Comments on: Discovering Portland’s developer community at Jive Software’s blogger dinner

By: Justin

Justin — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:14:50 +0000

Right on, Jon! Thanks for the lead on these groups. I’ll check ‘em out.

By: Jon MacDonald

Jon MacDonald — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 17:42:26 +0000

A large number of the Flash events are related to and announced on the Goto Play lists (http://www.gotoandplay.net). They have lists for Flash, Flex, Illustration, Design, Video, and 3D — so all the bases are covered. In particular, the Flash list is basically the Adobe user group for PDX with regular sponsored meetings.

Also, don’t forget about AIGA’s dMob. It is a monthly event held at a local brewpub with all types of creatives: http://portland.aiga.org/events/2007/07/13803862

By: Justin

Justin — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:40:30 +0000

Jon, I haven’t tried to participate in the Flash community here yet. What events or groups do you recommend?

Damn, Sam! I didn’t know Beerforge 2.0 was going on today. I can’t go, which is a bummer because I like those OpenSourcery guys too. :( Perhaps we need to start a Portland scene calendar. Perhaps we could start a tag or someone could admin a feed where everyone submits their events to for wider notification…

By: Sam Lawrence

Sam Lawrence — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:33:39 +0000

Hey Justin,

Great post. We’re going to do our best to continue to the local momentum. There’s no reason why we can’t drum up the Portland scene. The people here in Portland, may not be as steeped in the petri dish that’s silicon valley, but that’s a good thing. Portland technorati are just as smart and have a more balanced perspective.

Thanks for coming out. Hope to see you at Beerforge 2.0 tomorrow!

:)
Sam

By: Jon MacDonald

Jon MacDonald — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:36:10 +0000

As a creative community, Portland does quite well. The community for Flash alone makes Adobe stand up and take notice with things such as making PDX a stop on their onAIR Summer Bus Tour. For the size of the city, I think there is amazing scene.