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  • Wednesday
    Jan 7 2009
    SCORE Marketing & Marketing Communications 101
    8–11:30am
    ODS Building
    This workshop answers three fundamental questions: 1. What is Marketing? 2. Why is it important? 3. How do you make it work for you? Discover the change in the business environment that makes marketing vital to business success. Learn the power of the brand - and why you are the brand. Discover how analysis of the market, customers, your offering, your distribution, pricing and sales program will lead to developing a powerful marketing plan. Learn about marketing communication vehicles and the pros and cons of each. This dynamic, interactive, half day seminar will answer some fundamental questions about marketing: * What specifically do I need to do to effectively market my business? * Do I need a big budget to do marketing? * How do I compete with others who are doing what I'm doing? * Why do I need a marketing plan? * Discover some essentials that will help you start thinking and acting like a marketing expert.
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  • OTBC Brown Bag Lunch - Open Discussion
    noon–1pm
    OTBC (The Round)
    On days when we don't have a Lunch and Learn, we'll be having an informal brown bag lunch at OTBC. Today is an open topic session. Come and chat about whatever startup topic is on your mind! If you're open for lunch, grab lunch and join us at OTBC.
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  • Corvallis Beer and Blog (1/7/09)
    Beer and Blog is a meet up that takes place every Wednesday from 5pm until at least 7pm at Block 15 in Corvallis, OR. Bloggers from the local scene show up and we help each other with our blogs. Sometimes we’ll arrange for a special guest to be there to help us on topics that are beyond the group’s skill set. Beer and Blog is like a networking event based around a group work session. Not only does it bring together talented folks that each bring a unique offering to the group, but it’s also a set social event that prompts us to do the updates we say we’re going to do.<br /><br /> This is second Beer and Blog for Corvallis and first for the new year! We&#39;ll be having another social/networking gathering with no topics planned. We&#39;ll be upstairs near the back (west end). Hopefully we won&#39;t have any bad weather again!<br /><br /> Since upcoming.org is still new to most Corvallians, we also have a Facebook event created (which has more people confirmed as coming). Feel free to RSVP there as well: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=42763781591">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=42763781591</a><br /><br /> See you there!<br /><br /> -Lance (@ramereth)<br /> &nbsp;
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  • WikiWednesday
    5:30–7pm
    AboutUs
    Happy New Year! Come join us for the first WikiWednesday of 2009. As usual, it will be a slightly informal event with drinks and snacks provided. This time around, we want to primarily focus on discussing February's RecentChangesCamp (see the Upcoming listing or 2009rcc.org). If you've ever been interested in attending RCC or just are curious, please do swing by.
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  • Personal Telco Project Weekly Meeting
    6:30–8pm
    Amnesia Brewing
    First weekly meeting of the Personal Telco Project for the new year. Will talk about the infrastructure replacement project, board expansion, and much, much more. All while drinking local beers.
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Tomorrow

  • Thursday
    Jan 8 2009
    OTBC Brown Bag: Finding Founders
    noon–2pm
    OTBC (The Round)
    Entrepreneur Meetups > The OTBC Meetup Group Do you have an idea for a startup, and you're looking for a team of founders to help you get your idea off the ground? Or do you not have a burning idea, but you'd be interested finding someone with a compelling idea, so you can get in on the ground floor? At OTBC, we'd like to find a way for entrepreneurs and prospective founders to find each other. Come join us for a chat about ideas for helping entrepreneurs get exposure for their ideas. How can we help idea people and prospective founders find each other? We'd like to hear your ideas. Where: OTBC (directions) Parking: free, next door in the parking garage MAX: Beaverton Central stop (Blue line, one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center) When: noon to 1pm Beaverton, OR 97005 - USA Thursday, January 8 at 12:00 PM Photo: <a href="http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg">http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg</a> Attending: 0 Details: <a href="http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365323/">http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365323/</a>
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  • Concrete5 CMS User Group: First meeting
    Earlier this summer we released our previously commercial CMS as fully "Free Beer" under the MIT open source license. The second half of 2008 was a whirlwind for us as we were named project of the month on SourceForge and saw traffic go through the roof. As part of running what promises to be the next Drupal, local user groups are going to be a huge component to our success. We have several starting around the states and Europe this month, with the Portland one obviously being super keen as this is our home turf. Please join us at Hopworks on SE Powell on Jan 8th at 5pm - till late. Check out the project at <a href="http://concrete5.org">http://concrete5.org</a> RSVP at: <a href="http://www.concrete5.org/community/members/portland_or/">http://www.concrete5.org/community/members/portland_or/</a> thanks. go pdx! -frz
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  • SAO Corvallis - January Tech Pub: Josh Bancroft
    AGENDA: 5:30 - 6:15: Business Networking Time with finger food, no host bar 6:15 - 6:30: 30-Second Mic (give us your technology business elevator pitch!!) 7:00 Program: Josh Bancroft - Innovative Social media, the Edge Case at Intel. PROGRAM: Josh Bancroft is a longtime blogger, podcaster, Tweeter, and general internet community geek. For over a decade, he's been fascinated with the way communities form and interact on the Internet. At Intel, he provides innovative community building ideas and "future thinking" direction for Intel Software Network, the company's online developer community. He loves to speak, teach, and mentor, and generally share all the cool stuff that he plays with. Josh's home on the web is <a href="http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com">http://www.tinyscreenfuls.com</a>, and you can follow him on Twitter at <a href="http://twitter.com/jabancroft">http://twitter.com/jabancroft</a>. Come see how a company as large as Intel uses social networking, podcasting, blogging, and social marketing to build community!
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  • Portland Linux/Unix Group: Rapid Discussions on Any Topic
    Rapid Discussions on Any Topic by Anyone & Everyone Instead of having a formal presentation, we will get together and discuss anything anyone wants to discuss in brief sessions of no more than a few minutes each. If we have enough people involved we can break into smaller groups to handle each topic. ******************************************************************* Agenda: 7:00 - 7:30 Business We will discuss the status of our ongoing projects including PLUG's monthly Advanced Topics meetings, PLUG's monthly hands on clinics, PLUG for Education, etc. 7:30 - 8:30 Presentation See above 9:00 - ... Beer Jax Bar And Restaurant 826 SW 2nd Avenue Portland (Note: We no longer use the Lucky Lab.)
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Next two weeks

  • Friday
    Jan 9 2009
    OTBC Brown Bag with Iris Sasaki
    noon–2pm
    OTBC (The Round)
    Entrepreneur Meetups > The OTBC Meetup Group On days when we don't have a Lunch and Learn, we'll be having an informal brown bag lunch at OTBC. Today is an open topic session. Come and chat about whatever startup topic is on your mind! If you're open for lunch, grab lunch and join us at OTBC. OTBC coach Iris Sasaki will join us for this brown bag. Iris is an expert on human resources issues. Where: OTBC (directions) Parking: free, next door in the parking garage MAX: Beaverton Central stop (Blue line, one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center) When: noon to 1pm Beaverton, OR 97005 - USA Friday, January 9 at 12:00 PM Photo: <a href="http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg">http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg</a> Attending: 0 Details: <a href="http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365351/">http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365351/</a>
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  • Saturday
    Jan 10 2009
    WordCamp:Las Vegas
    8am through Sunday, January 11 at 5pm
    What is WordCamp:Las Vegas? WordCamp:Las Vegas is a conference style event covering topics related to the WordPress software. We are also planning for Unconference style sessions in the afternoon to let the people attending WordCamp help choose the topics discussed at WordCamp:Las Vegas. Who Should Attend WordCamp:Las Vegas? No matter if you are a casual user, full time blogger, plugin developer, theme designer or if you are curious about getting in to blogging for the first time, WordCamp:Las Vegas promises to have a little something for everyone. When Is It? Mark your calendar, January 10th and 11th, 2009 Where is it? OK, you got me there. We are still working on securing a location for the event. As soon as we have a confirmed location, we’ll update the site and let you know.
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  • SCORE Making Quickbooks Work for You
    8am–noon
    Portland SCORE
    In this four-hour workshop you will learn: * Understanding the transition of paper bookkeeping into an automated one and using the same modus operandi for QUICKBOOKS. * Understanding the basic accounting terms keeping a focus on common sense in terms of debits and credits. * Understanding the Chart of Accounts which are established ... and often are specialized for the specific business type. * Starting off with bank accounts, real property, inventory and client listings. * Learning some tip and tricks for setting it up and going forth in day-to-day bookkeeping. * Where to seek out help that is FREE from SCORE in refreshing your memory or when you find a roadblock.
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  • Sunday
    Jan 11 2009
    WorldCamp/GreenCamp brainstorming session
    Interested in seeing a social/sustainability focused unconference in Portland? Come to the Red and Black and help us figure out how to make it happen. This was originally scheduled for December 21, has been rescheduled due to snowpocalypse. Contact klint at klintron dot com if you can't make it but are interested in the project.
  • Monday
    Jan 12 2009
    Mobile Love, Android Style #8
    2nd monday of the month is android day. Android is the mobile phone operating system from Google. meet with local area developers.<br /> &nbsp;
  • Portland Functional Programmers Study Group
    7–9pm
    CubeSpace
    A study/user group exploring the world of functional programming based in Portland, Oregon. The group welcomes programmers interested in all functional languages, including Haskell, Erlang, OCaml, Scala, and others. The group meets regularly and provides presentations, demos and discussions applicable to all skill levels, from newbies and experts. The meetings are usually on the second Monday of the month.
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  • Tuesday
    Jan 13 2009
    Portland Business Alliance, Business Leads Exchange
    Join this fun business networking event that's like speed dating! Meet and chat with 15 members of the business community in 30 minutes. Presented by Portland Business Alliance, greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce. Advance registration requested at <a href="http://www.portlandalliance.com">www.portlandalliance.com</a>. Members: $5 online/$8 at the door. Non-members: $15 online/$20 at the door.
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  • OTBC/SAO/OEN Lunch:Finding Funds & Resources In Any Economic Situation
    noon–2pm
    OTBC (The Round)
    Entrepreneur Meetups > The OTBC Meetup Group The Program Finding money can be a challenge - even more so in tough economic times. And maybe you don't want to use (or don't have a concept that qualifies for) angel investment or venture capital. So in difficult times, how do you finance your startup? Presenter: Carolynn Duncan, founder at The Hundred Dollar Business. Current projects include CoffeeWithAnExpert.com, the Seattle Startup Wiki. She also consults with entrepreneurs who are prepping for angel/VC funding, streamlining operations, or need to begin generating revenue. Read more about Carolynn at her LinkedIn profile Where: OTBC (directions) Parking: free, next door in the parking garage MAX: Beaverton Central stop (Blue line, one stop west of the Beaverton Transit Center) When: noon to 1pm Price: $10 (includes lunch) if paid by the day before; $15 at the door Beaverton, OR 97005 - USA Tuesday, January 13 at 12:00 PM Photo: <a href="http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg">http://photos1.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/5/e/f/5/event_1344309.jpeg</a> Attending: 0 Fee: Price: USD 10.00 per person Details: <a href="http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365382/">http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/9365382/</a>
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  • Hood River PubTalk
    5:30–7:30pm
    White Buffalo Wines
    WHEN Tuesday, January 13, 2009 5:30-7:30 PM WHERE White Buffalo, 4040 Westcliff Drive, Hood River (Exit 62 off I-84 next to Charburger) WHAT PubTalk™ is an informal event that provides ample time for networking before the program. Typically, two early stage companies present 10 minute pitches to the audience directly after the keynote speaker. These companies are most commonly seeking advisors or capital investment. As well-seasoned executives, keynote speakers provide advice and guidance related to many of the issues, challenges, and opportunities entrepreneurs will face along the path to success. WHO ATTENDS Entrepreneurs, investors, leaders of local companies, business professionals, consultants, and service professionals. AGENDA 5:30 Networking – Drinks & Snacks 6:15 Keynote Speaker: “Preparing your Company for Angel Investment” by Kirk Wright 7:00 Early Stage Company Presentations 7:30 Adjourn for More Networking ADMISSION $10 – includes program & snacks RSVP Contact Bill Fashing, Hood River County Office of Economic Development, 541-387-6863, <a href="mailto:bill.fashing@co.hood-river.or.us">bill.fashing@co.hood-river.or.us</a> by January 9. Send checks payable to Hood River County to Hood River County Office of Economic Development, 601 State Street, Hood River, OR 97301.
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  • Portland Data Plumbing User Group
    6–7:30pm
    TBD
    I&#39;ve decided to resurrect the Portland Data Plumbing Group to give us a place to talk about RSS feed hacking, Yahoo Pipes, Dapper, and other related technologies.<br /><br /> We&#39;ll be having these meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6pm (location TBD). <br /> Please <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1474504">RSVP on Upcoming</a> if you plan to attend.<br /> The agenda for the first meeting:<br /> - Intros<br /> - Round table discussion: each person gets 3-5 min to talk about the coolest thing they&#39;ve done to manipulate an RSS feed.<br /> - Talk about ideas for future agendas.<br /><br /> You&#39;ll want to join this Google group to get announcements about future events: <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/portland-data-plumbing">http://groups.google.com/group/portland-data-plumbing</a><br /> &nbsp;
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  • Open Source Bridge Content Committee Meeting
    7–8:30pm
    CubeSpace
    The Open Source Bridge Content team is ready to kick off 2009 with a meeting on Tuesday, January 13, 7pm at Cubespace. We'll be going over our content areas, reviewing our initial call for papers, talking about our philosophy for the conference and assigning leads for each of the content areas. We're looking for people who can coordinate the activities of a few people in review committees, can commit to 10-15 hours of reviewing and responding time over the next two months. We figure we'll have 3-4 in-person meetings before we finalize acceptance of presentations on April 1! Anything else you're interested in chatting about? Send it to the list, and we'll make an agenda. Several people may retire to a nearby bar for #afterhours hacking. Let us know if you can make it!
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  • Wednesday
    Jan 14 2009
    Lunch 2.0 Party Train to OTBC
    All Aboard! We're going to par-tay all the way down to the OTBC for Lunch 2.0. Here's the scoop: Meet up at Pioneer Square MAX stop and catch the Blue Line MAX at 11:27. It will arrive just a few feet from the OTBC at 11:50. We'll all be in the rear MAX car cuz that's how we roll. Don't forget to RSVP for Lunch 2.0 <a href="http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1148458/">http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1148458/</a> Chuga Chuga Choo! Choo!
  • Lunch 2.0 at the New OTBC Office
    noon–2pm
    OTBC (The Round)
    For the first time, Portland Lunch 2.0 will happen in the &#39;burbs, Beaverton to be precise.<br /><br /> The OTBC is <a href="http://emailer.emailroi.com/users/otbc/Newsletter_Newsletter">moving</a> into new space and partnering with the <a href="http://www.beavertonround.biz">Beaverton Round Executive Suites</a>.<br /><br /> So, to showcase their new digs and introduce Lunch 2.0 to the suburbs, the OTBC will be hosting Lunch 2.0 on January 14, 2009.<br /><br /> The Beaverton Round is right on the MAX line about 20 minutes from Portland. Just jump off the <a href="http://trimet.org/schedules/maxblueline.htm">Blue Line</a> at the Beaverton Central stop, and you&#39;re 90 feet from the new OTBC office.<br /><br /> Lunch 2.0 is a Valley phenomenon that you can read about at <a href="http://lunch20.com">lunch20.com</a>, and we&#39;re putting a PDX stamp on it. <br /><br /> You can follow all things Portland Lunch 2.0 an the <a href="http://siliconflorist.com/tags/lunch20">Silicon Florist</a>.<br /><br /> Are you vegan or vegetarian? Please leave a comment so we can plan food accordingly. Thanks.<br />
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  • Sustainable Development Business Opportunities in China
    noon–1:30pm
    House of Louie
    NW China Council CHINA BUSINESS NETWORK PRESENTS "Sustainable Development Business Opportunities in China" by Bob Wise, Team Oregon, LLC ABOUT THE PROGRAM: This presentation will address major challenges facing China, China resource consumption tends, how China is addressing sustainable development, examples of successful projects, future opportunities for business development in China based on Oregon’s strengths, and lessons learned from past experience. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Bob Wise is Senior Project Manager with Cogan Owens Cogan, LLC and Director of Team Oregon, LLC, private firms focused on urban planning and sustainable development in its multiple dimensions. He works in state and local public policy, strategic planning, and sustainable development.
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  • Portland Business Alliance, Business After Hours
    Enjoy the hospitality of a Portland business, while getting a chance to network with other members of the business community and share information about your own business. Presented by Portland Business Alliance, greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce. Advance registration requested at <a href="http://www.portlandalliance.com">www.portlandalliance.com</a>. Members: $8 online/$10 at the door. Non-members: $12 online/$15 at the door.
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  • Drinking and Drawing
    6–9pm
    Someday Lounge
    Drinking and Drawing is an evening of collaborative animation. Each artist has 10 minutes to draw 8 frames of animation. They leave their last frame as a starting place for the person who comes after them, who draws 8 more frames and leaves their last one... repeat all evening. Anyone can participate- artists, animators, people who want to experiment. And people are welcome to attend just to drink and watch the action. The Someday Lounge is 21+ and non-smoking, with food and drinks available for purchase. This event is free to Cascade SIGGRAPH and Northwest ASIFA members- non-members pay $5 at the door. For more information about how it works, visit <a href="http://www.drinkinganddrawing.org">www.drinkinganddrawing.org</a>. To see the movies we made last year, visit <a href="http://cascadesiggraph.org/eventspast.html#Jan_23_2008">http://cascadesiggraph.org/eventspast.html#Jan_23_2008</a>. To keep in touch with this event, follow @DrinknDrawPDX on twitter.
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  • XPDX January: Lean Thinking for Agile Process Evolution
    6:30–9pm
    CubeSpace
    Lean methods in software development have progressed from conceptual understanding to practical techniques that people are using to solve problems and ship software today. The Lean toolkit augments or enhances the practices that are available to today's Agile practitioner. Lean expands the organizational scope of Agile and provides a rich and robust set of methods for process improvement. Corey Ladas is a Lean Software Development consultant and practitioner who focuses on evolving local development processes through systematic self-organization and continuous improvement. He will discuss and demonstrate some of the techniques from his new book, Scrumban: Essays on Kanban Systems for Lean Software Development. Pizza at 6:30pm, talk at 7pm, beer after. Pizza is sponsored by YesMail. As ever, we will follow the meeting with a chat and hang out at a local pub.
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  • Perl Mongers: chromatic presents, "How a Virtual Machine Works"
    6:53–9pm
    Free Geek
    Perl 6, Perl 5, Python, Ruby, Lua, JavaScript, Java, C#, and many other languages use virtual machines as their execution environments. Instead of compiling directly to machine code, they rely on the presence of an ideal machine built specifically for the language – porting the language to a new architecture often means only porting that virtual machine. Does that sound complicated? It's not. Some of the details of very efficient and effective virtual machines are, but the general ideas are simple. This talk explains the important components of a virtual machine and how they fit together. Examples will come from the world of Perl 5, Parrot, and Perl 6, but the concepts apply to many languages and VMs. You may never need to hack the guts of your favorite language, but understanding how they work can help you become a better programmer. As always, the meeting will be followed by social hour at the LuckyLab.
  • Thursday
    Jan 15 2009
    AeA Finance Networking Event - SEC Accounting Update
    7:30–10am
    Oregon Zoo
    Panel members lead a discussion or experts in the field present relevant topics for finance professionals in the technology industry. During this session attendees will learn about current SEC issues as well as other accounting topics. These events are open to member and non-member companies.
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  • Portland Business Alliance, Cornerstones Conversations: "Savings and Sustainability"
    Hear from experts, share best practices, and grow your business. Presented by Portland Business Alliance, greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce. Take part in a continuing discussion at the Cornerstones Conversations events, and on the new blog at <a href="http://www.alliancepdx.blogspot.com">www.alliancepdx.blogspot.com</a>. Advance registration requested at <a href="http://www.portlandalliance.com">www.portlandalliance.com</a>. Members: $20. Non-members: $30.
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  • OEN: Seed Oregon Round 3
    Come watch this a unique competition for Oregon and Southwest Washington seed-stage companies who are seeking capital within the range of $100,000 to $2,000,000. One winner from each preliminary round will move on to a championship round, where a finalist will earn a coveted presenting opportunity at OEN's Angel Oregon 2009, the premier angel investing event in the Northwest. The 2009 conference will be held at the Governor Hotel in Portland on March 12th. Nine presenting companies in total will be selected to compete in the 2008-2009 Seed Oregon tournament. Each will have 10 minutes to present their concept to the PubTalk audience, followed by a 10 minute Q&A session. Three companies will compete at each of the preliminary rounds, with the audience voting for the winning presentations to move to the championship round.
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  • Corvallis Business After Hours January 2009
    "After Hours" @ Strega/ co-spons by (Digital City Date: 01/15/09 Time: 05:00 PM - 07:00 PM PST Description: Chamber "After Hours" is a premier Networking Event that is hosted by a different business (or businesses), the third Thursday of each month from 5-7pm. Not to be missed! Details: "After Hours this month is co-sponsored by Strega Restaurant / and Digital City Guide. Not to be missed, this is being billed as a "Post New Years Party". Great Networking opportunity including finger food and beverages. They will unveil their "Stregatini"! Begin the New Year on the right foot. We will see you there! Location: 517 SW 2nd Street Corvallis, OR 97333
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  • Portland WordPress User Group - First Meeting
    6–7:30pm
    CubeSpace
    Portland loves blogging, and Portland loves WordPress. With so many great bloggers in the area using the WordPress platform, I&#39;m excited to announce the first meeting of the Portland WordPress User Group.<br /><br /> <b>Where/When:</b> Thursday, January 15th from 6:00-7:30pm at <a href="http://www.cubespacepdx.com">CubeSpace</a>.<br /><br /> We&#39;ll talk about:<br /> * Getting started<br /> * Meeting time/dates (monthly)<br /> * Future meeting topics or speaker ideas<br /> * The idea of a regular &quot;help session&quot; / &quot;genius bar&quot; type thing<br /> * Some of the great new features of 2.7 that folks might not have found<br /><br /> Come join us and let&#39;s kick off what is sure to be a fun and helpful group.<br /> &nbsp;
  • Saturday
    Jan 17 2009
    Masterbacon: A day for bacon lovers [NEW VENUE]
    Have you ever wanted to get together with a bunch of other bacon geeks and just geek out about bacon? What if there was an event specifically catered to bacon geeks to be able to share their favorite bacon treats with the world? Wouldn&#39;t it make sense to make it a competition complete with trophy and prizes? Of course it would.<br /><br /> Masterbacon is just such an event.<br /> &nbsp;
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  • Monday
    Jan 19 2009
    SXSW Interactive Portland Meetup
    6–8pm
    Fez Ballroom
    This will give you an opportunity to learn more about SXSW from the people who organize it. If you’ve never attended or were on the fence about attending, it’s a great opportunity to learn more. For those of us who already love SXSW, it gives us an opportunity to get to know some other Portland people who plan to attend. If you want to attend, you must RSVP to <a href="mailto:interpress@sxsw.com">interpress@sxsw.com</a>. Please be sure to put Portland in the subject line of the email (they are doing a few of these in various cities).
  • DorkbotPDX Meeting
    Come join us for an evening of socializing, talking about odd hacks and poking around with other people toys. Bring things for show and tell if you like, or just bring a willingness to share your interests. We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.
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  • Tuesday
    Jan 20 2009
    Portland Business Alliance ShopTalk Showcase
    7:30–9am
    Community Warehouse
    Get a chance to learn about a Portland Business, and showcase your own business at this fun and helpful networking event presented by Portland Business Alliance, greater Portland's Chamber of Commerce. Advance registration requested at <a href="http://www.portlandalliance.com">www.portlandalliance.com</a>. FREE for members, only $5 for non-members.
  • SAO: Startup Exchange
    4–6pm
    Chime Software
    The StartUp Exchange is about bootstrapping in the creation of a software company followed by organic, grassroots growth. Instead of a formal Board of Advisors, we are like a Board of Peers. Our events are for tech startup executives only - sorry services providers you can't attend. Request to join the "StartUp Exchange" group on the social network. It's an invite only group where ideas can be circulated between entrepreneurs. Our events are organized into 3 categories so attendees can talk with peers experiencing the same issues. Before the event post the specific topics that you would like to discuss on the social network group. Those topics will be emailed to attendees prior to the event. Come to discuss those specific topics or to participate in one, or multiple, of the 3 areas that the group will continually be divided into: 1. Have code, need customers 2. Have customers, need code 3. Have code and customers, need business support Thanks Chime Software for letting us use your awesome office and for the keg!
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  • Portland Java User Group
    This month&#39;s topic: TBD<br /><br /> ----------<br /><br /> PJUG meetings start with eat+meet+greet time (pizza and beverages are provided), followed by the featured speaker, then some time for Q&amp;A, discussion, and sometimes a drawing to give away swag. :)<br /><br /> It is not necessary to RSVP, on Upcoming or otherwise; go ahead and just show up!<br /><br /> Many people also go for drinks afterward, at a location decided on the fly (more often than not, Jax on 2nd).<br /><br /> Twitter: @pjug<br /> Web: pjug.org<br /> (feel free to join our mailing list, linked from the website!)<br /> &nbsp;
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  • Clojure: Functional Programming for the JVM
    Talk about strange bedfellows: what happens when you mix one part Lisp (one of the oldest computer languages), one part Java (so young, yet so well adopted), a healthy serving of functional programming, and a state-of-the-art concurrency layer on top? That's Clojure, which "feels like a general-purpose language beamed back from the near future." Clojure embraces functional programming with immutable data types and first class functions. It is fully interoperable with Java. Clojure's approach to concurrency includes asynchonous Agents, and Software Transactional Memory. Clojure is fast, elegant, dynamic, and scalable: a language for the future, today.
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  • Wherecamp monthly meeting
    The continuing saga of Wherecamp - pondering the geospacial web.. and beyond.<br /> &nbsp;