Steeplejack Brewing Company

Please register on either Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/pnw-software-quality-professionals-pnsqc/events/314648123/) or Luma (https://luma.com/60m4kgqw) so we can count attendance!

Converge with your fellow software professionals this May at Steeplejack on NE Broadway!

What are project managers actually saying about AI, quality, and delivery — and what does it mean for us in QA? Jahzeel Ormeño, Founder and Principal Consultant of SimplexityPM, is bringing the conversation from the PMI Portland Annual Conference straight to our Meetup with her informal talk "From the PMI Conference Floor: What the PM World Is Saying About Quality, AI, and Getting Work Done Right".

Jahzeel is excited to debrief her experience from the conference with an honest conversation about what PMs are actually talking about: where AI is showing up (and where it isn’t), what else dominated the room, and how the PM practices most of us take for granted connect directly to software quality outcomes. Come ready to share what you’re seeing on your end too — the best part will be comparing notes.

You don’t need to be a PM to get something out of this. It’s a good fit if you’re curious about any of the following: • What PMs and quality folks have in common (and where they still talk past each other) • How AI is actually landing in delivery teams — beyond the hype • Which PM habits quietly prevent quality problems before they start • Continuing the conversations from PMI Portland 2026

This will be a hybrid meetup, so mingle in person or tune in online. Doors (and virtual lobby) open at 6pm for a half hour of pre-talk networking.

Schedule:

6pm - 6:30pm Networking (online included) 6:30pm - 7:30pm ‎Open discussion led by Jahzeel

(While free to attend, food and drinks from the delicious Steeplejack menu will not be covered.)

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