Inverge & Cre8Con

nato — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:54:45 +0000

For anyone engaged in the creative practices that are generating the continuing convergence of interactive media, technology and culture, Portland, Oregon will come alive next week with the convergence of both the second annual Inverge 2008 Thu-Fri 4-5 Sep at the Gerding Theater and Cre8Con, Sat 6 Sep at the Portland Center for the Performing Arts, not to mention the concurrent MusicFestNW, the Time-Based Art Festival and the only slightly more regular First Thursday.

Portlanteau: PDX, a Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That

nato — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:51:32 +0000

Not so long ago, someone (Chris O'Rourke? Scott Kveton?) coined the term portvangelist and spawned a not-your-grandpa's Chamber of Commerce movement to match the term.