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Get your geek on this weekend

Posted by Rick Turoczy on Tue, March 25, 2008 10:43 PM · Filed under Portland · Comments

For some, this week marks Spring Break. But here in Portland, this marks the beginning of the summer event season. And the stark realization that there are more geek events coming to town than you could ever hope to attend.

This weekend, however, is an easily digestible precursor---an appetizer, if you will---to the geeky madness that will soon overwhelm Portland. So, it might be a good opportunity for you to dip your toe in the water. Or, to carry on the analogy, to get a taste of what the summer holds.

Here's what's in store for those brave enough to venture out, this weekend:

Thursday: BarCamp Portland informal meetup
The intent is to get a group of cool people interested in technology together to chat over drinks on the fourth Thursday of every month. Anyone working in high-tech is welcome to attend. Conversations usually range from wikis to open source to blogs to who knows what!
Friday: Beer and Blog
Scott Kveton, Chair of the OpenID Foundation, will answer your questions about how to use OpenID on your blog.
Saturday: Startupalooza
Startupalooza is an interactive forum for the tech startup community. The event features discussions, presentations, demonstrations and networking allowing participants to share, learn and connect in a candid, no-BS environment.

(Photo credit: Matt McGee)

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Rick Turoczy
Rick Turoczy has helped Portland-area startups with traditional and Web-based communications activities for more than a dozen years–from spectacular dotcom IPOs to working with some of the best and brightest Web companies in Portland, today. A blogger for nearly a decade, Rick currently covers the startup tech scene throughout the Silicon Forest on his blog, Silicon Florist.