June 26–29, 2012 | Portland, Oregon
_The Portland Coders Socials are a regular events that—much in the spirit of Open Source Bridge—work to gather a variety of coders and those who appreciate them together to hang out, chat, and maybe even get outside. Now, it’s time for the Summer Coders Social, sponsored by Stephouse. Summer Coders Social is the outdoor, sunny, [...]
Even when you’re pretty darn sure you’re going about things the right way, it’s always nice to have some positive reinforcement. Especially when it’s Harvard telling you that you’re smart. Harvard Business just posted a piece bemoaning the state of the modern conferences and suggesting some ways to improve them. We couldn’t agree more. And [...]
Here in Portland, we love all kinds of geekery. And one of our favorite hardware-based geeking events is Dorkbot PDX: We are a community of creative types who enjoy experimenting, finding art in technology and pushing the limits of whatever is in front of us. We meet on an regular, informal basis every other week, [...]
Open Source Bridge co-founders, Selena Deckelmann and Audrey Eschright, appeared on Portland’s leading tech podcast, Strange Love Live, last week. In the interview, Selena and Audrey highlight some of the thinking behind the conference, provide some insight into the unconference portion of Open Source Bridge, and talk about the hacker lounge. Among other things. On [...]
We, here at Open Source Bridge, have been humbled and awed by the amount of involvement from open source citizens around the world. First, we had a ton of proposal pour into our proposal system. Then we got a ton of comments about which speakers should be selected. Finally, we’ve had continued feedback on the [...]
