The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or just check out the space during the welcome meeting. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or just check out the space during the welcome meeting. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting.

We're also welcoming any OSCON attendees who might be interested in stopping by - so if you're not doing anything else, swing on by!

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

The silo is open to any interested parties who want to hack or check out the space. This is an Open House meeting

NOTE: The entrance for the space is on the backside of the building in the alley -- NOT at the mailing address. See this satellite view for clarification: http://bit.ly/8Arvpt

The outside door is at the top of a set of stairs. The space is marked with a small sticker that is labeled "BrainSilo"

(our website is down right this second, we know)

A Hack the Dot event is a two hour hackathon where coding school students, junior developers, experienced developers, marketers, designers and curious web people come together to build ideas around a domain name. Our events are meant to be a quick and fun way to build a humorous (and functional) product quickly, while meeting people in your tech/startup community. There will be pizza and BEER PROVIDED BY BASE CAMP BREWING COMPANY!

CiviCode Day will be co-located with the Hacker Lounge of Open Source Bridge at the Portland Art Museum, in the Sunken Ballroom of the Mark Building. An un-conference styled event, kicked off with a keynote address by our Mayor, Sam Adams, followed by brief introductions of project ideas in the morning, then breaking out into groups for the remainder of the day for a "hack-a-thon" with your peers. The last hour or so will be reserved for a show-and-tell of our work.

CiviCode Day is dedicated to the sharing and mashing up of your ideas with your peers.

• Share and Discuss your project ideas with others
• Get Your Questions Answered on readily available datasets and/or inform data providers first hand of what type of datasets you need to turn your ideas into reality
• Discover or Recruit Others to collaborate with on interesting projects
• Mashup Prototypes as proof-of-concepts or more with your fellow developers

CiviCode Day will be attended by developers, collaboration seekers, data providers, contest organizers, and a wide array of local business people looking to learn more about the CivicApps.org project.

To learn more about the Open Source Bridge Conference, please see http://opensourcebridge.org

Registration is limited, so register today and connect with your peers!

CivicApps Ideas is a two-hour discussion of ideas and datasets between data providers and citizens. As a precursor to the CiviCode Day Event, scheduled one week later at Open Source Bridge, this meeting is your chance to initiate the discussion surrounding your project ideas and data needs with others.

CivicIdeas Day is dedicated to the sharing of your ideas with your peers.

• Share and Discuss your project ideas with others
• Get Your Questions Answered on readily available datasets and/or inform data providers first hand of what type of datasets you need to turn your ideas into reality
• Discover or Recruit Others to collaborate with on interesting projects

To learn more about the related CiviCode Day event, please see http://civicapps.eventbrite.com

Registration is limited, so register today and connect with your peers!

Get amped - Name.com does more than hosting. We're hosting our first Quick Left hackfest in Portland with them! And what better week than Portland Startup Week to do so!

Aided by the increased processing speed of chips, capacity of batteries and precision of sensor technologies, devices are becoming smaller, faster and more feature heavy than ever before. Where is the power of wearables going? We're bringing it in hackfest form to Portland, OR! Register now for our hackfest Feb 4th and find out (or make it happen).

With the Quick Left wearable hackfest, we want take wearable data beyond the miles you pedal or calories burned. We want wearables to be useful in your daily life. According to technology research and advisory company Gartner, by 2020, developed world life expectancy will increase by 0.5 years due to widespread adoption of wireless health monitoring technology. Business leaders must examine the impact of increased wellness on insurance and employee costs as a competitive factor. Inspire innovation to affect this trend at our hackfest. If you've got ideas on what to do with health and exercise data (for humans, your pets or....), you'll want to get your hack on at Quick Left!

Wednesday, February 4th, doors open at 6pm, hacking begins at 6:30 Free beer and food provided by our awesome sponsors Teams formed night of Hack for 3 hrs (no previous feature design or code written, please) Winners will be chosen by our sponsors (hint, hint) Thanks to our sponsor, Sparkfun, for supplying Lily Pad Design Kits. And Fitbit is giving away a Fitbit Flex wristband to the winning team and more sponsors to be announced shortly!

Still need more convincing to join our hackfests? See three year's worth of Quick Left hackfests we've hosted here!

How the heck does this hackathon work?

At a domain-driven hackathon, all of the teams are told a single premium domain name at the beginning of the event to build something for. The teams then have two hours to come up with a functioning site inspired by that domain. Which ever team builds the most creative and funny idea for the domain wins.

The winning team wins the premium domain up for grabs, and additional prizes from our sponsors such as swag and product.

Doing our bit and having fun as part of the Ruby on Rails 3.1 hackfest weekend: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2011/7/14/rails-3-1-hackfest

Come over, bring fellow coders, and lets dive in! Voodoo dougnuts, coffee, Sizzle Pie Pizza, and Ninkasi beer will be provided by SweetSpot Diabetes Care.

See you then!