Portland Has The Perfect Climate For Content
Time Magazine has named MetaFilter one of the “25 Best Blogs of 2009.”
This is the community weblog that gives crowdsourcing a good name.
I’m making note of it because MetaFilter is the work of McMinnville, OR resident, Matt Haughey.
Since moving to Portland last August, I’ve taken note of how many craftsmen and women are at work here. Many. In every conceivable field. To stay with content creators for now, I’d like to present my list of Portland’s top producers.
Dave Allen of music site Pampelmoose is a founding member of UK Post-Punk band, Gang of Four. He hosts a show on 94.7 knrk and holds down a big time day job at Nemo Design.
Rick Turoczy is the Silicon Florist. He keeps Portlanders up to date on all the local happenings in tech. He also writes for ReadWriteWeb, one of the most prominent tech publications online.
Marshall Kirkpatrick is Vice President of Content Development at ReadWriteWeb, and also the Lead Writer.
Dawn Foster is a social media maven, community manager and event organizer. She writes Fast Wonder and contributes to Om Malik’s WebWorkerDaily.
Amber Case is is a Cyborg Anthropologist and Consultant. She writes at Hazelnut Tech Talk and Discovery Channel’s new NerdAbout.
Julian Chadwick is the content generating mad man behind PDXPipeline, the best source for upcoming cultural events in the city.
Cami Kaos & Dr. Normal are the city’s husband and wife podcasting team par excellence. They produce Strange Love Live, a weekly interview show featuring Portland’s movers and shakers in the social web space.
By no means is this list exhaustive. A quick run through Strange Love Live’s archives, for instance, shows how much deeper it all goes.
Wow. Thank you so much for the mention! It’s an honor to be included among so many amazing people for whom I have the utmost admiration and respect.
Comment by Rick Turoczy — February 19, 2009 @ 3:15 pm
A great list of great folks. But, I have to say — I’m surprised that when you talk about web content, the largest encyclopedia ever written doesn’t rate a mention! We have, I believe, the most productive concentration of Wikipedia writers and editors anywhere on the planet here in Oregon. You can find much of our work through the Oregon Portal on Wikipedia, and you can see what we have to say about our work on our group blog.
Also, members of various wiki-based communities will be gathering this weekend at RecentChangesCamp, an international conference about online collaboration held at Portland State University. Registration is free, so come join us!
-Pete
Comment by Pete Forsyth — February 19, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Thanks so much, it’s humbling to be mentioned along side so many awesome Portland contributors!
Comment by CamiKaos — February 19, 2009 @ 3:44 pm
Woah — I feel like the smallest ring on a large redwood tree of talent that contains much larger rings. Thanks for the mention. I’d place Hideshi Hamaguchi in the list as well.
Comment by Amber Case — February 19, 2009 @ 3:45 pm
@Pete thanks for the invite and the DL on Portland’s wiki warriors
@Amber thanks for mentioning Hideshi Hamaguchi
I’ve only been here six months! Please add to this list at will.
Comment by David Burn — February 19, 2009 @ 4:00 pm
David,
Thanks for the mention. Now, I know what to tell people when they ask me what I do. I am a “content generating mad man”. I like it.
Comment by Julian — February 19, 2009 @ 4:17 pm
Wow, thanks for the props David. It is great to be in such good company too, kudos to you all…
Comment by Dave Allen — February 20, 2009 @ 12:27 am
David, I’m honored and in good company – several of my favorites made your list.
Comment by Dawn Foster — February 20, 2009 @ 8:36 pm