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By: We [Already] Make the Media. Now, we need to organize a nonprofit to help Portland journalism prosper. | Oregon Startup Blog

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:33:40 +0000

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Best of the Blogroll (November 2009) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:17:37 +0000

[...] Maybe Portland Doesn’t Suck After All… (pt.1) at Portland Sucks Yet these past 2 months, just as the city I live in has seemed to hit rock bottom, I’ve discovered all over again just why I love this damn place so much. You can shove skyscrapers, banks, insurance companies, and annoying cell phone kiosks almost anywhere and call it a city, but you need good people to give that city a heart and a soul – and I’ve discovered that Portland has both when it counts, and it has them in abundance. [...]

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Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:19:55 +0000

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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:31:56 +0000

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By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:02:17 +0000

I lived with Sir Wagner for two full years in Seattle and I can tell you without hesitating that Portland is lucky to have him even if he’ll never admit it himself. I say this as an admirer first and a friend second but that loudmouth you guys and gals are listening to is nothing short of a true genius and Seattle metro isn’t what it used to be. In the two years he lived out in the garage of the West Seattle rambler we shared he worked two jobs, ran two different business ventures with very positive cashflow, signed a record deal, and toured the country with a couple of top notch musicians. The man is a modest brainiac–bar none the smartest I’ve met. While I was working behind a desk for a coffee company here, no not that one the other one, Mister Wagner was creating the next big thing over and again. It comes as no surprise to me that his voice is heard loud and clear in your community there. Our loss is your gain Portland Oregon. He’s one of my best friends but he’s also a creative business dynamo of the highest order. He probably didn’t even know that we were listening up here. He’s not that kind of guy that would ever tell anyone what he’s doing because that would be self promoting. His nickname here was ‘the screaming church mouse’ and I’m sure by now you know why.

Sorry kid, I couldn’t keep quiet any longer because I think these people need to know just how lucky they are. Get your ass up here and visit.

By: Michelle Rafter

Michelle Rafter — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:47:08 +0000

Amen.

And, can I point out, where else in the country could you write this kind of post and get invited out for coffee by the head of that state’s biggest software association?

I was a card-carrying member of the print media old guard and am happily finding my way among the city’s new media practitioners. Hope you’ll join us at the WeMaketheMedia.com conference this Saturday for more on this subject, or to one of Abraham Hyatt’s monthly Digital Journalism meet ups.

MVR

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By: Matt Nees

Matt Nees — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:43:10 +0000

Robert,
Well said. I liked this article a lot as you pointed out the ‘unique’ class of people and talent here in this PDX town, yes, I sometimes still refer to it as a ‘town’ for its small, close knit community-feel.

I am very interested to hear about your ‘new media startup’ as well.

Would you care to meet for coffee soon?

Matt Nees
President
Software Association of Oregon
matt.nees@sao.org

By: Raymond C

Raymond C — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:36:11 +0000

I’m looking forward to it.

By: chase

chase — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:34:16 +0000

well said…

By: J-P Voilleque

J-P Voilleque — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:20:45 +0000

Break out the hot cocoa in Hell!

Seriously though, as a long-time lurker and frequent-agreer-with-points-expressed, I thank you for closing the loop.

Portland does suck, and we can do better, but it sucks so much less than anywhere else. It sips, let’s say, or slurps. Yes. Portland slurps.

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uberVU - social comments — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:19:23 +0000

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By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:15:37 +0000

You restored my faith in the future of media dear sir. Reading this makes me all the more excited about it.

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