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• January 04, 2012
• 6:41

  Power Quote

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  From Thomas L. Friedman’s recent, So Much Fun. So Irrelevant.: The best of these ecosystems will be cities and towns that combine a university, an educated populace, a dynamic business community and the fastest broadband connections on earth. These will be the job factories of the future. There’s weeks worth of conversation about Central Oregon’s [...]
• December 30, 2011
• 10:22

  This picture simply kills me. I think of my two boys and always realize how fortunate we are and how there are so many that are suffering in the world. These two boys were photographed foraging for what little they could in a garbage dump in Nepal. From

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  via twitterrific Posted via email from mabrams’s posterous
• December 26, 2011
• 6:35

  The Chilean Connection

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  Chile has been making headlines recently with Start Up Chile, a government backed initiative to attract foreign startups and investors. .   Recently Arnon Kohavi of Yarden VC spent 6 months in Chile in an attempt to build out a $40M fund. As always, I see a lot of parallels between this sort of thing and our humble [...]
• December 21, 2011
• 16:15

  ConePatrol.com

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  Holy hell, if this doesn’t qualify as local tech blog news, I don’t know what does! Local hacker, Timmy Crawford has put up ConePatrol.com, a site that lets you sign up for SMS notifications when Bachelor gets new powder.  So sweet! I just signed up for alerts when it snows 4″ or more. (And you [...]
• December 02, 2011
• 4:44

  WalkScore.com

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  Just found (and instantly fell in love with) walkscore.com. Rates any location based on proximity of the nearest park, library, coffee shop, bank, etc. For example, downtown Bend is a “Walker’s Paradise”  at 92/100 points, while (interestingly) Northwest Crossing is “Car Dependent” with only 49/100. Any of you NWX residents care to agree with or dispute that? [...]
• October 11, 2011
• 13:29

  The 10 Mistakes I’ve Made So You Don’t Have To

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  An light-yet-thought-provoking read for entrepreneurs, The 10 Mistakes I’ve Made So You Don’t Have To.
• September 10, 2011
• 12:15

  The Austin Head Hunt

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  Statesman.com reports that 30 CEOs from Austin are gathering in the Bay Area to recruit technical talent.  Interesting proposition. This is hardly a new idea – recruiting Bay Area workers to come  (in our case) to Bend.  But I’ve always been somewhat skeptical.  It’s a tough sell, although it does happen.  As I recently told [...]
• September 08, 2011
• 10:54

  Pacific Northwest Quality Software Conference

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  ‘Just had this conference brought to my attention.  Early bird rates apply until September 19th. If this is something you’d attend, I’d love to get your take on this.  I generally steer clear of the world of formal QA methodologies, so I don’t have a good feel for the quality of the presenters and program [...]
• June 27, 2011
• 13:49

  First Annual Bend TechnologyFest on July 9 (during SummerFest)

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  Mark your calendars – Bend is soon to have its very own CES (Consumer Electronics Show) during this year’s Summer Festival. It’s called Bend TechnologyFest, and here’s the detail: - iPad 2 giveaway for registered attendees. Need I say more? Register at [bendtechfest.eventbrite.com] - It will be held at the Oxford Hotel in Bend, July [...]
• June 22, 2011
• 9:18

  Bend Now on LinkedIn; Coder Aging .vs. Experience

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  First, LinkedIn has finally figured out that Bend isn’t Eugene (yay!).  Of course, they aren’t retroactively updating profiles, so even though you probably put your Bend zipcode into your profile, you’ll still be listed as being in the “Eugene, OR Area”.  To remedy this, log into LinkedIn and edit your profile.  In the location area [...]
• June 15, 2011
• 13:08

  WordPress & Beer Meetup

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  Hey gang,  if you use WordPress, or are interested in learning about this mighty fine blogging software then you’ll want to check out the new WordPress & Beer meetup.  The first meeting is this Monday evening at 6pm, at TechSpaceBend (in The Old Cigar Building) Don’t be put off by the $2 admission, btw – [...]
• May 31, 2011
• 9:31

  FourSquare Who?

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  [In case you haven't noticed, I haven't had a lot of time to blog here lately.  So this is my attempt at banging something out that is a) relevant and b) quick and to the point.  A theme I hope to continue...] “Mobile + Location Aware” are the buzzwords du jour.  A year or two [...]
• April 03, 2011
• 11:31

  Redefining Libraries in the Digital Era

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    Hopefully I don’t need to convince you that the digital-book tidal wave is headed our way.  But in case I do, have a read of this lengthy-but-fascinating interview (more of a discussion, really) by authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath about Eisler’s recent decision to turn down a $500,000 book contract in favor of self-publishing his [...]
• March 16, 2011
• 6:55

  Ruby On Ales Coming Soon

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  Quick reminder that the Ruby on Ales conference is taking place next Thursday and Friday (24th & 25th)! The speaker lineup looks pretty interesting, even for non-rubyists.  For example, I’m pretty curious about the test-driven-design for JavaScript talk.  And real-time systems talk will be an interesting contrast with the node.js work I’ve been doing lately. [...]
• January 13, 2011
• 6:02

  Ruby On Ales

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  Nevermind that Ruby On Ales is possibly the coolest name and concept for a conference I’ve seen in a long time, (I mean, “Rails Conf”??? *pfft*!) the best part is that it’s right here in our backyard! From the site: Ruby on Ales is a two-day, single track conference inspired by Ruby, microbrews, and shredding. [...]
• November 23, 2010
• 9:56

  Rethinking the Kindle

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  Exhibit A, top right, is the Amazon’s Kindle e-reader, as it ships today.  My wife recently purchased two of these for our anniversary.   She bought the 3G version, including the nice leather cover w/ built-in book light, and a handful of e-books to get us started.  Total cost for both, ~$500. Exhibit B, bottom [...]
• November 10, 2010
• 7:45

  Connected-ness

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  ‘Saw a really interesting presentation yesterday by James Fowler, co-author of,  ”Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives“.  The book describes how we are influenced by the people close to us. For example, if you are close friends with someone who is (or becomes) obese, this dramatically increases [...]
• October 13, 2010
• 10:49

  The Pitfalls and Potentials of Interactive Resumes

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  One of my favorite blog-o-buds, Cassondra, posted on Facebook about an online resume she found inspiring, [www.hirechristine.com.]  My knee-jerk reply was to disagree (rather crudely, unfortunately – I think used the phrase, “butt ugly”)  Cassondra very politely told me to put up or shut up by inviting me to provide some examples I liked, or [...]
• October 12, 2010
• 10:06

  Join the unConference at TechSpaceBend!

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  In partnership with The Bend Venture Conference and sponsored by Silver Moon Brewing, TechSpaceBend presents: TechSpace unConference October 14, 2010 2:30pm @ TechSpaceBend 906 NW Harriman St. Want to learn about the startup scene in Bend, meet local entrepreneurs, and enjoy a beer? Our unConference is no ordinary event! It’s an interactive session where like-minded folks [...]
• September 20, 2010
• 8:15

  New Meetup Tomorrow!! Talks @TechSpaceBend – How Social Media is Changing Your Business

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  We’re organizing a series of monthly talks @techspacebend, beginning with a local startup venture called ‘The Social Business’. James will provide a good introductory overview of social media trends, and how businesses can use tools like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to engage with their customers. The presentation will be followed by a business-level discussion of [...]
• August 20, 2010
• 15:50

  Not-for-profit Tower Theatre uses social media to share customer experiences and build membership

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  This article is reposted with permission from The Social Business Blog: The Tower Theatre in Bend, Oregon was originally built as a movie house in 1940, and now entertains 50,000 visitors a year with performing arts, civic, educational, and social events. Ray Solley, the Executive Director of the Theatre spoke with The Social Business about how they [...]
• August 12, 2010
• 13:11

  COISUG: August First Friday/Art Hop @ TechSpace Bend – Keenan Hall

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Come on down to TechSpace Bend for Art Hop – Beer and Art anyone? - Keenan Hall Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Mixx [...]
• 13:11

  COISUG: Bend Broadband’s Green Data Center – August 12 4pm TechSpace Bend

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Bend Broadband’s Green Data Center – August 12 4pm TechSpace Bend Date: August 12 (Thursday) Topic: Enterprise-Class Green “Vault” Data Centers (Bend Broadband) Location: TechSpace Bend (906 Harriman – Old Cigar Building – Across from Blacksmith) Time: 4pm Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on [...]
• 13:11

  COISUG: IT Position @ Deschutes Brewery

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Learn more here: [www.linkedin.com] Reminder: Meeting today 4pm TechSpace Bend – Bend Broadband’s Green Data Center Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Share this on Reddit Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati Share this on Mixx Tweet [...]
• July 16, 2010
• 6:53

  COISUG: COISUG Jobs

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article COISUG jobs are moving to our LinkedIn Group. If you would like to post a job, please visit the group and choose the jobs tab to post. If you are looking for a job, that’s where they will be! Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this [...]
• 6:53

  COISUG: Upcoming Meetings – Green Data Centers and Desktop Virtualization

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Time to kick it up into high gear – we have 2 meetings lined up for August and September, and a couple in the planning stages for October/November. The first meeting will be Thursday August 12th and split across two topics – Bend Broadband’s new Green Data [...]
• 6:53

  COISUG: O’Reilly webcast (free)

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Our friends at O’Reilly sent me (Abbott) info about a webinar you may be interested. The registration link is: [https:] Garlic, Wooden Stakes and Silver Bullets for Data Destruction Ensuring Effective Data Destruction Practices Presented by: Ben Rothke, CISSP, QSA, Senior Security Consultant Changes in data storage [...]
• June 30, 2010
• 15:33

  G5: End of a Quarter

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  This is a repost of this G5 article The clock is ticking, and we’re busy clicking to tally our Q2 fiscal results. Looks like we’re headed for our best quarter ever. Let the fireworks begin. Happy Independence Day to all – from Team G5
• June 29, 2010
• 14:00

  G5: G5 is the 3rd-Fastest Growing Company in Oregon!

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  This is a repost of this G5 article G5 is still growing. And growing. And growing… The Portland Business Journal has recently announced that we’re the 3rd fastest-growing private company in Oregon/Southwest Washington. With revenue growth of 413.47% and employee count increase of 390%, we shouldn’t be too surprised. See our press release for all [...]
• June 21, 2010
• 9:46

  CodeBenders: Bulletin Article

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article Well it must have been a slow news day in Bend, because the Bulletin came through on their threat and actually published a piece on CodeBenders. Thanks to David Holley for letting us rant about everything but technology and writing a nice piece that covers a lot [...]
• June 17, 2010
• 5:52

  TechSpaceBend: “Co-working spaces thrive”

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  This is a repost of this TechSpaceBend article “Co-Work Spaces Thrive” talks about the SF co-working scene, although the company they highlight, i/o ventures, is more an incubator than a co-work space (to my mind anyway): After receiving 300 applications, they accepted their first five startups. The incubator will also rent spaces and have a café, [...]
• June 12, 2010
• 14:53

  CodeBenders: RailsConf 2010 : Must See Videos

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article RailsConf was great this year. Got to meet a bunch of new people that I hope to keep in touch with. After a crazy flight back to the west coast – 15 hours of flying, circling, diverting, waiting, unloading, loading, sitting, waiting for a pilot from Baltimore [...]
• June 02, 2010
• 12:39

  COISUG: O’Reilly webcast (free)

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Our friends at O’Reilly sent me (Abbott) info about a webinar you may be interested. The registration link is: [https:] Garlic, Wooden Stakes and Silver Bullets for Data Destruction Ensuring Effective Data Destruction Practices Presented by: Ben Rothke, CISSP, QSA, Senior Security Consultant Changes in data storage [...]
• June 01, 2010
• 12:04

  CodeBenders: Mapping the Social Graph

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article I missed Robert Kieffer’s post back in March on this. And, I find it so interesting that I thought it’d be worth sharing again… Among other things, FanPageAnalaytics.com maps the connections of some 200 million Facebook user profiles and illustrates the “thickness” of those networks between various [...]
• May 26, 2010
• 15:10

  CodeBenders: RailsConf

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article Just bought our #RailsConf passes. Baltimore, here we come. Tweet This! Digg this! Share this on del.icio.us Share this on Technorati Share this on LinkedIn Email this to a friend?
• May 18, 2010
• 7:06

  “Bang For Your Buck” App

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  Jay Harlow, a friend and colleague of mine, recently created the “Bang For Your Buck” App as part of the “Design For America” contest put on by Sunlight Labs. That’s a bit of a mouthful to start off a post with.  You can follow those links for more info, but let me sum it up quickly here: Sunlight Labs [...]
• May 11, 2010
• 7:23

  Beacham Clock Co. In Sisters

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  Not exactly the kinds of “tech” this blog normally talks about, but any self-respecting nerd will surely be interested in knowing about Beacham’s Clock Co. in Sisters.  I found out about them via Kristian Foden-Vencil’s OPB piece this morning.  Apparently Ed Beacham, the owner, is unique among master clockmaker’s in the country.  From the article: He’s what’s [...]
• 0:39

  COISUG: COCC IT Position – Linux Systems /Oracle Database Administrator nee

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Linux Systems /Oracle Database Administrator needed at COCC. Learn more at the COISUG jobs page: [www.coisug.info]
• May 06, 2010
• 13:05

  COISUG: TechSpace Bend Art Hop – Friday

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Learn more here: [www.techspacebend.com]
• May 04, 2010
• 17:03

  CodeBenders: My Favorite Apps for Startups (and anyone else that wants be agile)

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article Over the last 15 years I’ve worked with quite a few startups and growth-oriented companies. During that time frame the way we have all worked has changed dramatically. Most importantly, small teams rely upon efficient collaboration to do more with less time and fewer resources. When I’m working [...]
• May 03, 2010
• 17:05

  COISUG: New Book reviews – Google Apps: The Missing Manual and Photoshop CS4 for Photographers

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article New book reviews on COISUG: Google Apps: The Missing Manual I was primarily interested in Google Docs, and this book had copious information that was more than adequate to get me up and running. There are a lot of subtleties hidden in Google Apps and how you can [...]
• 13:47

  COISUG: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting May 7th 11:30am

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting Date/Time: May 7, 2010 11:30 -1pm Location: 2600 N.W. College Way, Pioneer Hall Rm 232 (COCC). Bend. United States. Description: Presentation by Kris McBride of Cinetix Solutions: Quick Wins for Power Users with SharePoint WSS. Free lunch and door prizes! Map: [visitors.cocc.edu] Please note that [...]
• May 02, 2010
• 19:05

  Misinterpreting Bend’s iPad Market

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  Bend continues to make Top 10 lists as journalists misinterpret various reports from data collecting agencies.  This time Philip Elmer-DeWitt over at Fortune magazine raises his eyebrows at seeing Bend ranked #5 on Net Application’s report about market penetration of the iPad. Philip makes a couple missteps here.  First, he ignores the ±0.9% margin of error on Bend’s reported [...]
• April 30, 2010
• 15:19

  COISUG: TechSpace Bend – Co-working in Oregon

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Need a spot to work, full or part time, or just to drop-in and use a super-fast internet connection and a conference room. To have lunch and hang out? Learn about new jobs and startups?   Come checkout TechSpace Bend – [www.techspacebend.com]
• 15:19

  COISUG: Checkout the new job postings on the COISUG Jobs Page

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Checkout the new job postings on the COISUG Jobs Page: ATG Application Architect (04/22/10) User Experience Designer (UX Designer) (04/22/10) IT/Sys Analyst/Programmer (04/22/10) [www.coisug.info]  
• 13:19

  COISUG: Facebook – Prineville Data Center Job Opening

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Facebook - Data Center Operations Technician Facebook is seeking a forward thinking, experienced individual to join the Site Operations Team. This position is full-time and will be based in Prineville, Oregon. We seek an IT professional with advanced hands-on technical skills in Networks, Server Hardware and Linux (ideally in [...]
• April 29, 2010
• 19:36

  Bend on Businessweek’s Top 10 Cities for Startups

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  Bloomburg Businessweek just posted their list of top 10 cities for startups and guess what? Bend comes in at #4.  The list was compiled using data from ZoomProspector.com, which has some pretty interesting stats for Bend. Personally, my gut is telling me this is a bit optimistic on BW’s part.  Certainly there’s a lot we could [...]
• April 28, 2010
• 15:20

  CodeBenders: Android Email Bug: Known Problem?

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article Earlier this week, I wrote about the a crazy bug in the Android email app that I discovered on my Nexus One, which posed a significant privacy risk when users send emails from their device. I submitted the bug report to Google and earlier today I received [...]
• April 26, 2010
• 12:00

  CodeBenders: Why I’m scared to send email from my Nexus One

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  This is a repost of this CodeBenders article I picked up my Nexus One pretty soon after it was release earlier this year. I knew going in that there was a good chance that the device would have bugs. But I figured after several commercial distributions through other handset makers that the risk was pretty [...]
• April 22, 2010
• 15:07

  COISUG: TechSpace Bend – Co-working in Oregon

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Need a spot to work, full or part time, or just to drop-in and use a super-fast internet connection and a conference room. To have lunch and hang out? Learn about new jobs and startups?   Come checkout TechSpace Bend – [www.techspacebend.com]
• 15:03

  COISUG: Checkout the new job postings on the COISUG Jobs Page

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Checkout the new job postings on the COISUG Jobs Page: ATG Application Architect (04/22/10) User Experience Designer (UX Designer) (04/22/10) IT/Sys Analyst/Programmer (04/22/10) [www.coisug.info]  
• April 21, 2010
• 8:02

  COWPU: Hack Nite Wed April 29th

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article In lieu of a speaker this month, I would like to pick up where we left off with the Rails3 talk, and have an official COWPU Hack Nite. The concept is simple, show up with your gear and your project of choice and get some work [...]
• 8:01

  COWPU: Python Django Job

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article Python / Django developers We are a growing internet startup looking for dynamic Python / Django developers to join our small team. Strong work ethic, social media enthusiast, search and web crawling skills a plus, enjoying being a large part of small team. We work hard, play [...]
• April 20, 2010
• 11:48

  COISUG: New *free* O’Reilly course

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article This came from our friends at O'Reilly: read to the bottom to find out how to participate. Join O'Reilly and CreativeTechs for this free online course-- Developing Android Applications with Java, Part 2--or buy the video after it's over. Join instructor Tony Hillerson as he takes you through a 6-week online course [...]
• April 19, 2010
• 20:40

  Macbook as WiFi Access Point

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  I’m typing this from my Macbook while sitting in a barge on the Nile. Yup, *that* Nile.  The one in Egypt.  I’m on vacation with my family and having a great time enjoying everything this country has to offer.  It is a land of contrasts – for example I have a megabit ethernet connection running [...]
• April 15, 2010
• 14:48

  G5: Spreading the Sunshine: A Day in the Life of a Marketing Analyst

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Dara Christoff, Marketing Analyst, G5 Search Marketing There’s never a dull moment for a G5 Marketing Analyst. As the single point of contact (commonly known as an account manager) for clients, a Marketing Analyst spends the day interacting with clients and working with other internal G5 teams. [...]
• 8:59

  G5: Why your Website Matters

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Nancy Hall, VP of Client Services, G5 Search Marketing We love it when this happens. The other day, we got an email from a client who told us about a new resident. His daughter wanted to learn about a local senior community, and went to the Internet [...]
• April 14, 2010
• 14:51

  Smart Solutions: Internet Explorer 6 is Dated

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  This is a repost of this Smart Solutions article As you might have heard, Microsoft is ceasing support for Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) as of July 13, 2010, when it stops support for Windows XP SP2.  This isn’t bad news. This nine year-old browser is showing its wear and doesn’t cut it with today’s web [...]
• 12:39

  COISUG: SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Portland, running May 10 – 15.

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Portland, running May 10 – 15. When:    May 10 – May 15, 2010What:    Security 401:  SANS Security EssentialsWho:     Instructor Rick Smith For complete event details, please visit [www.sans.org] Where:   Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way Portland, [...]
• 12:39

  COISUG: TechSpace Bend First Art Hop

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Come down and check out the art, have a beer/wine and enjoy the music!
• 12:39

  COISUG: OSCON registration discount from O’Reilly

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Hey everyone; I got this announcement from our friends at O’Reilly and wanted to share… OSCON Registration is open. Here’s a discount you can pass along to your members through your mailing list or at your meetings: OSCON happens July 19-23, 2010 in Portland, OR Use code [...]
• 10:13

  COISUG: Hello world!

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
• April 11, 2010
• 8:20

  May Book Club Meetup

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  The Meetup Group has location and time information for our May 4th book club meeting. This month we’ll be discussing Positivity, an important book in the emerging literature about The Positivity/Negativity Ratio . It turns out that academics have found “Positivity” to be as important for establishing and maintaining high performance business teams as it [...]
• April 05, 2010
• 20:10

  COISUG: SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Portland, running May 10 – 15.

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article SANS is pleased to announce Community SANS Portland, running May 10 – 15. When:    May 10 – May 15, 2010What:    Security 401:  SANS Security EssentialsWho:     Instructor Rick Smith For complete event details, please visit [www.sans.org] Where:   Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way Portland, [...]
• 13:35

  G5: G5 Loves the Outside (and Outside Magazine Loves Us)

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  This is a repost of this G5 article We don’t get to toot our horn as often as we’d like but today, G5 has some great news we’re happy to share with the world. Outside Magazine has named us to their 50 Best Places to Work in America list. Why? We would say why not. The company goes [...]
• April 03, 2010
• 16:05

  iPads in Bend

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  ‘Just got back from playing with an iPad over at the Connecting Point store on Franklin.  They have a couple demo models you can play with.  And as of 3pm, they still had about half of the fifteen units they were allocated available for sale, although they did sell two while I was there.  But… [...]
• April 02, 2010
• 15:41

  G5: Your actual CPC is out of your control (mostly)

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Dave Beltramini, Director of Paid Advertising, G5 Search Marketing Paid Advertising on the major search engines can be a significant driver of leads to your website. However, identifying the best way to spend money in that world is more confusing and arduous than you might imagine. Prior to [...]
• 15:06

  COISUG: TechSpace Bend First Art Hop

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Come down and check out the art, have a beer/wine and enjoy the music!
• April 01, 2010
• 23:38

  COISUG: OSCON registration discount from O’Reilly

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Hey everyone; I got this announcement from our friends at O’Reilly and wanted to share… OSCON Registration is open. Here’s a discount you can pass along to your members through your mailing list or at your meetings: OSCON happens July 19-23, 2010 in Portland, OR Use code [...]
• 8:48

  Google Rumored to be Considering Bend Data Center

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Fast on the heels of Facebook’s recent move into Prineville, Google appears set to make their own entry into the rapidly developing market for cheap, affordable, green power here in Central Oregon. I was hanging out at Thump Coffee this morning and overheard mayor Eckman congratulating Jim Clinton on how their negotiations with “The Goog” are [...]
• March 31, 2010
• 14:57

  Bend: We’re more social.

   » ‎ BendTech

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  While reading this SlashDot post on how Facebook has harassed litigated convinced a researcher to delete the dataset he compiled by scraping 200M Facebook user profiles, I found myself wandering over to a paper by said researcher in which he talks about how the data showed seven distinct geographic social networks in the U.S. One of which, [...]
• March 30, 2010
• 11:58

  Sunriver responds to Google Fiber RFI

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Last Friday, Sunriver joined an estimated 1,100 other cities and communities in responding to Google’s Fiber for Communities Request for Information (RFI). By now everyone has probably heard of the “Google fiber” initiative, with cities like Topeka, Kansas changing their name to Google, Kansas (if only symbolically), and mayors doing stunts like jumping into nearly [...]
• 7:49

  COISUG: COISUG/SPUG Meeting Update

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article The COISUG/SPUG meeting is on for today, however, due to weather, Joel and Christian will be live from Portland. We will have lunch, giveaways and user group announcements. Considering the circumstances, we appreciate Joel and Christian picking up the tab for the event! Come on down, grab [...]
• March 21, 2010
• 7:53

  Killer Robot Pigeons Invade Redmond!!!

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  So, I was updating the site yesterday and just happened to notice this Craigslist job posting: Central Oregon Racing Pigeon Club is working on a project dealing with rfid chips, pigeon clocking and computers. We are looking for a hobbiest with rfid skill that may help us out. It was intriguing enough I couldn’t resist [...]
• March 20, 2010
• 7:15

  House Keeping

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’ve rearranged the navigation of this site a bit. You’ll find a much simplified navigation bar. Most of what was there is now available under the “About” menu, and our Unabomber-esque manifesto is now safely round-filed. The “Local Resources” link now goes to a Google Doc that I’ve asked various members of our tech [...]
• 4:58

  Local Tech Scene

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Central Oregon’s Tech Scene is a list of local user groups, economic development organizations, and co-working facilities. If you’re curious about jobs, check out out our round-up of current job listings on CraigsList.
• March 19, 2010
• 11:31

  COWPU: March Meeting – Object Oriented JavaScript

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article This month I am going to lead discussion on object oriented programming in JavaScript. We are going to dive head on into why JavaScript is the most miss-understood language out there, this applying both for JS newbies and seasoned veterans. For some, OOP in JS may be [...]
• March 18, 2010
• 11:00

  G5: Which Directories Will Help Your Senior Housing Website?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Jody O’Donnell, SEO Manager, G5 Search Marketing Members of G5’s Search Engine Optimization (SEO) department, affectionately known as “10 SERP Plaza,” are often asked: Which directories are the best for me to sign up for? We consider ourselves the best people to answer this question as our entire [...]
• March 15, 2010
• 12:26

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting – Planning your Social SharePoint 2010 Deployment – March 30

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article All, We are very excited about our next COISUG  meeting on March 30th, 12:30PM – 2:30/3:30 – McMenamins Rambler Room. Once a year, we pickup a SharePoint related meeting and this year we have the worldwide experts on the subject: Joel Olson and Christian Buckley. Come get a [...]
• March 11, 2010
• 9:09

  Announcing TechSpace Bend

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  PRESS RELEASE Media Contacts: Lewis Howell, lewisbhowell@gmail.com, 541-480-7267 Robert Kieffer, Robert@broofa.com, 541-728-3274 Ruth Lindley, ruth@edcoinfo.com, 541-388-3236 Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance brokers community office space for tech sector Dedicated space offers a collaborative environment for tech professionals and startups BEND, Oregon, March 11, 2010 – Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance announced today the launch of TechSpaceBend (www.techspacebend.com), [...]
• 8:57

  COISUG: TechSpace Launches in Bend – Tech Alliance

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article PRESS RELEASE Media Contacts: Lewis Howell, lewisbhowell@gmail.com, 541-480-7267 Robert Kieffer, Robert@broofa.com, 541-728-3274 Ruth Lindley, ruth@edcoinfo.com, 541-388-3236 Central Oregon’s Tech Alliance brokers community office space for tech sectorDedicated space offers a collaborative environment for tech professionals and startups BEND, Oregon, March 11, 2010 – Central Oregon’s Tech [...]
• March 10, 2010
• 16:33

  G5: Saving the World, One Site at a Time

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Sarah Douglas, Search Engine Optimizer In a typical day, the G5 Search Engine Optimizer Team saves the world three to four times. Okay, realistically we’re only saving our clients’ worlds. But what could be more important? For the record, it turns out that saving the world allows [...]
• 12:59

  G5: G5’s Core Values – The Video

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article
• March 09, 2010
• 7:45

  This Just In: KOHD Discontinues Local News – Nobody Cares

   » ‎ BendTech

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  As mentioned, KOHD has discontinued their local news program.  Here’s the official announcement, with various other sources weighing in here, here, and here. True, to say “nobody cares” is being a bit harsh.  Strictly speaking, those posts have a combined 16 comments from people who do, in fact, care (including Drew Bledsoe, btw).  But [...]
• March 07, 2010
• 21:56

  Gotta Keep Reading

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  book Club   [edit]

  The music video all book club members must love. Lyrics after the jump… Gotta Keep Reading Cause this books gonna be a good book Cause this books gonna be a good book Cause this books gonna be a good good book to read Ooo hoo Cause this books gonna be a good book Cause this books gonna be a good book Cause [...]
• March 05, 2010
• 14:19

  G5: Social (Media) Success

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Amy Foster Trenz, VP of Marketing As I review my notes from last week’s NAA 2010 Student Housing Conference in Vegas, two quotes continue to resonate. Both quotes are attributed to Lisa Trosien, president of ApartmentExpert.com. And both quotes are in regards to social media. #1: “Social media can’t [...]
• March 03, 2010
• 16:20

  COISUG: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting – March 2010

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article User group: Bend SharePoint User Group Event name: Bend SharePoint User Group Meeting – March 2010 Time period: This Friday, 05 March 2010 11:30 till 05 March 2010 13:00 (GMT -8) Location: 1125 NW Bond – BOTC Training Room – Entrance is on Greenwood *Please use City/Street Parking*. Bend. [...]
• 11:05

  April Book Club Meetup

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I thought our book club meetup last night about Free:  The Future of a Radical Price was a great one for stimulating thought about what I would like my business to become. We had a good turnout of 10 people.  Even better, my threat to not have pizza on hand if it wasn’t eaten was [...]
• March 01, 2010
• 14:16

  G5: Google Local Business Listings

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Why They Matter, Why They’re Worth Your Time and How to Create Them By Devin Davis, Director of Marketing, G5 Search Marketing Let’s start at the beginning. What are Google Local Business Listings? Google describes it as a way to customize business listings on Google and Google Maps. These [...]
• February 27, 2010
• 7:22

  Wanted: your ideas at the March Meetup Book Club

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Just a reminder that the March Book Club Meetup is this Tuesday at Dudley’s Book Shop on Minnesota. We’ll be talking about Chris Anderson’s Free: The Future of a Radical Price. We’ve got “video cheats” and a link to reader reviews up so you can attend and intelligently participate without actually reading the book too. At [...]
• February 25, 2010
• 10:48

  COWPU: Rails 3 Meeting Round-Up

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article Hey big thanks to Mark Turner for talking about Rails3 and Ruby Version Manager (RVM) last night. The subject matter proved interesting enough that we didn’t have time to do the ‘hack fest’ part of the meeting. Please stay tuned to the mailing list for [...]
• February 21, 2010
• 15:07

  A New Look For BendTech

   » ‎ BendTech

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  New, yes.  Better?  I’ll let you be the judge. But, yeah, we’ve got a new theme here in blog-town.  The old BendTech look just hasn’t been wearing well.  I wanted something with a bit lighter mood.  Not that this is all that light, but at least it’s not so Matrix-y.  Also, [...]
• February 19, 2010
• 20:21

  Pleaserobme.com Highlights the Risk of Location-Based Services

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I think it’s pretty cool to check-in with Foursquare when I hang out at the Deschutes Brewery pub. After all, if I spend enough time there and become mayor, maybe I’ll get a free beer. But GPS-based services that track your location can have serious privacy issues, since they also identify where you are NOT. To highlight [...]
• February 18, 2010
• 8:44

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Today – Network Summit 1:30 McMenamins

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article COISUG meeting today at McMenamins Rambler room – 1:30pm – lunch, giveaways etc. Spread the word and come on out – good times for all.  
• February 16, 2010
• 16:09

  COWPU: February Meeting – Rails 3 Hackfest – Wed Feb 24th

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article After a slight hiatus for the holidays and other distractions, COWPU will be back this month for a first ever “HACKFEST”. We will be diving into the brand new hotness that is Rails 3 and creating a simple Content Management System that will use to create a website [...]
• 15:31

  G5: Does Your Senior Housing Website Get the Attention it Deserves?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article by R. Aaron Warnock, Director of Product Management, G5 Search Marketing The decision to seek-out a managed living environment for a senior can be sudden, but selecting a community is never simple. More and more resources on the Internet play a critical role for those searching for [...]
• 8:59

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting this Thursday 2/18 Enterasys 1:30 @ McMenamins

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Enterasys Networks, a leading provider of network hardware and software, from the core out to the edge, will be out next week to give us a Network Infrastructure state of the union. This is a great opportunity to get insight into new trends and the future of [...]
• February 14, 2010
• 14:10

  Why Google Buzz is Important for Small Business

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Google Buzz is a new service that lets people share thoughts, pictures, videos, and other content using their Google email address. It’s had an incredible start with over 9 million posts in the first 3 days of launch. Why is it so popular? It’s integrated directly into Gmail, which means tens of millions of users now [...]
• February 11, 2010
• 8:01

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Today 11am – Free Lunch

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article   COISUG Meeting Today with Redhawk and Sonicwall at 11am – Lunch and Giveaway Time: 11am Where: McMenamins, Old St. Francais School –  Rambler Room [www.coisug.info] Spread the word and thanks again for supporting local events and a local company! Thanks, COISUG    
• 5:18

  TyeMill Intro & Blog

   » ‎ BendTech

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  TyeMill is a relative newcomer to our local tech scene. They’re located in the space above the Poet House (in there alongside the TBD Marketing folks). If you get a chance, definitely get to know these folks. Interesting, smart, geeks from out of the Microsoft Redmond tech scene. What’s [...]
• 4:32

  HTML5 Presentation Followup

   » ‎ BendTech

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  A big thanks to everyone who turned out for the HTML5 presentation.  I really enjoyed seeing the great turnout, and I hope everyone was able to take something away from the presentation.  Speaking of which … The slides (PDF format) can be found in the Files area of meetup.com: [www.meetup.com] If you’d like to play with the “live” [...]
• 4:05

  Google Fiber for Central Oregon?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Dan Christ and Steven Chan write in to point out the Google Fiber for Communities project, and ask that I help get Bend on the radar.  In a nutshell, Google is doing an experiment where they run a fiber network to between 50,000 and 500,000 homes, providing gigabit internet access.  That’s 17X faster than Bend [...]
• February 10, 2010
• 17:19

  G5: Reaching Seniors on Facebook?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article This blog is also posted in Long Term Living Magazine. By Nancy Hall, VP of Client Services It’s hard to miss all the talk about Baby Boomers and Seniors flocking to Social Media Networking sites, especially Facebook. My relatives are part of that growing pack; no fewer than 5 [...]
• 9:29

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting – Network Infrastructure State of the Union – Enterasys – 2/18/10 1:30pm

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Back to back meetings coming up, first – Redhawk/Sonicwall this Thursday (2/11) and Enterasys next Thursday (2/18). Read on to learn more. Enterasys Networks, a leading provider of network hardware and software, from the core out to the edge, will be out next week to give us a [...]
• February 09, 2010
• 9:17

  The BendUp Business Creation Workshop is Back!

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Business Planning   [edit]

  In this episode, we’ll be hearing from Robert Kieffer and Steve Buss on their respective business ideas. Rob says he’d like your input on his “social/collaborative post-it note app. It’s got some interesting possibilities,” he says, “and I’m curious to see how people might dissect the economics of it.” He’s got a demo, people! Steve’s business [...]
• February 05, 2010
• 10:19

  COISUG: HTML5 – This Ain’t Yo Momma’s HTML Tuesday Feb 9th 5:30

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article BendTech will be hosting a great event on HTML5 next week,  Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:30 PM. HTML5 – This Ain’t Yo Momma’s HTML! Where:G5 Offices550 NW Franklin St. Suite 200 (Franklin Crossing Building – corner of Bond & Franklin)Bend, OR 97701 Contrary to what you may think, [...]
• February 04, 2010
• 6:10

  New Meetup: “HTML 5 – This Ain’t Yo Momma’s HTML”

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  In a fit of inability-to-plan-ahead, and lured by the prospects of free beer at the new venue we’ll be trying out (G5’s new offices at Franklin Crossing), I’ve decided to step off the BendTech talk sidelines and actually present at this month’s tech talk. The topic-du-month is “HTML 5″ which, if you haven’t heard about it [...]
• February 03, 2010
• 14:51

  G5: Creativity Matters: SEO in the Senior Housing Industry

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this G5 article By Jody O’Donnell, SEO Manager “You need SEO.” “Your website has to be optimized.” “You don’t want to be the only Senior Housing operator in your area without an optimized website.” Sure. That’s great. But what does any of that mean? Well, let me tell you. SEO Defined Is it Search Engine Optimization? Is [...]
• February 02, 2010
• 20:56

  March Book Club Meeting

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  book Club   [edit]

  We’ll discuss Chris Anderson’s Free: The Future of a Radical Price at the March 2nd Book Club meeting. Video cheats for the book and (sometime later) a written summary of the book’s chapters appear below. ____________________________________________ The first video is an hour long discussion of the book at the Commonwealth Club… ____________________________________________ The video below is another hour [...]
• January 30, 2010
• 10:19

  COISUG: COISUG Security Seminar by Redhawk February 11th – 11am Rambler Room

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Redhawk Network Engineering Security Seminar Few people realize how much money is tied up in their network. Not just in the hardware and software, but the information. Even fewer people know all the information can be compromised…or lost altogether. Complimentary Seminar To find out the most effective ways to [...]
• 10:19

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Today Jan 14th 1:30pm McMenamins

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article INX will be hosting a discussion surrounding Desktop Virtualization and VDI. COISUG meeting will take place today, January 14th @ 1:30pm at McMenamins Old St. Francais Rambler Room, drinks and lunch provided. As always, it will be a good time –spread the word.
• 10:19

  COISUG: O’Reilly discount on Microsoft books, eBooks

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article Here’s something from our friends at O’Reilly; COISUG members can take advantage of this offer by going directly to O’Reilly’s web site. Save 40% on All Microsoft Press Books and 50% on EbooksWe’re Celebrating Our New Partnership with Microsoft Press! The gift-giving season is upon us and we want [...]
• January 29, 2010
• 13:40

  COISUG: COISUG Security Seminar by Redhawk February 11th – 11am Rambler Room

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article Redhawk Network Engineering Security Seminar Few people realize how much money is tied up in their network. Not just in the hardware and software, but the information. Even fewer people know all the information can be compromised…or lost altogether. Complimentary Seminar To find out the most effective ways to [...]
• January 27, 2010
• 19:15

  Right or Wrong? KTVZ Coughs Up Anonymous User Info

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  Privacy is a hot-button issue on the internet.  ‘Always has been.  How it gets trampled by companies like the RIAA, or countries like China, makes headlines with depressing regularity. And today we have a local headline in the Bulletin, “TV station gives info on ‘anonymous’ comments to Sawyer” [bendbulletin.com paywall FAIL, sorry].  The article is [...]
• 9:20

  G5: Online Advertising Sources for Senior Housing – A Starter’s Guide

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this G5 article This blog is also posted in Long Term Living Magazine. By Dave Beltramini, Director of Paid Advertising There are scores of ways to reach prospective Senior Housing residents online, but here’s a look at the most effective channels. PPC (Pay Per Click Advertising) If your locations have vacancies, PPC is mandatory. [...]
• January 26, 2010
• 15:46

  Seth Godin on Linchpin

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  Seth Godin is out with a new book just today called Linchpin.  Lots of reviews are in and they’re great.  I’d be interested in discussing at the March book club meeting if others are interested.  Here are 3 videos of Seth discussing his book. Seth also gave a talk at TED a few years back which [...]
• January 25, 2010
• 11:36

  G5: G5 Search Marketing Sees Growth From Vertical Housing Categories

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this G5 article G5 Search Marketing has broadened its vertical focus beyond self storage and now also serves senior housing, multi-family and student housing with its search services. All are aimed at “mid-market” players. The company reports that its client base has grown more than 80 percent in the past year, [...]
• January 20, 2010
• 4:35

  BendTech Talks – Call For Presenters

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  Last year’s talk series was so much fun we’re gonna take another whack at it this year.  We’ve already had a great start with our recent PodCasting talk by Elise Michaels, but that leaves another 11 months worth of talks to go.  And guess what, that means we need volunteers! Soooo… if there’s a hot new [...]
• January 18, 2010
• 9:12

  G5: Assisting Senior Housing Prospects

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this G5 article The Personal Side of Search By Amy Foster Trenz Four weeks ago I flew across the country to attend the 2009 Advanced Sales & Marketing Summit for Senior Housing, Assisted Living and Nursing Industries in Naples, Florida. This was my first professional conference in the Senior Housing sector (and, [...]
• January 14, 2010
• 14:23

  Video cheats for the February Book Club Meeting

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  book Club   [edit]

  More book club video cheats, more often, providing BendTech members with more opportunity to attend book club meetings with less prep time than any other book club in the country? Dunno about that, but whatever the answer, here are some video cheats to make it easy to talk as if informed about Nicolas Carr’s book, The [...]
• 12:59

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Today Jan 14th 1:30pm McMenamins

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article INX will be hosting a discussion surrounding Desktop Virtualization and VDI. COISUG meeting will take place today, January 14th @ 1:30pm at McMenamins Old St. Francais Rambler Room, drinks and lunch provided. As always, it will be a good time –spread the word.
• January 13, 2010
• 10:35

  Talk Followup: Podcasting 101

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  Thanks to everyone who showed up for the podcasting talk last night, and especially to our presenter, Elise Michaels.  Her slide deck is available below for those of you who didn’t make it. For those who did, perhaps you could help me out – I know several people mentioned interesting podcasting resources, but I failed to [...]
• January 06, 2010
• 14:01

  G5: Google Getting Sticky

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this G5 article This blog was originally published by Long Term Living. Senior Housing Operators Can Grow Presence Off and Online When it comes to marketing your Senior Housing community online, there are three factors that affect your search engine rankings: 1) Paid Listings –Sponsored ads that run across the top and down [...]
• 9:16

  Important: Take the NedSpace Survey, and Spread the Word!

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  If you’re an entrepreneur of any sort, or  simply like the idea of working alongside smart, creative people who are starting new businesses, take the NedSpace survey.  And please pass this on to anyone who might be interested in participating.  Here’s the link: [bit.ly] Seriously.  This is important.  Here’s why … Why the survey is important As recently [...]
• January 05, 2010
• 15:47

  January 12th Talk: So You Want to Start a Podcast?

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  This month’s tech talk comes to us from the crew at WoTech, who have arranged for Elise Michaels (of Elise Michaels Media fame) to give us the 411 (or maybe it’s course #101?) on how start podcasting.  The talk will be Jan 12th at the usual time and place. Details can be found on the [...]
• January 04, 2010
• 12:08

  Smart Solutions: How Mind Mapping Helps Smart Solutions’ Clients

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this Smart Solutions article For awhile now, our team has utilized Mind Mapping, from the tools from a great client, Mindjet.  Mind Mapping has assisted in organizing client’s site architecture while easily and quickly highlighting areas of weaknesses for content structure.    Recently, KM World Magazine interviewed Smart Solutions and posted [...]
• January 02, 2010
• 11:07

  More Video Cheats for the Innovator’s Solution Book Club Meetup

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  book Club   [edit]

  There is a Mondo Pizza slice or two for all at this Tuesday’s Book Club Meetup… Robert posted some video cheats for the Innovator’s Solution.  Here are a couple more… Be sure to check out the first one running a little over 4 minutes for a unique approach to communicating the essential ideas of the book. Here’s [...]
• December 31, 2009
• 5:56

  Video Cheatsheet: The Innovator’s Dilemma

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  general   [edit]

  Our next book club meeting is this Tuesday and will feature the usual sparkling conversation about The Innovator’s Dilemma, by Clayton Christensen.  And probably some pizza as well.  For anyone wishing to attend, but too lethargic from all the holiday merrymaking to pick up the book, here are a few video clips to get you [...]
• December 29, 2009
• 13:41

  COISUG: O’Reilly discount on Microsoft books, eBooks

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article Here’s something from our friends at O’Reilly; COISUG members can take advantage of this offer by going directly to O’Reilly’s web site. Save 40% on All Microsoft Press Books and 50% on EbooksWe’re Celebrating Our New Partnership with Microsoft Press! The gift-giving season is upon us and we want [...]
• December 22, 2009
• 19:45

  2009 Guide to Completely Impractical Outdoor Geek Gifts

   » ‎ BendTech

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  The Bulletin just came out with their Geeky Tech Gifts for 2009 list and I have to say I’m a bit disappointed.  I expect geek gifts to capture that whimsical goofiness that used to be such a trademark of geek culture.  But apparently geeks have become so mainstream that anything with a battery now qualifies [...]
• December 18, 2009
• 14:41

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting – Desktop Virtualization – January 14th 1:30PM

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Desktop Virtualization – A review of multiple applications for virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), critical feature set and road map to success including; An overview of the difference between application and OS desktop virtualization Client device choices fat (PC/desktops), thin (Wyse like devices) and zero (Pano Logic) Recent enhancements on VDI [...]
• December 17, 2009
• 5:43

  Building a Local Tech Incubator

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  Over the last year, I’ve had a number of discussions with various people involving the idea of creating a tech incubator here in Bend; a physical office space that can play host to small startups, tech group meetings, visiting tech investors, and even us poor techies that just need a place to retreat to when [...]
• 5:11

  Bend Broadband HSPA+ (and 802.11 too)

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I sat down intending to write a post about Bend Broadband’s new HSPA+ service [PDF] (after all, how frickin’ cool is it that we’re the first community in the U.S. to have access to 20mbps wireless!) but the venerable Om Malik is covering this, and IntoMobile.com has a great interview w/ Frank Miller that gets [...]
• December 16, 2009
• 14:01

  Results of the Business Creation Workshop Survey – and Jan. 5 Meeting

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Thanks to those who took the time to fill out the survey on the business creation workshop during the last two weeks.  (If you missed the explanatory post, here it is.)  Your responses were invaluable and will go a long way toward the development of the workshop.  Here are some of the take-aways from the [...]
• December 15, 2009
• 7:49

  Tech Job Listings, Now on BendTech

   » ‎ BendTech

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  We now have a Jobs Page that lists tech jobs currently available in Central Oregon.  (We also have a “Recent Jobs” section of the sidebar that lists the most recent of these.) Note that this is not a full-featured jobs service that we maintain.  Rather, we simply aggregate listings from various sections of bend.craigslist.org.  So if [...]
• December 09, 2009
• 14:26

  Collaboration Meetup – Links to Software Apps

   » ‎ BendTech

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  A hardy crowd bundled up last night as if they were headed out for a moonlight snowshoe trek up Mt Tumalo, but turned right instead and headed over to the OSU Cascades building. Bend is admired for its proximity to mountain snow, and on occasion, that snow and  zero degree cold finds its way down [...]
• December 08, 2009
• 18:39

  G5: Social Media Best Practices -The Do’s, The Don’ts, and The Why Nots

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article This blog was originally published by Long Term Living Magazine. Social Media is not like other marketing practices. It’s not a one-way street. When you pay for an advertisement – you’re telling your story. With social media – you also must listen. It’s a conversation. In our last [...]
• December 07, 2009
• 9:02

  Getting Excited About Collaboration!

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Tomorrow’s tech talk hosted by Ed Sea, Web Collaboration Tools, is shaping up to be a good one!  I had lunch with Ed and Matt Abrams this week to go over the agenda for the talk and it’s definitely one to look forward to.  In addition to Ed’s presentation on the various tools, and types [...]
• December 01, 2009
• 9:06

  BendTech Introductions – Cameron, Steve, and Jen

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’ve been remiss in my duties as BendTech cat-herder.  In recent months, several people have very generously offered to help out with BendTech by coming to me with ideas for how to improve our tech community, and volunteering their time and energy to make these ideas happen.  The ideas have been uniformly great, and I’ve [...]
• November 24, 2009
• 9:25

  How to Price Software (a short review of a short book)

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Neil Davidson’s Don’t Just Roll The Dice: A usefully short guide to software pricing is a delightfully short booklet on software pricing.  In a brief 70-pages it covers the basic economic theory, strategy, psychology, and pitfalls behind software pricing models.  I actually stumbled across it via this OnStartups.com review, which goes into a bit [...]
• November 22, 2009
• 11:06

  Ready to dust off, or improve, that business plan – in a rigorous, creative, and accountable environment?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Business Start-up and Refinement Workshops If you (1) run a business, (2) want to start a business, (3) are trying to raise funds for a start-up, or (4) are working on a business plan (or should be, if you’re in any of the first three categories), this post may be of interest to you (hereafter, “Serious [...]
• November 20, 2009
• 19:42

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  This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (ecc80e7b-f961-47e0-ab77-002f3c316fef – 3bfe001a-32de-4114-a6b4-4005b770f6d7)
• 8:18

  Wifi HotSpots In Bend

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I just stumbled across an old page on hackbend.com, that mentions a nifty little trick for locating wifi hotspots.  Just type in a city name followed by “wifi hotspots” on google maps.  For example, “Bend, Oregon Wifi Hotspots” turns up the following: View Larger Map Obviously that doesn’t show every single hotspot, but it’s not a bad [...]
• November 18, 2009
• 11:19

  G5: Top 5 Social Media Channels for Senior Housing

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article By Devin Davis Wanting the best situation for a loved one drives senior housing prospects to seek referrals. And there’s no quicker way to source referrals and reviews than on the Internet – through Social Media channels. With that in mind, let’s take a look at the Top [...]
• 10:05

  COWPU: Software Engineer – Altrec

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article Greets COWPUdians!Hey we’ll be posting info about our festive next meeting which will take place in early December, but today I have a job posting to share with you. The opening is with altrec.com up in Redmond, for a Software Engineer. Please check out this pdf for [...]
• November 14, 2009
• 8:20

  This is Not the Droid You’re Looking For

   » ‎ BendTech

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  ‘Stopped by the Verizon store in the Bend River Mall yesterday to check out a Droid phone.  I was pleasantly surprised to discover that they have one available to play with. (I’d failed to find Android phones at T-Mobile and Sprint stores previously).  After a half hour of poking around with it I walked away [...]
• November 13, 2009
• 23:49

  How Social Media is Changing Your Business

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I delivered this presentation to the Rotary Club of Bend on Tuesday, and it was well received. Thanks go to Oran Teater for the opportunity. It sounds like there’s a lot of interest in learning how social media can be used to augment traditional marketing. I’m happy to discuss more over a beer – feel free [...]
• 15:05

  Smart Solutions: Choosing the Right Business Name – from an Internet Marketing Perspective

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this Smart Solutions article What’s in a name?  Frankly, a LOT.  Any marketing and branding agency can go through the important details of naming a new business or one that is renaming from a brand perspective.  It’s fascinating how business naming research is performed, tested and consumer analysis is created [...]
• 15:05

  Smart Solutions: Facebook Land Grab – A Guide to Your Facebook Username

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this Smart Solutions article Okay, it’s not exactly a land grab but, hear me out. Local business is gaining ground on the Internet everyday through sites that provide ways for local businesses to get worldwide recognition online. Today, let’s focus on what a local business can do on Facebook. You [...]
• 10:50

  January 2010 Bend Tech Book Club

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  The first book club discussion of the new year will focus on The Innovators Dilemma:  The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business. I haven’t had a chance to look at the book yet.  For now, the Booklist review summary at Amazon will have to do: The author, an associate professor at Harvard Business [...]
• November 12, 2009
• 11:35

  When Your Car Goes Wireless, Will You Trust It?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  It was seven years ago that I had my first encounter with a car that seemed a bit too smart for it’s own good.  A group of us were carpooling home one evening in my boss’ new Cadillac.  And my boss, in a moment of gadget-freak-inspired pride, decided to show off the OnStar system.  A [...]
• November 09, 2009
• 13:02

  Learn more about Web Collaboration Tools!

   » ‎ BendTech

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  First things first. Consider showing up in person at the Tuesday, Dec 8th, 2009 Meetup for discussion and demonstrations of some of the best web collaboration tools. Get details and signup here (it’s free). [businessnetwork.meetup.com] There are a LOT of new web collaboration tools to choose from. Which ones are better for Project Management or Sales teams [...]
• November 03, 2009
• 7:28

  Book Club Tonight

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Just a reminder that we’ll be discussing Nassim Taleb’s Black Swan tonight at 5:30pm. We’ll also want to pick out a book for discussion at the December Book Club meeting. Here are some books we might discuss in December. Say Everything: How Blogging Began, What It’s Becoming, and Why It Matters Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives [...]
• October 25, 2009
• 7:35

  Comparing Notes on eReaders/eBooks

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’ve been considering buying an eBook reader ever since Amazon announced the Kindle two years ago.  But I’ve held off because I just wasn’t convinced they were ready.  While I’m an avid reader, I’m not exactly a technophile; I prefer technology mature enough that I can expect years of good service, rather than simply [...]
• October 23, 2009
• 9:07

  G5: Google Local Listing Ads and Why They Matter

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Just a couple weeks ago, Google announced something called “Google Local Listing Ads”. These ads are targeted at specific regions and attached to what is commonly referred to as a “10 pack” – a grouping of locations on a map. Part of the change has been moving [...]
• October 19, 2009
• 11:17

  Jama Software is Hiring

   » ‎ BendTech

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  As some of you may remember, Jama Software won the 2008 Bend Venture Conference.  Well, I’ve just heard from CEO Eric Winquist that they’re looking to hire 3-4 developers.  They already have one job post up on Jama’s LinkedIn jobs page, with others to come (I assume?) Jama is Portland based, but in informal discussions Eric [...]
• 10:39

  COISUG: Central Oregon IT Jobs

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Checkout the updated Central Oregon IT Job postings at COISUG Jobs Have a great week!
• 10:14

  G5: How and Why to Track Your Leads

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Where do your residents come from? This blog was originally published on the Long Term Living Blog. Most senior housing providers will tell you they find residents in their geographic region. How people find them isn’t a mystery. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools such as Yardi help keep track [...]
• October 14, 2009
• 10:19

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Today 2pm – Enviro Center – Euallogic – Update

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Just a reminder, the next COISUG meeting is this Thursday at 2pm. Chad from Equallogic will be onsite with a SAN for us to play with and explore. This is a new hands on format and a new location to mix it up. Check the website in [...]
• October 13, 2009
• 15:39

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Tomorrow 2pm – Enviro Center – Euallogic – Update

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Just a reminder, the next COISUG meeting is this Thursday at 2pm. Chad from Equallogic will be onsite with a SAN for us to play with and explore. This is a new hands on format and a new location to mix it up. Check the website in [...]
• 10:59

  COISUG: COISUG Meeting Tomorrow 2pm – Enviro Center – Euallogic

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article Just a reminder, the next COISUG meeting is this Thursday at 2pm. Chad from Equallogic will be onsite with a SAN for us to play with and explore. This is a new hands on format and a new location to mix it up. Check the website in [...]
• October 12, 2009
• 7:06

  BendTech Book Club Notes

   » ‎ BendTech

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  We had a good turnout at our first BendTech Book Club meeting discussing Ray Kurzweil’s Law of Accelerating Returns. So, we’re going to continue our book discussions on the first Tuesdays of each month at Dudley’s Book Store. The book for November 3rd is Nassim Taleb’s bestselling The Black Swan.  Thanks to Lloyd Fassett of azteria.com [...]
• October 11, 2009
• 18:44

  How to Market Your Brand on Twitter (Part 2 of 2)

   » ‎ BendTech

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  If you’re trying to figure out how Twitter can help your business, read on. We’ve covered the reasons why Twitter can be a useful marketing tool in Part 1 of this post, and now we’ll tell you how to take the next step. How do I get started? Begin with the basics. Get yourself a Twitter account [...]
• October 10, 2009
• 22:15

  OnStartups Launches “Answers” for Entrepreneurs

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’m still fairly new to the onstartups.com site, a website for tech entrepreneurs, but their newly launched “Answers” product seemed apropos in light of my last post.  It’s a community Q & A site for people with questions about startups.  What makes it particularly attractive is that the site is built using the same software [...]
• October 08, 2009
• 16:24

  Alan Patzer’s “Accounting For Startups”

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Mint.com is a personal finance management website.   Last month they were acquired by Intuit for $170M.  This month their CEO, Aaron Patzer, gave a presentation called “Accounting for Startups“, in which he describes the basic blueprint for a startup, backed by hard data from the mint.com experience.  He discussses the various stages to expect, [...]
• October 06, 2009
• 11:00

  Smart Solutions: Bend Blogging Panel – SmartGroup Recap Notes

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this Smart Solutions article. (This is the first post from Smart Solutions to appear on BendTech, and we’re delighted to have them on board. More about Smart Solutions …) Thanks to those who attended this past week’s September SmartGroup on Blogging.  It was an energetic discussion and our panelist did an [...]
• October 03, 2009
• 11:33

  Link round up: Technology X Newspapers and Journalism

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Bend’s own Duncan McGreary (owner of Pegasus Books of Bend) has an interesting post on technology’s impact on the comic and book industries. There’s a lot of followup commentary from myself, ‘blackdog’ and ‘RDC’ that (I think) is pretty interesting. And we (mostly) managed to avoid the persnickety name calling that usually takes [...]
• September 29, 2009
• 14:39

  COISUG: Disk to Disc – Equallogic COISUG Event October 14th 2pm Enviro Center

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article We are excited to announce that Equallogic will be hosting the next COISUG event – a SAN and Disc Golf extravaganza! This will be a hands-on exploration into one of their leading storage area network devices; focusing on the hardware, software and key benefits of a storage [...]
• 12:14

  Tuesday tidbits

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  Some nuts and bolts news for the week … It’s the last call for IgniteBend 3 – Speaker proposals are due by tomorrow.  If you’re not familiar with  the “Ignite” events, definitely check out the website .  They’re a ton of fun, and free.  Also, if you or your company would like to help out, they’re [...]
• September 28, 2009
• 15:03

  Smart Solutions panel discussion: “Blogging: The Good, Bad and Ugly”

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Smart Solutions is hosting a blogging panel discussion tomorrow afternoon (3-4:30pm).  You can get all the details on their facebook page.   Here’s the description: This is going to be a JAMMED-PACK awesome SmartGroup as we a rock solid panel of expert local Bend bloggers from all arenas. Joining us will be: * Adam Audette (Audette Media) * Jonothan [...]
• 8:44

  Sagan & Hawking Kickin’ It

   » ‎ BendTech

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  (Carl Sagan + Stephen Hawking) X AutoTune = Monday video fun
• September 21, 2009
• 15:10

  G5: Message to the seniors housing industry: Tweet me

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article This Blog Post was originally published by Long Term Living. By Devin Davis Social Media Marketing. It’s everywhere. Major news outlets across the country are talking about it. Industry magazines are talking about it (heck, you’ve probably seen it in this magazine. But, what, exactly is it? As the bard [...]
• 13:53

  Tech Book Club Meeting Tomorrow

   » ‎ BendTech

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  25 years ago, when I first started using the ‘Net for my job at TRW Aerospace, I remember thinking “Geez, I hope nobody else discovers this Internet thing!”  At the time, I was downloading data from the WUSTL data archive at a rip-snorting 80 KB/second and ruing the day that would change.  I was convinced [...]
• September 20, 2009
• 11:51

  How to Market #YourBrand on Twitter (Part 1 of 2)

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Internet   [edit]

  If you’re trying to figure out how Twitter can help your business, read on. We’ll cover the reasons why Twitter can be a useful marketing tool and we’ll tell you how to do it. Is Twitter really worth using for my business? Let’s address the skepticism that many business owners have about social media. If you believe [...]
• September 15, 2009
• 16:39

  COISUG: EDCO PubTalk – Palo Alto Software – Thursday September 17 5pm

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article COISUG Members, Do not miss the next PubTalk event hosted by EDCO. Also, EDCO has extended their member rate to COISUG members! Keynote Presenter: Sabrina Parsons, CEO of Palo Alto Software Central Oregon PubTalk kicks off its fall lineup with keynote speaker Sabrina Parsons, CEO of software specialist Palo Alto Software.  [...]
• 11:02

  COWPU: September Meeting: MongoDB

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article Join us for the September meeting where Matt Kern will be giving a talk about MongoDB. From the mongodb.org website: Mongo (from “humongous”) is a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented database. MongoDB is written in C++ and offers the following features: Collection oriented storage: easy storage of [...]
• September 12, 2009
• 8:04

  Notes and Upcoming Events

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’m heading off to Cycle Oregon in a little over an hour, but a few announcements before I go … First, a quick thanks to Lindsay Anderson for his tech talk on browser extension development. We’ll be making the slide deck available soon for those who are interested (it’s got some great links and [...]
• September 11, 2009
• 15:39

  G5: Happy Hour with G5 – August 26

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Come one, come all – BendTech community. G5 is celebrating summer and technology – and we’re using alcohol as a celebration tool. That’s right – we’re putting together a little happy hour at G5 Worldwide Headquarters here in Bend (906 NW Harriman St.) and we’d love for you to [...]
• 15:23

  G5: Yellow Pages: Used (Up)

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article A few weeks back, we threw a party. But not just any kind of party… It was a recycling party…one that celebrated the death of the yellow pages. We had members of the G5 team find yellow pages wherever they could before the event. At the event, we [...]
• September 04, 2009
• 17:45

  Talk: Creating Firefox/iTunes Extensions

   » ‎ BendTech

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  I’d like to remind folks that we have our next tech talk coming up this Tuesday.   Lindsay Anderson will be presenting on extension development for Firefox and iTunes.  As always, checkout our meetup.com page for the event details. By the way, there has been a lot of interesting extension-related projects coming to light in recent [...]
• August 18, 2009
• 22:39

  COISUG: The Tech Alliance of Central Oregon Kickoff Event – Mobile Innovation – Friday 8/21/09

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article The Tech Alliance of Central Oregon, will host Roger McNamee as a guest speaker for our kickoff event from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Silver Moon Brewery before his band Moonalice performs for the public at 9:00 p.m. Roger will speak about Mobile Web Innovation, and draw from his extensive background in technology [...]
• 22:39

  COISUG: SharePoint User Group – This Friday 8/7/09

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Please join us for our user group meeting this Friday, Aug 7. Vulcan Power has graciously offered to host the meeting at their offices. Barb Troyer from Cinetix Solutions will get you started customizing and branding your SharePoint site! Please feel free to bring [...]
• 16:32

  G5: Happy Hour with G5 – August 26

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Come one, come all – BendTech community. G5 is celebrating summer and technology – and we’re using alcohol as a celebration tool. That’s right – we’re putting together a little happy hour at G5 Worldwide Headquarters here in Bend (906 NW Harriman St.) and we’d love for you to [...]
• August 17, 2009
• 16:19

  COISUG: The Tech Alliance of Central Oregon Kickoff Event – Mobile Innovation – Friday 8/21/09

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article The Tech Alliance of Central Oregon, will host Roger McNamee as a guest speaker for our kickoff event from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Silver Moon Brewery before his band Moonalice performs for the public at 9:00 p.m. Roger will speak about Mobile Web Innovation, and draw from his extensive background in technology [...]
• August 12, 2009
• 23:25

  COWPU: August Meeting – Load Pages In A Blink Of An Eye

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article This month we’re going to meet at the Deschutes Public Library downtown on August 26 (last Wednesday of the month). I’ve booked the “Hutchinson Room”, which is upstairs on the second floor. We’re going to kick things off at 5:30. Come join us to discuss techniques [...]
• 12:59

  G5: We’re No. 146! We’re No. 146!

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Today, it’s official. We’ve been growing like crazy, we’ve been working long hours, skipping lunch and doing everything in our power to make our clients happy. And now, we have proof – national recognition, in fact, that it’s working. G5 has been named the 146th Fastest Growing Company in [...]
• August 05, 2009
• 20:24

  COISUG: SharePoint User Group – This Friday 8/7/09

   » ‎ BendTech

  Tags:  Feeds   [edit]

  This is a repost of this COISUG article Please join us for our user group meeting this Friday, Aug 7. Vulcan Power has graciously offered to host the meeting at their offices. Barb Troyer from Cinetix Solutions will get you started customizing and branding your SharePoint site! Please feel free to bring [...]
• August 03, 2009
• 16:19

  COWPU: Slides From July Presentation

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article A big thanks again to Mark Turner for his presentation last week on Git. Here are the slides from the presentation with links to the recommended resources on learning more about Git. It was great to see some new faces at the meeting too. Stay tuned [...]
• 15:41

  G5: What Does a Ruby on Rails Engineer Do?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Nobody knows. This is further proven by the video our engineering team put together. They went around and asked the company. Nobody seemed to be able to put their finger on it. Exactly. The truth, of course, is they build our Local Marketing Platform – and in so doing [...]
• July 29, 2009
• 9:21

  Leveraging Creative Commons

   » ‎ BendTech

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  The Creative Commons project caught my attention again this morning (by way of Cassondra’s Debut Effect blog).  Regardless of what you do, Creative Commons is something worth knowing about.  It is, simply put, an organization that makes it trivially easy for artists to share their works with the public.  Creative Commons licenses are to creative [...]
• July 25, 2009
• 10:13

  How to Find #Bend on Twitter

   » ‎ BendTech

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  You’ve probably seen people use # pound sign in Twitter posts, and maybe you’ve wondered what they’re for. They’re called hashtags, and they’re mighty useful. What’s a # hashtag symbol mean? A hashtag is a great way for people to organize around a topic on Twitter. Think of them as categories, or ‘tags’ that can be used [...]
• July 21, 2009
• 8:59

  Reminder: Mobile App Developer Roundtable

   » ‎ BendTech

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  Just a quick reminder that the mobile developer roundtable takes palace tonight at 5:30pm over at COCC. Details can be found here.
• 7:38

  COISUG: Trusted IT Relationships

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article IT is well positioned to be a strategic business partner with executve level buyin; however, IT must step up and build meaningful relationships with the core business team. That means listening, collaborating and training  your internal customers. Susan Cram wrote the following article outlining ways to promote [...]
• July 20, 2009
• 15:26

  COISUG: Happy Summer from COISUG

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this COISUG article Hope everyone is having a great summer. COISUG will be picking back up in September with another great lineup of presenters. If there is a technology or presenter that you would like to see, please send us an email. In the mean time, stop by the job [...]
• July 17, 2009
• 11:44

  G5: Why Search?

   » ‎ BendTech

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  This is a repost of this G5 article Say you’re a mid-level company who works in, oh, assisted living. Say you have around 20 communities. And let’s just say you have an occupancy rate of, oh, 80%. Now, what you need, is more people staying in your communities. But the question is, how do you find [...]
• July 15, 2009
• 9:05

  COWPU: July Meeting – Version Control With Git

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article When: Wed July 29th, 6:00 PMWhat: Version Control Wit Git, Presented by Mark TurnerWhere: G5 Search Marketing Global HQ Come join us as we will be enlightened on the latest craze in version control systems: Git. Mark Turner from Wester Communications/The Bulletin will be giving us an [...]
• July 14, 2009
• 16:31

  Mobile App Roundtable Location = COCC Cascades Hall, rm. 103

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  ‘Kay, this month’s talk will be at the usual COCC location – Cascades Hall, #103.  Linkage: Meeting details at meetup.com (RSVPs, ical links, feedback, etc.) Detailed campus map (room & parking locations) Directions to COCC (”newbies click here”)
• July 13, 2009
• 9:09

  July 21st – Mobile App Development Round Table

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  Looks like we’re a “go” for this month’s tech talk – “Mobile App Development Round Table“, so save the date!  July 21st at the usual time (5:30pm).  The location is still TBD – probably COCC or the TBD loft – we’ll post that info in the next day or so. Since this is a “round table”, [...]
• July 06, 2009
• 17:51

  COWPU: HTML Email Coder – Redmond, OR

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  This is a repost of this COWPU article POSITION: HTML Email Coder COMPANY: Altrec.com/Greatoutdoors.com LOCATION: Redmond, OR JOBS PAGE: www.greatoutdoors.com/jobs WHO WE ARE: www.greatoutdoors.com/aboutus DESCRIPTION: Altrec.com, a leading e-commerce retailer of performance outdoor gear and Greatoutoors.com, an outdoor focused content site, is seeking to add an experienced HTML Email Coder to our growing email and marketing teams. [...]
• 15:45

  G5: Branding Measurement – Not Just Any Other Yardstick

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  This is a repost of this G5 article It’s summertime, and G5 has been quiet on the blog-front…but busy on the other side of things. However, a scintillating piece of research on eMarketer has caused us to brush the proverbial dust off the proverbial pen of our blog. And it’s to talk about measurement – and [...]