Difference between revisions of "PortlandTechTwitter"

PortlandTech Portland is extremely well-represented on Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform. The following is a list of some of the most interesting citizens in the Portland Twitterverse. Feel free to follow them, ask them for advice, or run into them at the many local Portland Tech Events.

You can also click your name and edit the Wiki page about yourself. Or click on someone else's and edit theirs. The goal is to have a list of all of the Portland Tech Tweeple. Need direction? Here is a blog post adding yourself to PortlantTechTwitter.

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@AboutUsWiki

Hopefully this one's obvious

@adamd – Adam Duvander

Writer for Simplicity Rules and Web Monkey, Legion Of Tech board member, PDX Web Innovators founder

@adronbh – Adron B Hall

Software Architect & Engineer. Windows, Web, and more. Web Analytics Professional and Business Intelligence Grognard Grognard. Check me out at adronbhall.com

@ahockley – Aaron Hockley

Takes great picture, writes insightful blog posts, tells good stories

@anselm - Anselm Hook

Makes good soup, interested in social cartography

@Alsymer – Todd Kalhar

Interaction/Experience Designer, tea-preneur

@amycgx – Amy Goodman

Technical Projects Director @ Powells.com, traveler, filmmaker, photographer, and technology groupie.

@andpoul - Andrew Pouliot

iPhone app developer, consultant, visual designer, founder of Darknoon.

@appleyar – Richard Appleyard

Holistic Technology Consultant, Chair SAO Internet Professionals SIG

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@betsywhim – Betsy Richter

Owner of more blogs than any one person ought to have. Proprietor of OurPDX Network: ourpdx.net

@billder – Bill DeRouchey

Interim Director of Interaction Design at Ziba Design, Treasurer of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), blogs at Push Click Touch about The History of the Button, among most other subjects

@brampitoyo – Bram Pitoyo

Brand Strategist, Typographer, Designer, Blogger

@brokenhours -- Luke Lefler

the once and future Baron Landscape, bus rider and Splice Finder

@bryanstearns – Bryan Stearns

Software guy specializing in Rails web development; movie addict unwilling to admit I have a problem.

@bwinett - Bill Winett

Senior IT manager at Tektronix, development experience with too many technologies to count.

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@caseorganic – Amber Case

Cyborg Anthropologist, New Media Consultant

@chrisorourke – Chris O'Rourke

I'm a network and web presence consultant helping companies navigate the digital age waters at CDC Studios

@cliftonburt – Clifton Burt

Graphic design guy. Layout, typography, ticket systems, php, CSS, rails, SQLite, blah blah CliftonBurt.com

@CraigBachman - Craig Bachman

IP trial lawyer and counsel at Lane Powell

@ctb – Chris Brentano

Linux geek, IT Engineer at Jive Software

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@DaleChumbley - Dale Chumbley

Techy Real Estate Guy, Photo Hobbyist Guy, General Nice Guy

@dalicious – Dian Crawford

Account Manager at Ascentium, owner of Urban Grind Coffeehouse

@davidburn – David Burn

Editor of AdPulp, copywriter/creative director, freelance journalist, poet, essayist

@donpdonp – Don Park

Coder extraordinaire. Current project: Ice Condor, a location-aware client for Google Android mobile platform

@dougcoleman - Doug Coleman

Small business owner, multimedia specialist, writer, researcher, musician. Currently intern at Read Write Web

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@geekygirldawn – Dawn Foster

Community Manager extraordinaire, founder of of Fast Wonder Blog and Consulting

@geoffk - Geoffrey Kleinman

blogger at OurPDX.net, portland.metblogs.com and neighborhoodnotes.com

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@hideshione - Hideshi Hamaguchi

COO of LUNARR, has been known on both sides of the Pacific as one of the leading minds in creative concept + strategy building and decision management.

@hundreddollar – Carolynn Duncan

Founder at Hundred Dollar Business and Coffee With An Expert

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@TheInfovore – Troy Harlan

Senior Sales Engineer at Vidoop, former PeopleSoft tech consultant

@irene_s – Irene Schwarting

Director of Marketing and Communications at GoLife Mobile, principal in Companies By Design management consulting company, specializes in strategic analysis, communications, and relationship management

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@jabancroft – Josh Bancroft

Ignite Portland founder, blogger, and community builder at Intel Software Network

@jarvitron – Aaron Walker

Potty mouth, sysadmin, general geek, blogger, compulsive oversharer.

@jeanannvk – Jean Ann Van Krevelen

Foodie, Gardener, Author, Blogger (3), Entrepreneur, Business Coach, Social Media Strategist, Mom (2), Rainmaker Escalation Business Consulting, Portland Foodie, Edgy Entrepreneur, Gardener to Farmer

@Jmartens -- Jeff Martens

Strategic Finance professional with software and web

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@kellyrfeller - Kelly Feller

Social Media Strategist at Intel, blogger on Conversations Matter, funk music freak

@kfinsand – Kerry Finsand

Online Marketing Consultant

@kmcdade – Kathleen McDade

Freelance writer, blogger at TechnoEarthMama, elementary school computer lab specialist

@Kram – Mark Colman

Pro photographer, artist, video blogger, creative licensee. Mark Colman Photography Fine Art Photography, Video Blog

@kveton – Scott Kveton

VP of Open Source at Vidoop, makes his own #bacon—from scratch

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@lawduck – Jean-Paul Voilleque

IP extraordinaire

@lokkju - Nick Jacobsen

Developer; Data miner; Geek; Book Addict; lokkju.com

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@marcusestes -- Marcus Estes

Business Development at OpenSourcery, Intellectual Property Baron

@mariadeathstar – Marie Deatherage

Appreciative audience member of Portland Tech Community

Director of Communication & Learning at Meyer Memorial Trust, Founder of connectipedia, board member at Free Geek, Personal blog at randumthots

@MarkDilley – Mark Dilley

Community Organizer

@marshallk – Marshall Kirkpatrick

Read Write Web

@Metroknow - Jeremy Geiger

Software Information Developer, Web dev/designer, WordPress/Content management consultant @ TooManyProjects.com, and personal blog @ almostfit.com.

@MicahElliott – Micah Elliott

Entrepreneur, hacker

@mnology – Erik Johansen

Perl, Unix guy. Infovore.

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@natronics - Nathan Bergey

Consultant; Open Source rocket enthusiast.

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@OregonianSteve – Steve Woodward

Journalist at The Oregonian, wrote Twitter Is Tweeter, an article about Twitter and the Portland Tech Community

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@petegrillo – pete grillo

I'm an entrepreneur. It's that simple. iterasi.com

@podcasthotel -- Alex Williams

May I interest you in a magic bus?

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@londa – londa quisling

VP of Prod Dev at iterasi.com.

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@Rathbone – Ray King

Entrepreneur: SnapNames.com, AboutUs.org

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@samgrover – Satyajit Grover

Software engineer, internet enthusiast.

@skinny – Crystal Beasley

Conceptualization, design, and marketing of social media widgets and thingamajigs at StepChange Group

@stevenwalling – Steven Walling

Wiki Editor

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@thirdworld – Grant Kruger

Programmer/software designer/analyst at Meyer Memorial Trust

@tiesque – Todd Kenefsky

Owns an interactive marketing company, Co-founder of Legion Of Tech

@Tingey – Janet Tingey

Designer: user interfaces / experiences / interactions, or whatever they're being called today.

@toonlet – Craig Schwartz

Founder of toonlet, purveyors of fine webcomic-blogging tools. Also worked as a Producer for The Sims and SimCity video-game franchises, and as a writer for Spore.

@turoczy – Rick Turoczy

Blogger Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist & ReadWriteWeb fame

@TylerInCMYK – Tyler Ashcraft

Offset and digital printing consultant. Account manager for Dynagraphics Inc.

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@unclenate – Nate DiNiro

Senior Sales Engineer at Earth Class Mail, intern at Read Write Web, BBQ enthusiast, meat connoisseur

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@WardCunningham -- Ward Cunningham

Creator of wiki, agile, patterns, and cybords

@willradik – Will Radik

photographer, multi-media artist, podcaster, serial community volunteer

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@xolotl – Nate Angell

Director of Special Projects at Sakai Project, promises to explain the story behind Twitter handle in the future

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@znmeb – M. Edward (Ed) Borasky

Applied mathematician, performance engineer, open source aficionado, and part-time actor; somewhere between boy genius and wise old man. If you're real nice to me, I'll tell you what the "zn" stands for.

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