the Open Source Bridge conference and am deeply involved in the open source community both in Portland [...]

Portland High Tech Groups are Portland Software’s Own Worst Enemies

I had really hoped to be able to share the entire conversation with you, and fortunately I have gotten permission to do so!
I’m reposting Mark Lawler’s original post to a LinkedIn forum with his permission below. Tomorrow, I’ll post my response. I welcome constructive comments and want to keep this an open forum for [...]

This town needs…

There was a thread in a walled garden recently asking the question: “Why can’t we all just get along?” This was in response to a difficult parting of ways between organizations in Portland trying to run a couple events cooperatively.
Unfortunately, the thread was deleted, so even if you were to join the group at [...]

Responding to offensive presentations at conferences

On a couple mailing lists I participate in, people have raised the question: “When something offensive occurs during a conference presentation, what’s the right response from the audience and/or conference organizers?”
Unfortunately, at least one of these discussion lists is private, so I can’t directly quote the individuals who posted. But the content was worth sharing, [...]

an annoying form issue, easily solved with a regex

I’ve been booking flights lately. Orbitz has a “remind you” feature that lets you get a voice message, text message or page a few hours before your flight. So I started playing around with it and ran into this: