February 16, 2006

I've been in the tech business for more than twenty years here in Oregon.  In the software business, we have always been the poor southern neighbors to the Seattle technology hub, fueled mostly by Microsoft.  And we've been the poor northern neighbors to our buddies in Silicon Valley. Don't get me wrong, Oregon has a thriving "deep technology" landscape fueled by Tektronix, Mentor Graphics and others. 

We actually kind of call our little technology hub the Silicon Forest - smirking a little to shrug off the inferiority complex we software geeks have generally toiled under - whether deserved or not. 

I can personally say I've worked with many brilliant people for some excellent companies over the years here in the Forest.  One of them, Craig Barnes, is the president of Attensa.  He blogged recently about an event here in Portland that actually might have roots that will grow.

Turns out, Oregon is kind of an RSS hotbed.  Who knew? 

At the recent Syndicate Conference in San Francisco I saw a bunch of Portlanders I'd known over the years.  The work for companies like Freerange Communications, Attensa, Webtrends, TechTracker, Extensis, SplashData, and of course, Marqui.

We're driving some pretty exciting RSS technologies, understanding and adoption here in the Forest.  Perhaps we can make a claim here of some sort.  Craig calls it a "Cluster."  I will be happy if it turns into a "Stand." 

Posted by at February 16, 2006

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