I managed to squeeze in two videos for the 15 seconds of flame segment in Ignite Portland, and I thought it would be fun to share them here as well.
Why @geekygirldawn <3’s The Portland Tech Community
and
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PDX Pre-SXSW Party Part Two: The Unofficial Version
We had a great pre-sxsw party here in Portland on January 19 organized by the official staff of the sxsw interactive event. We had such a great time, that we decided to do a community organized, unofficial party exactly one week before the big event in Austin. Since this is a community organized event, you’ll be buying your own drinks, but it will be just as fun! We’ll be pairing up with Portland Beer and Blog for this event, and it will be a great opportunity to chat with others about sxsw. We can find out who else is going and talk about ways to stay in touch at the event. If you are new to sxsw, you can get some tips from the experienced attendees.
Quite a few of us are planning to use Shizzow to keep in touch at the event to find the best sessions and the best parties. We even have a few things specific to sxsw that we plan to roll out prior to the event. If you want an invite to Shizzow, you can ping the community evangelist for Shizzow (me) by emailing me at the email address right there in the sidebar of this blog.
The Details:
Friday March 6, 2009 from 4:00pm – 7:00pm
Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub
928 SE 9th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97214
RSVP on Upcoming
Accepting Google Docs Input: 2 Minute Yahoo Pipes Demo
This video shows how to use data from Google Docs as an input into Yahoo Pipes. In a previous video, I showed how to use a list of items in a CSV file. If you haven’t already watched the CSV input demo, you should start with it, since this pipe builds on the previous one. A CSV file is a great choice when you want to fetch a bunch of feeds and change them frequently without having to update your pipe, but a Google Doc is a great choice for when you want to easily update inputs to the pipe without needing to update a file on a webserver.
More Details
- The Demo Pipe. A copy of the Using Google Docs Inputs in Yahoo Pipes Demo click “View Source” to see the modules.
- Fetch CSV Module. Enter the URL of a Google Spreadsheet that has already been published as a web page and append &output=csv to the end of the URL. Here is the example we used in the video.
- Loop module with Fetch Feed. Loops through each element in the CSV file and fetches the feed associated with the item.
- Filter Module. Filter by a couple of keywords.
- Sort Module. Sort by date in descending order to make sure things are sorted in a logical manner.
- Pipe Output. The final module in every Yahoo Pipe.
I’ve created many Yahoo Pipes, and most of them have been published on my Yahoo Pipes and RSS Hacks page where you can also learn more about my Yahoo Pipes Training courses.
Related Fast Wonder Blog posts
Blogging Elsewhere
Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:
- My Time Management Saga Continues with Harvest
- Improve Your Twitter Efficiency
- WWD Interview: Raven Zachary, iPhone Adviser
Portland Data Plumbing User Group (pdpug)
Legion of Tech
Ignite Portland
- Open Thread: What Did You Think about Ignite Portland 5?
- Videos and Presentations from Ignite Portland 5
- Why Your Company Should Engage in Online Communities
- Community Managers: What Exactly Do They Do?
- Community Management Skills
If you want a feed of all of my blog posts across multiple sites, you can also subscribe to my über feed.
Business Leader NW Supporting Non-Profits
Are you on the fence about attending Business Leader NW here at the Oregon Convention Center on February 25th & 26th?
Here are a few things that might entice you.
$25 of your entry fee goes to a non-profit (if you use a discount code below):
- SHS199: School House Supplies. A Portland nonprofit that provides free school supplies for teachers.
- OFB199: Oregon Food Bank. Distributes food to regional food banks across Oregon and SW Washington.
- CFF199: Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Provides funding for research to fight cystic fibrosis.
More details and links to registration on the BLNW blog.
Ask us questions in the BLNW Blogger Pavilion
From the BLNW blog:
The organizers are providing a 400 square foot space for a “Business Blogger Pavilion,” on the exhibit floor at the Oregon Convention Center. The pavilion will serve as a workshop for business people to meet with bloggers, web developers, technologists and a host of digital media and enterprise 2.0 experts. The goal is to connect the business community with bloggers and web experts. Bloggers will be featured in discussions at the pavilion on topics such as starting a business blog, marketing a business video and customer service 2.0.
I will be in the blogger pavilion, so please feel free to stop by and visit or ask us questions! I hope to see you there.
Related Fast Wonder Blog posts:
Recent Links
I’m still figuring out how to deal with the Magnolia aftermath, but there were a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …
Ignite Portland 5 – Lots of fun… « Startup Geek in Portland Oregon
Meeting Space Available for Portland Tech groups announced at Ignite Portland « WebTrends
Light It Up
Ignite Show: Jason Grigsby on Cup Noodle – O’Reilly Radar
Online Community Expert Interview: Dawn Foster, Fast Wonder Consulting – Online Community Report
Social Media for Small Business « Nova Newcomer
Facebook to Launch Redesigned Pages for Businesses – Tour & First Impressions
What really happened at Ma.gnolia and lessons learned | FactoryCity
Want to Volunteer for BarCampPortland?
We still have plenty of time before BarCampPortland on May 1 & 2, but it’s never too early to get people thinking about how they can help out with the event! If you love BarCamps as much as I do, please join us next week for our volunteer kickoff meeting. Anyone interested in volunteering for the event is welcome to attend!
BarCampPortland Volunteer Meeting
Monday February 23, 2009 from 5:30pm – 6:30pm
CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave
RSVP on Upcoming if you plan to attend
Want to help in some other way?
- RSVP for the actual event on May 1 and 2 on Upcoming.
- Sponsor! These events can’t be successful without our sponsors. Contact Todd Kenefsky (kenefsky on gmail) if you would like to sponsor a portion of the event.
- Join our Mailing List: Sign up for our Google Group to get email announcements about future meetups and events.
- Follow us on Twitter: Up to the minute breaking updates about the event as @BarCampPortland
- Tell your friends: Don’t forget to use the BarCampPortland tag when blogging, posting pictures, etc.
Blogging Elsewhere
Here is this week’s summary of links to my posts appearing on other blogs:
- Social Media Consultant or Snake Oil Salesman?
- Community Management: The Dark Side
- Web Work 101: Setting Up Your Home Office
Business Leader Northwest Blog
If you want a feed of all of my blog posts across multiple sites, you can also subscribe to my über feed.
Recent Links
I’m still figuring out how to deal with the Magnolia aftermath, but there were a few interesting things from this week that I wanted to share …
Find, Follow and Share Comments — BackType
Tags: rss, blog, tracking, comments, feeds
How to Use the New FriendFeed Search for Social Media Intelligence – ReadWriteWeb
Tags: friendfeed, social media, marshallkirkpatrick
Portland Code Camp v4
Tags: codecamp, portland, portlandcodecamp
3 Free, Useful SEO/Analytics Tools You May Not Use
Tags: Analytics, SEO
Online Communities: Thriving in the Downturn
I’ve talked quite a bit recently about online community careers and how they are faring in this tough economy, which reminded me that I forgot to blog about the latest ForumOne Online Community Research Network study, Online Communities: Surviving & Thriving in the Downturn Economy.
The survey was conducted in late November and early December with 90 people responding to the survey, and more information about the respondents and the survey can be found on the Online Community Report blog. Here’s a summary of the key findings.
Most communities have not been negatively impacted by the economy.
For those that have been effected, the hardest areas hit included.
- Contractor staffing
- Platform budget
- Full time staffing
Communities are becoming MORE valuable to management.
When they asked:
Have your internal stakeholders (execs, management) attitudes toward the value of the online community changed because of current economic pressure?
Slightly more than half of the respondents (55%) said that their company internal stakeholder’s attitudes have changed towards the value of the online community because of the current economic pressure. For those whose stakeholder’s attitudes that had changed, over half of the respondents (55%) indicated that their internal stakeholder’s considered their online community more valuable because of the current economic pressures.
(Quoted from the Online Community Report)
The current economic issues are hitting every segment, but it’s nice to know that online communities are faring better than some other areas. This post is just a quick summary of the key points, so I encourage you to read more details on Bill Johnston’s Online Community Report blog.