Christie Koehler
software engineer, geek, yoga practitioner, bike commuter, zen buddhist, queer, vegan, legion of tech board member, osbridge planner, engineer@ShopIgniter

Barcamp Portland (http://barcampportland.org) is an unconference--a conference without set topics, until attendees create them. Every year we gather geeks of all stripes - hackers, artists, makers, bikers, farmers, and more: participants in local geek communities. The conference is entirely composed of attendee-generated sessions--bring your...

Barcamp Portland (http://barcampportland.org) is an unconference--a conference without set topics, until attendees create them. Every year we gather geeks of all stripes - hackers, artists, makers, bikers, farmers, and more: participants in local geek communities. The conference is entirely composed of attendee-generated sessions--bring your...

This will be a casual get together for women who want to hack on projects with or around other women. All types of projects (software and hardware), languages, platforms and experience levels are welcome.

Don't have anything to work on? Come, and we'll help you find a project!

What you should bring:

Your laptop or other equipment
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The Syndicate has a lot going on this Fall and we want to tell you all about it! Come by Collective Agency on Monday, October 10th from 4-7pm to enjoy some refreshments and hear what we have to say.

Calagator Link (including venue details): http://calagator.org/events/1250461241

At around 5:30pm, we'll do a short presentation which will...

Paper invitations have now been sent. If you do not receive one soon please let us know so we can rectify it.

Weather permitting, the wedding itself will be at Hill Park: http://bit.ly/ktetCu

Reception is at Susquehanna Assembly of God (622 N. Jennings Rd; 64056). Cake and punch will be served as well as a lite lunch.

In all the wedding...

Free beginning programming workshop for women. This inaugural workshop will focus on web development with Ruby and Rails. The workshop is free. You must attend both the Friday evening install fest and the Saturday workshop.

Registration is now open: http://pdxdevwrkshp.eventbrite.com/

If you would like to help plan, join our Google group here:...

A participant-driven event where attendees discuss, debate and explore topics near & dear to the hearts of community leaders (hashtag: #cls11)

Goal: Community development of a website to help Portland's growing tech community find Mentors and share knowledge.

Inspired by Calagator and ePDX.org.

This is our kickoff and initial hackathon. We hope to have a basic mentor/mentee matching website working by the end of the day.

The Portland Development Commission will be providing food...

A retrospective exhibition and limited-edition print sale of selected Bitch covers from the last 15 years.

Celebrate Bitch magazine’s 15th anniversary with us! You’ll have the opportunity to view the cover-art retrospective, purchase limited-edition prints from the exhibition, win fabulous raffle prizes, and enjoy hors d’oeuvres, libations,...

  Open Source Bridge is a conference for developers working with open source technologies and for people interested in learning the open source way. Open Source Bridge is not a typical technical conference It’s entirely volunteer-run, by developers, for developers. Session tracks are technology agnostic; the conference content is based...

US Bank - Burnside conference room
This is your opportunity to provide feedback on what a mentor matching site should do, and how it will be built.

Barcamp Portland (http://barcampportland.org) is an unconference--a conference without set topics, until attendees create them. Every year we gather geeks of all stripes - hackers, artists, makers, bikers, farmers, and more: participants in local geek communities. The conference is entirely composed of attendee-generated sessions--bring your...

Legion of Tech hosts education events for the tech community such as Barcamp and Ignite.

Come, enjoy a beverage on us and get an update from Legion of Tech board members about how the organization is doing and what our plans are for this year and beyond.

We'll have plenty of time for you to share your concerns, questions and ideas.
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The Software Summit in December was a milestone event to chart the course of a strategic plan aimed at helping the Software Cluster thrive. At that event, we announced the formation of three networks in response to industry feedback. Each of these networks is now building tangible deliverables to further support the growth of Portland’s software...

Event is free; light dinner included.

What: Technology enthusiasts, journalists, students and media makers are invited to participate in a discussion about how public media and the community can better support each other.

When: Tuesday, September 21, 5:30-9pm

Where: Oregon Public Broadcasting, 7140 SW Macadam Avenue, Portland, OR 97219

Format:...

This is our second community gathering in the process of identifying the elements the City needs to develop in order to have a thriving software cluster in the Portland region.

Our first survey in April helped identify the critical areas the city needed to focus on in order to build the cluster.

Our second survey in July drilled down into some...