Selena Deckelmann
free and open source software, databases, postgresql, fun. A lady. and #fork

The PostgreSQL Conference dedicated to the business of open source databases and disruption of the database industry.

Join us in celebrating the ribbon-cutting ceremony and launch of the Portland Incubator Experiment with Mayor Sam Adams, at our First Thursday Block Party.

We'll be welcoming the new class of start-ups and the esteemed mentor group with drinks, entertainment, and of course... PIE.

The Oregon Brewers Festival is one of the nation's longest running and best loved craft beer festivals. Situated on the west bank of the Willamette River, with towering Mt. Hood as a backdrop, it is the ideal venue for anyone who loves craft beer. With a laid back attitude and scores of award-winning beers, the festival reflects the essence of...

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? Would you pitch a project? Launch a web site? Teach a hack? We’re going to find out when we conduct our second Ignite event at OSCON.

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

Trek in the Park RETURNS! For our 3rd summer show, we present the classic tale of an alternate reality Starfleet in MIRROR, MIRROR!

A bizzare transporter malfunction sends Kirk, McCoy, Uhura, and Scotty to a savage parallel universe where the peacekeeping Starfleet is replaced by an evil Empire that believes assassination and revenge are the means...

FOWA is proud to announce it's coming to Sin City for the first time ever - after successful shows in London and Miami, FOWA is turning things up a notch and is arriving in Las Vegas in February 2011. The show will be spread across 3 packed days of workshops, talks, networking and of course, parties!

We kick off with a choice of 4 different...

RSVP on the IndieWebCamp wiki. http://indiewebcamp.com/Guest_List

Rather than posting content on many third-party silos of data, we should all begin owning our own data that we're creating when we create it. Publish short status updates first on your own domain, and then syndicate to Twitter. Publish photos on your own domain, then syndicate...

  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...

This hackathon is dedicated to civic projects that folks in the Portland area would like to work on together.

Participation is open to all. Feel free to add your project to our etherpad, and link to a repo.

http://etherpad.opensourcebridge.org/pdx11hackathon-june4

A short list of projects, bugs to fix or tasks that you'd like to work on...

PGCon is an annual conference for users and developers of PostgreSQL, a leading relational database, which just happens to be open source. PGCon is the place to meet, discuss, build relationships, learn valuable insights, and generally chat about the work you are doing with PostgreSQL. If you want to learn why so many people are moving to...

JSConf is the most exciting and cutting edge technical conference ever and it's all about JavaScript - what could be better? Easy, make the trek from Washington DC across the country for an epic time on May 2-3, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. The JSConf team is proud to present this intimate community event at the internationally renowned Portland...

I was sad that last year I missed the community dinner that Sheeri hosted. Since she's going to be in Orlando at Collaborate, I'd like to host a MySQL community dinner (west). Just as last year this will be a community (pay-your-own-way) dinner on Monday, April 11th, at Pedro’s – a Mexican restaurant that has vegetarian and vegan...

The O'Reilly MySQL Conference & Expo is committed to spreading the latest and best knowledge on MySQL and related technologies to the global community of DBAs, developers, and managers. You'll find answers to your questions about MySQL in an independent and inclusive environment. You'll also find practical guidance to help you...

PDX Lean Startup Circle and Urban Airship, Inc. welcomes Eric Ries, the creator of the Lean Startup methodology. Eric is the author of the popular blog Startup Lessons Learned and the creator of the Lean Startup methodology. He co-founded and served as CTO of IMVU, his third startup, which has today has over 40 million users and 2009 revenue over...

Things return to normal with another Lunch 2.0 in Portland for, you know, lunch.

Emma wants to have you over to their cozy office on Burnside, the one with the faces on the side, for lunch.

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...

If you had five minutes to talk to GOSCON attendees, what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they advanced automatically after 15 seconds?

Here's another chance to share your burning idea about open government, open source software and accelerating strategies which help everyone do more with less. The Ignite format is an fun...

GOSCON 2010: The Year of Open Government extends its annual open invitation to join the conversation by submitting a proposal for this fall's event. The conference will focus on open source applications, tools, and collaboration models enabling leading Open Government, Open Data and Government Transparency initiatives throughout the US and...

The 2010 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC) will be held September 28 - October 2. 2010 in Atlanta, GA. The world’s largest technical conference for women in computing, GHC brings the research and career interests of women to the forefront. The theme of this year’s conference is “Collaborating Across Boundaries”.

Status...

I'll be around. Don't have a lot of solid plans, other than borrowing a bike, stopping by the Brooklyn Museum and finding people to hack with while I'm in town.

at Research Club

event website: http://research-club.org/index.php?id=146

Come collaborate on community oriented social projects and experiments!

There will be whiteboards and computers, programming, sketching and discussion.

CouchDB conference!