Author Archives: audrey

Help find Mark

Mark Bosworth, a member of our WhereCamp community, has been missing since last Friday. Please help spread the word. It’s believed he may have left the area around Riddle, Oregon where he was last seen in an attempt to get home, and may be disoriented due to a health condition. More information is available at [...]

Related Events: OpenGov Meetup in October

Via Molly Vogt: This event is intended to being together folks in the Portland area who are interested in Open Government, Gov 2.0, and ways that technology may expand and improve civic engagement. Meet and compare notes with others interested in open government. Sarah Schacht, Director of Knowledge as Power, will speak on international standards [...]

Learn About Open Source GIS at Kool Apps 2010

Oregon/SW Washington URISA presents: Kool Apps 2010 featuring Open Data and Open Source This all day event is happening September 24th, and is free to the public. It is co-sponsored by the PDX-Open Source GIS users group, a special interest group of OR-URISA. This event is coordinated with WhereCampPDX, and attendees are encouraged to attend [...]

Location and the Web Are Quickly Merging

Today we have a guest post from Adam DuVander. We’ve asked WhereCampPDX participants to talk about what they’re excited about right now, and this is the first of the set. There’s no doubt that the Web has recently gone more mobile. Many of us have Internet access just about everywhere we go. Over the last [...]

Join us for WhereCampPDX 2010

WhereCampPDX 2010 planning is in full swing and organizers are meeting weekly. The geo-unconference is slated for September 25th at Metro Regional Center. Several other WhereCamp events including parties, app demos, hacking sessions, and geolocative gaming are also in the works. WhereCampPDX is designed and built by the local PDX community and all are welcome [...]