http://portland.beerandblog.com Bloggers helping bloggers over beers in Portland, Oregon Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:43:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was excited and honored when Justin passed the Beer and Blog stein to me a few months ago.  Becoming the Portland Chapter host was a good fit for me, but unfortunately time got in the way.  Before I decided to move forward as the new chapter host I did ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/07/15/passing-the-stein-again/ Join us on Friday June 25th from 4-6pm-ish to soak up sun and suds at the Green Dragon in their cool beer garden.  Like any good Luau we will have a roasted pig courtesy of the Green Dragon (sorry vegans).  Don't forget to wear your Hawaiian shirt to be entered ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/06/23/beer-blog-luau-party/ Well friends, I had the good fortune of running into Richard MacManus, who is the founder of ReadWriteWeb, at Lunch 2.0. He mentioned that he would be attending this Friday, which I asked if I could share on Twitter. To which he said yes. But! Then I got an email from ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/06/17/readwriteweb-is-sponsoring-this-weeks-beer-and-blog/ Any self-respecting Portland tech geek knows that the CTO of Seesmic is coming to visit this weekend, thanks to Rick Turoczy and his Silicon Florist post helpfully listing things he should while in town. Things that are uniquely Portland-esque. Like Beer and Blog! And if you're active on twitter, you know ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/05/27/see-that-frenchman-with-the-big-hair-thats-the-cto-of-seesmic/ A few weeks ago Justin passed the Beer and Blog Stein to me.  This means I am now your new chapter host.  I already know most of you and look forward to meeting new people and learning about their cool tech projects.  Since I have some big shoes to fill ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/05/21/your-feedback-needed/ Ladies and gentlemen, we have a special treat for everyone this week. Involver is coming to town! If you don't know them, Involver is the leading creator of custom tabs and apps on Facebook. No, they don't make Farmville type stuff. *Other* people use their services to make their own tabs ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/05/10/involver-is-coming-to-town-considering-opening-up-shop/ This Friday WebVisions is buying a round for everyone to celebrate their 10th anniversary show. Show organizer Brad Smith and crew will be there to offer a special Beer and Blog discount code for tickets. About WebVisions WebVisions is a Portland institution. For the last decade they have been bringing in ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/04/12/webvisions-offering-discounted-tickets-and-buying-a-round-to-celebrate/ [caption id="attachment_493" align="alignright" width="183" caption="Special Guest, Mayor Sam Adams"][/caption] The final Friday of our 2nd anniversary celebration is here. So far this  month we've given away lots of free booze and cool stuff (courtesy of @AlaskaAir, @SexyNurd, and @DarkHorseComics) to record-breaking numbers of Beer and Bloggers. Even the staff @LaughingSquid stopped ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/01/26/celebrate-our-2nd-aniversary-with-mayor-sam-adams/ Whoo-hoo! Our month-long 2nd Anniversary celebration continues! This Friday at Beer and Blog, Alaska Airlines will provide free snackage for everyone and two drink tickets to the first 40 people who arrive. As usual, our event begins at 4pm at the Green Dragon, so if you have a hankering for freebie ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/01/13/free-eats-drinks-courtesy-of-alaska-air/ The month of January makes everyone retrospective. We look back and take note of events and accomplishments and the look to the future to imagine what may be. For Beer and Blog, this January is especially affecting...it's also our 2nd Anniversary! So, what did we do last year? Here's a little ... http://portland.beerandblog.com/2010/01/07/sexynurds/