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Cool tech/geek things in Portland Oregon.
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Cool tech/geek things in Portland Oregon.
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README

        # awesome-portland-oregon-tech

Cool tech/geek things in Portland Oregon.

## Non-tech pointers to other lists

* [Awesome](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome/blob/master/readme.md) - the canonical list of awesome lists

* [Portland on Top Regional Repositories](https://github.com/lorey/top-regional-repositories/blob/master/cities/united-states-portland.md) - list of popular repositories in Portland, Oregon

## Blogs and forums

* [Reddit Portland](https://www.reddit.com/r/Portland) aka 'preddit'

* [PDX Startups Switchboard](https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/) - great "ask and offer" forum

* [Silicon Florist](http://siliconflorist.com/) - longrunning blog covering startups and tech

## Calendars

* [Calagator](http://calagator.org/) - unified calendar for the tech community.

## Physical spaces

* [OMSI](https://www.omsi.edu/) - our science museum, lots of events and cool things for adults and kids and a submarine.

* [workfrom.co Portland](https://workfrom.co/portland) - coffeeshops and meeting spaces that are remote-worker-friendly. [Discounts](https://workfrom.co/worker#deals), [meetups](http://www.meetup.com/workfrom-portland/), and [realtime occupancy](https://workfrom.co/portland/real-time-density) too.

* [XOXOPDX](http://xoxopdx.com/) - coworking space coming soon from the XOXO team (related: see Andy Baio below)

## Big Yearly Events

* [Delight](http://delight.us/conference/) (Oct 5-7 2015); [@DelightConf](https://twitter.com/delightconf)

* [Open Source Bridge, aka OSBRIDGE](http://opensourcebridge.org/)

* [OSCON](http://www.oscon.com/)

* [Portland Design Week](http://www.designweekportland.com/) (April 15-16 2016); [@DesignWeekPDX](https://twitter.com/designweekpdx)

* [Portland Mini Maiker Faire](https://www.omsi.edu/maker-faire-pdx) at OMSI (next: Sept 12-13 2015)

* [PyCon](https://us.pycon.org) (2016 and 2017)

* [TechFestNW](http://techfestnw.com/) (Aug 20-21 2015)

* [WebVisions Portland](http://www.webvisionsevent.com/portland/) (May 2016)

* [XOXO Festival](http://2015.xoxofest.com/)

* [Monitorama](http://monitorama.com)

* [PuppetConf](http://puppetconf.com) (Oct 5-9 2015)

### Previous events

These don't appear to have future events scheduled in Portland.

* BADCamp

* TedX Portland

* [WordCamp Portland](https://portland.wordcamp.org/2013/) - WordPress conference in 2013. [@wcpdx](https://twitter.com/wcpdx)

* [Pacific NW Drupal Summit](http://2015.pnwdrupalsummit.org/) - Drupal conference in 2014. Next in Portland in 2017?

## Groups

* [PDX Tech](http://pdxtech.org/) networking group/mailing list; [@PDXTechnology](https://twitter.com/pdxtechnology)

* [Technology Association of Oregon](http://www.techoregon.org/); [@TechOregon](https://twitter.com/techoregon)

## Meetups

* [Ansible Portland](http://www.meetup.com/Ansible-Portland/) - monthly meetup for Ansible (configuration management) peeps

* [AWS Portland](http://www.meetup.com/AWS-Portland/) - discuss AWS, the magical cloud.

* [Code for Portland](http://www.meetup.com/CodeForPortland/) - We're uniting hackers with the city, and working on projects that make a difference in our communities.

* [Coffee w/ Co-Founders](http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Coffee-w-Co-Founders/) - Monthly meetup for area Co-Founders

* [Computer-Human Interaction Forum of Oregon](http://www.chifoo.org/) - aka CHIFOO. #needsdescription

* [Girl Develop It Portland](http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Portland) - language-agnostic meetup focused on learning to code

* [Hacks/Hackers Portland](http://www.meetup.com/HacksHackersPDX/) - #needsdescription

* [MaptimePDX](http://maptime.io/portland/) - Monthly meetup for map enthusiasts of all levels; [@MaptimePDX](https://twitter.com/maptimepdx).

* [New Relic Futuretalks](http://www.meetup.com/New-Relic-FutureTalks-PDX/) - speaker series by New Relic at the top of Big Pink

* [PDX Python](http://www.meetup.com/pdxpython/) - includes a "programmer peer mentoring night" and monthly presentations

* [PDX R](http://www.meetup.com/portland-r-user-group/) - monthly presentations

* [PyLadies PDX](http://www.meetup.com/PyLadies-PDX/) - weekly meetups for women

* [Techies on Bikes](http://www.meetup.com/Techies-On-Bikes/) - #needsdescription

* [Workfrom Portland](http://www.meetup.com/workfrom-portland/) - casual weekly coffeeshop meetups for remote workers (including techies and creatives)

* [Women Who Code Portland](http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Portland/)

* [Portland ReactJS](http://www.meetup.com/Portland-ReactJS)

* [PDX.rb](http://pdxruby.org/)

* [PDXFunc](http://pdxfunc.org/)

* [DorkbotPDX](http://dorkbotpdx.org/)

* [Portland Puppet User Group](http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Puppet-User-Group/)

* [pdx devops](http://pdxdevops.org) - Presentations and discussions on Development Operations and related technologies.

* [PDXCloud](http://www.meetup.com/PDXCloud/events/) - Presentations and group discussions on cloud technologies hosted at Elemental.

* [OpenStack Northwest User Group](http://www.meetup.com/OpenStack-Northwest/)

* [RainSec](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/rainsec) - Informal meetup of security professionals in a non-work non-vendor setting.

## Women/minority in tech resources

* [ChickTECH Portland](http://portland.chicktech.org/)

* [Girl Develop It Portland](http://www.meetup.com/Girl-Develop-It-Portland) ([@GDIPortland](https://twitter.com/gdiportland), [facebook](https://www.facebook.com/gdiportland))

* [PDX Women in Tech](http://www.pdxwit.org/)

* [PyLadies PDX](http://www.pyladies.com/locations/pdx/) ([@PyLadies_PDX](https://twitter.com/PyLadies_pdx), [meetup](http://www.meetup.com/PyLadies-PDX/), [github](https://github.com/pyladiespdx))

* [Women Who Code Portland meetup](http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Portland/)

## Industry luminaries

This section should contain names (and especially Twitter accounts) of Portlanders who are smart, engaging, and worth following. List their topic areas too.

* Amber Case, [@caseorganic](https://twitter.com/caseorganic), cyborg anthropologist, human-computer interaction, geo, "[We are all cyborgs now](http://www.ted.com/talks/amber_case_we_are_all_cyborgs_now)"

* Andy Baio [@waxpancake](https://twitter.com/waxpancake), creator of XOXO, early Kickstarter techie, [waxy.org](http://waxy.org/),  lots of brilliant projects.

* Max Ogden, [@maxogden](https://twitter.com/maxogden) #needsdescription

* Selena Deckelmann, [@selenamarie](https://twitter.com/selenamarie), [blog](http://www.chesnok.com/daily/), PyLadies, Open Source Bridge, Ada Initiative, Mozilla. [Willamette Week article](http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-21189-hotseat_selena_deckelmann.html), [Geek Feminism Wiki entry](http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Selena_Deckelmann).

* Ward Cunningham, [@wardcunningham](https://twitter.com/wardcunningham), [personal pages](http://c2.com/~ward/), [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ward_Cunningham) - inventor of the wiki, XP pioneer

* Steven Frank [@stevenf](https://twitter.com/stevenf) + Cabel Sasser [@cabel](https://twitter.com/cabel), co-founders of [Panic, Inc.](https://panic.com/)

## Bootcamps and Education

* [PDX Code Guild](https://pdxcodeguild.com/) - teaches Python.

* [Code Fellows](https://www.codefellows.org/)

* [Treehouse](https://teamtreehouse.com/) - tech education, especially related to web/app development. [Oregonlive news article](http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/12/portland_startup_treehouse_eli.html); [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_(company)).

## Lists

* [Oregon Startups](http://www.oregonstartups.com/) - startup resources (office space, lawyers, networking, microloans).

* [Portland's Business Incubators and Accelerators](https://impactentrepreneurs.wordpress.com/2014/04/04/portlands-business-incubators-and-accelerators/) - blog post with a large list of incubators and resources for startups.

## Portland tech businesses

* [Alma](http://www.getalma.com/about.html) - K-12’s first Holistic Student Engagement Platform.

* [AltSource](https://www.altsrc.net/Careers)

* [Elemental Technologies](http://www.elementaltechnologies.com/company/careers/open-positions) - Video conversion and streaming hardware, software, and cloud platform systems.

* [Esri R&D Center](http://pdx.esri.com/)

* [FlightStats](http://flightstats.com/company/corporate/careers/) - Aviation information and data services, mobile and web based flight tracking apps.

* [GlobeSherpa](http://www.globesherpa.com/jobs/) - Transit Ticketing mobile apps and services platform. Customers include TriMet and Portland Streetcar.

* [Idealist](http://www.idealist.org/working-here) - Job and project listing services for NGOs, non-profits, etc.

* [Jama Software](https://www.jamasoftware.com/)

* [Jive](https://www.jivesoftware.com/about-jive/careers) - Social networking platforms for businesses.

* [Jolby & Friends](http://jolbyandfriends.com)

* [Kongregate](http://www.kongregate.com/pages/jobs) - Online gaming platform.

* [Mozilla](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/contact/spaces/portland/)

* [New Relic](http://newrelic.com/about/contact-us)

* [OnTheGo Platforms](https://www.otgplatforms.com/careers/) - Wearable computing platform systems.

* [Opal](http://workwithopal.com/careers)

* [Portland Incubator Experiment](http://www.piepdx.com/) - run by Wieden+Kennedy, startup accelerator. [OreognLive article](http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2015/03/portland_incubator_experiment_5.html); [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Incubator_Experiment).

* [Panic](http://www.panic.com/blog/) - Software developer of fine Mac and iOS software like Coda, Transmit, and Prompt.

* [Planet Argon](http://www.planetargon.com/careers)

* [Plunk](http://whoisplunk.com) - Digital Marketing Agency. Mobile/Web Development Firm

* [Puppet Labs](https://puppetlabs.com/contact)

* [Quick Left](https://quickleft.com/)

* [Simple](https://www.simple.com/careers)

* [Switchboard](https://switchboardhq.com/jobs/)

* [Treehouse](https://teamtreehouse.com/jobs) - tech education, especially related to web/app development. [Oregonlive news article](http://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2013/12/portland_startup_treehouse_eli.html); [Wikipedia article](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treehouse_(company)).

* [Uncorked Studios](https://uncorkedstudios.com/careers)

* [Urban Airship](https://urbanairship.com/careers/)

* [Vadio](http://www.vadio.com/jobs) - Online video services.

## Tech recruiters/staffing

* [52 Limited](http://52ltd.com/)

* [Boly:Welch](http://bolywelch.com/)

* [Dorigan & Associates](http://dorigan.com/)

* [Mainz Brady Group](http://mainzbradygroup.com/)

* [Mathys-Potestio](http://mathys-potestio.com/)

* [Scion Technical Staffing](http://sciontechnical.com/)

* [TEKsystems](http://www.teksystems.com/)

* [Triad Technology Group](http://www.go2triad.com/)

* [VanderHouwen & Associates](http://www.vanderhouwen.com/)

## License

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