Portland Social Media

inVerge 2007

During September 6th - 7th the inVergence Conference will take place at the Gerding Theater in the Pearl. As described on their website, “inVerge 2007 is an immersive 2 to 4-day experience…[it] focuses on emerging interactive convergence [invergence] dynamics manifesting as various global business trends including: media platform integration, brand integration, collective intelligence, participatory culture and mass collaboration”.

Invergence. It’s a new word. I’ve never heard of it. So I recommend you read up their blog post describing the ethos and spirit behind invergence. In short, the conference is about digital technology and how we interact with it and each other.

Once inside the conference, you can expect it to be run unlike a typical conference. All attendees will be present in one space for each confirmed speaker. Those in attendance will be able to give immediate feedback to the speaker through the use of these vintage and aptly named Perception Analyzers. No, they won’t read your mind or aid in the reading of others

Registration fees to attend inVerge 2007 start at $595. But, this registration fee also gives you access to two other amazing events happening in Portland; PICA’s Time-Based Art festival and MusicFestNW! Join inVerge’s email list to find out when tickets to this innovative tech conference go on sale.

Announcing Public Press

This is Truth and Gauss from a new social media service called “Public Press”. Public Press is a digital newspaper where anybody can instantly publish, organize, and archive news and information about their neighborhood or community. Citizen reporters can upload hyperlocal content anytime from any device that can send email or access the web. Readers can subscribe to newspaper feeds and browse neighborhood news 24×7.

We’ve been working on Public Press for over 18 months. We’re ready to open our website to the world next week. To help us work out last minute bugs and create a smooth social media experience, we’re looking for users to help us finish beta testing the site. Please go to http://www.publicpress.org/alchemy/invitation.jsp to sign up for an account. The invitation code is “community”. Starting next week, you won’t need an invitation code or need to be logged in to see the site.

Our hope is to enrich local communities by improving communication between neighbors. Public Press is a Portland-based company. Please join us and help make Portland the epicenter for social media and citizen journalism.

Thanks,
Truth & Gauss
Public Press
http://publicpress.org

Our April Meeting

DETAILS
Here it is! We are meeting April 23rd at 7pm, at Wieden+Kennedy.

224 NW 13th Ave
Portland, OR
(503) 937-7000

The Topic For the Evening Is:

Please plan on attending if you are at all interested in digital storytelling with online video, or you enjoy video social networking web sites - YouTube, etc.

RSVP
Please RSVP for the event ASAP at Eventbrite. It’s easy and FREE.

March 27th It Is!

OUR meeting this month is set.

March 27th, 2007
7pm - 9pm
Someday Lounge
125 NW 5th Ave
Portland, OR 97253
(503) 708-0851

Dan Harbison from the Portland Trailblazers is scheduled to speak on their Social Media efforts; but, his wife is expecting their baby any week now, so he could cancel at the last second!  If that scenario plays out I don’t have a backup presenter, so if you’re interested in presenting something engaging and interesting to the group related to Social Media, please leave a comment and I’ll get everything arranged.

I believe the meeting will be recorded, so if you can’t attend we’ll post the video or audio online after the meeting.

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