The Daily Online Representation of Self

In my experience, my online identity heavily influences my analog social experiences. My avatar and profile are like a backchannel of information specifically constructed to facilitate certain
opportunities and conversations. When what I am in real life is co-created by an enormous social community, that journey becomes increasingly blissful.

The Creation of Identity and Community

One’s identity is created by community. Success is nurtured by a good community and limited by bad ones. Participants are constantly influenced by those near them. Portland Tech Community is an example of an incredible community. There are no limits. There are just great ideas. But it doesn’t stop there. The ideas and enthusiasm make these incredible ideas happen. And very quickly, which is why I’m really excited about the next Portland Tech Event: “WhereCamp PDX: Bringing the Electronic World into the Physical” this weekend (Oct 18-19, 2008).

And more Portland Events

If the last Portland events (WordCamp PDX, From Side Project to Startup, Refresh Portland (there’s one tomorrow at Jive Software!) and Demolicious), the recent news from the Silicon Florist, and weekly events such as @BeerandBlog continue to happen, I’m sure my brain is going to explode. And when it does, a there’s going to be words and visualization diagrams all over the walls and floor. Needless to say, it’s probably going to be very messy.

And then, after all that, there’s going to be CyborgCamp. Holy insanity.

To Rephrase

I guess what I mean here is that Portland is an incredible place. And it’s not going to be kept a secret for long. Following Portland’s Frederic Lardinois and Marshall Kirkpatrick, Rick Turoczy is now blogging for ReadWriteWeb. This is NEWS!

Thankfully, I’m going to have a greater ability to show the world how amazing Portland is. Beginning November 1st, I’ll be blogging about Portland for Discovery Channel. Hopefully I can do you all justice. Please don’t hesitate to point out my inefficiencies, writing incapabilities, and lack of refined blogging skills along the way. The Silicon Forest has amazing voices already, I only hope to approximate a percentage of their awesomeness.

Thank You

Thank you all. You’ve put Portland on the map as one of the three locations chosen by the Discovery channel for Tech and Events. That’s Portland, Austin, TX, and New York. A tremendous thank you to @spinnerin for putting me in touch with this opportunity.

What’s Next?

Seeing all of you at the various events going on this week, of course!

Feel free to contact me on Twitter @caseorganic or caseorganic at gmail.com for local event information or randomness. There’s lots of the last one to be had.

Or, you can join a bunch of us for Breakfast.