Steeplejack Brewing Company

Join us for a casual social event designed for UX Researchers and Designers with experience in healthcare—or anyone curious about the field!

​Whether you're working in health tech, healthcare system, startups, or just exploring this space, come connect with others, share your experiences, and learn from one another.

​Let’s build community, exchange ideas, and enjoy some great conversations. Cheers!

🎉 Portland Unite! 🎉

Portland HUG Meets Pints + Pixels and POMO | Triple Meetup!

📅 Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 ⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM 📍 Location: Steeplejack Brewery, 2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232 🍻

✨ Come one, come all! Whether you're a seasoned Houdini wizard 🧙‍♂️ or just dipping your toes into the magic of procedural creation, we can't wait to meet you and hear how you're using Houdini!

🎟️ And yes—you heard right—we'll be raffling off our usual amazing Houdini swag PLUS (drumroll please 🥁)... a Houdini Indie License! 🔥 Join us for good drinks, great company, and awesome creative energy.

Can't wait to see you there! 🚀🌲

Hey all, we’re back for a special December gathering! This month, we’re teaming up with POMO for a joint event to navigate the holiday season and introduce more motion graphics folks to the world of Houdini.

Highlights for this event:

🤝 Collaboration with POMO: We're joining forces to save them from holiday conflicts and share the magic of Houdini with the graphically inclined. 🎥 Live Demo by Alex: Get a firsthand look at some incredible things you can create in Houdini. 🎟️ Raffle for a Houdini Indie License: Attendees will have the chance to win a Houdini Indie license! Whether you're a seasoned Houdini pro or just curious, come join us at Steeplejack Brewery!

🗓 Date: Friday, December 6th 🕔 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM 📍 Location: Steeplejack Brewery, 2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232

As always, look for the Flippy on the door!

Note: This is a non-hosted event, but we appreciate volunteers to help with setup and guiding attendees.

We will discuss this podcast: - Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/386-information-social-order/id733163012?i=1000672063999 - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEEmc3Qy2K0 Please listen to/watch the podcast before-hand

What's this week's podcast about? Sam Harris speaks with Yuval Noah Harari about his new book, Nexus, and its application to current crises. They discuss humanity’s capacity for self-destruction, democracy and dictatorship as information networks, the “naive view of information,” the advantages of fiction over truth, trust in institutions, self-correction in a democracy, truth vs. power, truth vs. order, the suicide of conservatism, fixing social media, algorithms as editorial choices, efficiency vs. inefficiency, threats to democracy, and more.

What is a Podcast Club?: It’s like a book club for podcasts. We’ll listen to a podcast episode on our own, then get together at a bar or patio and talk about it in small groups. The atmosphere is casual, low-pressure, and laid back. The idea is to enjoy some thought-provoking conversation, learn a thing or two, and have some fun.

Please listen to this podcast episode prior to the event: 10% Happier | Ryan Holiday - Ancient Strategies For Managing Stress And Anxiety - Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ancient-strategies-for-managing-stress-and-anxiety/id1087147821?i=1000652259837 - Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXJbfRnU_QA

What's this week's podcast about? Digging into the nuts and bolts of Stoicism with one of its best-known modern proponents. Ryan Holiday is a prolific author, whose books include The Obstacle Is the Way, Ego Is the Enemy, and Discipline is Destiny. This episode covers the history and theory of Stoicism, forward-thinking, existential awareness, journaling, the four Stoic values, Buddhism, and more.

What's a Podcast Club? It’s like a book club for podcasts. We’ll listen to a podcast episode on our own, then get together at a bar or patio and talk about it in small groups. The atmosphere is casual, low-pressure, and laid back. The idea is to enjoy some thought-provoking conversation, learn a thing or two, and have some fun.

Our meetings generally follow this format: - Meet and mingle - A few rounds of small group discussions - Grab food/drink somewhere nearby