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My Portland Twitter Bubble

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Portland Twitter BubbleOn Twitter, I follow a couple hundred people, mostly other Portlanders (the only celebrities I follow are the important ones: Pee-wee Herman, Weird Al Yankovic, and Sarah Silverman). I’m fairly selective. If you have some connection to Portland, are creative or amusing, or if I know you in real life, I’ll probably follow you. If you spam, spout right wing talking points, or your twitterings are just generically irritating, I won’t.

Blogging takes up a lot of time, people! I listen to a few internet radio shows semi–regularly, but otherwise I don’t really listen to radio, or watch TV. I’ve been to two movies in the past two years (both of which I recommend: Religulous and The Waiting List).

So, really, next to good old fashioned web browsing, Twitter is my main source of information on pop culture, local news, and the modern world.

Due to my limited media exposure, my view of what is going on in Portland, and sometimes the world, is a bit skewed. I dare say I live in a Portland Twitter bubble. Below are 10 of these notions (which there’s a good chance you share if you follow a lot of the same Twitterers I do).

  1. Leverage is the only show on TV
  2. Local TV news personalities are actually real people. [Some of them are even smart and funny. Who’d a thunk?]
  3. PDX.FM is the only radio anyone in Portland actually listens too
  4. Portland has a lot of tech startups [though I don’t know anyone who actually works for any of them]
  5. Nevertheless, Portland’s economy appears to be based on restaurants [primarily food carts] , beer, and the dramatic arts
  6. Everyone writes for a blog [usually OurPDX] or produces a podcast [usually on PDX.FM]
  7. Comic Sans and Papyrus are pure evil
  8. You can ask the mayor of the city to fix potholes and he responds in the
    affirmative
  9. The Trailblazers and the Timbers have about the same following
  10. Unicorns walk among us

Anyone else have similar notions?

For all I know, some of these may actually be true . . .

Portland Timbers Roundup (02/19/2010)

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Portland TimbersWow, once again lots more Timbers news this Friday (I may have to rethink this one Timbers Roundup post a week thing). And this week is distinctly multimedia, with text, graphics, and even a podcast:

A crisp start to the Timbers season By Kip Kesgard at OregonLive.com

It just seems like yesterday when the Timbers 2009 campaign ended with the heartbreaking loss in the playoffs to the Vancouver Whitecaps, but nothing helps push the bad memories out of the psyche faster that the optimism of a new year. The Timbers started their 2010 season with a 4-day mini camp at the University of Portland’s Merlo Field, inviting select trialists to join current Timbers players under contract for training and development. [More]

New Timbers BannersYou Can’t Fake This at Photo Journal by Steven D. Lenhart

Part of the marketing campaign for this season is “You Can’t Fake This”, and yours truly has been hired for some of the photography work.

Check the web banner at the top of the Portland Timbers official team site to view my work. [More]

The Life Portlandic – episode 33 hosted by Doug Zanger, with guest OregonLive.com Timbers blogger Kip Kesgard

Polite Portland and possibilities rule the day as Doug thanks plenty, talks about the idea of possibility and a great conversation with Oregonlive.com community blogger and super Timbers fan Kip Kesgard.

Part 2 of the conversation takes place today, on episode 34. Listen to it at 9am on PDX.FM channel two. After that look for the podcast on The Life Portlandic website.

Timbers, Pilots raise nearly $8,000 for Haiti relief at PortlandTimbers.com

PORTLAND, Ore. – For a good cause, the Portland Timbers and University of Portland men’s soccer team took to the field Wednesday night in a charity match at Merlo Field. The 1,142 in attendance helped raise nearly $8,000 for Mercy Corps and the organization’s relief efforts in Haiti following the earthquake. [More]

Timbers Sign Ian Joy to Bolster Defense by mao at mao’s Football

The Portland Timbers added 28-year old Ian Joy to the back line for the 2010 season. Joy has spent several years in Germany in each of the top three divisions of the German Bundesliga. His best success came at St. Pauli over four years where he helped the club reach promotion to the top flight. [More]

Timbers sign central defender Ross Smith for 2010 at PortlandTimbers.com

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the signing of central defender Ross Smith for the 2010 season, pending USSF approval. Smith returns to the United States after a stint with England’s Ebbsfleet United FC. [More]

Gaudet looks to make Timbers By Duane Rollins at The 24th Minute

Former T[oronto]FC fringe player Derek Gaudet is looking to return to the professional ranks. He is currently on trial with the Portland Timbers, looking to stick with the club for the USSF D2 season. [More]

How the Roster Shakes Out: Part 1 By j.d. at Portland Timbers MLS

It’s almost the beginning of March and the Timbers have most of their roster figured out.

Let’s take a look at what the team currently possesses, and needs, as the preseason progresses. [More]

Timbers Bits – Keita Keeps Scoring by paulsepp at Dropping Timber

You can’t stop Kieta, you can only hope to contain him. Keita scored the all important goal in a 1-0 win on Saturday and for those keeping count at home this is his fifth goal this season in the Indian I-league. Keita scores goals, like meth head has sores. [More]

Famous Fulham Players: No 13 Jimmy Conway at FulhamMAD

“We’ve got Jimmy, Jimmy, [former Timber] Jimmy Conway on the wing, on the wing… We’ve got Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy Conway on the wing, on the wing… Jimmy, Jimmy Conway, Jimmy Conway on the wing.” [More]

A Day in the Life of PDX.FM

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pdx.fmThe inimitable Robert Wagner of PDX.FM and, of course, the Portland Sucks show, will be live blogging an average day at PDX.FM today, February 18th. In fact, he’s already started:

5:07AM – I wake up. See? It’s already exciting.

Why they hell would he do this? Is it a stunt?

Sure it is, but it’s also a response of sorts to the seemingly endless numbers of resumes that we receive on a daily basis now. As we move forward we think it’d be good for you to know exactly what you’d be getting yourself into. Working here sucks and our jobs are completely anti-fun – you’ll know the pain and agony of what we go through each and every day once you read the live blog, believe me. It’s hell. The walls are even painted red.

The blog will be updated until 5pm or so . . . you can follow along at: http://pdx.fm/liveblog/

February 15: Dave Knows visits Portland Sucks

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Update: You can now listen to the Podcast: Episode 229 – @daveknowspdx and @mile73 join us to discuss pinball, unicorns, Portland, beer, and making money off of blogging.

Portland Sucks on PDX.FMGood morning Portland!

Listen to Portland Sucks on PDX.FM on Monday, February 15 at 8am, I’m going to be the guest!

(The day job kept me safe from committing to a visit in previous negotiations, but suddenly my schedule opened up when I realized the 15th is President’s Day, and I have the day off.)

Hosts Robert Wagner and Sabrina Miller and I will discuss What Does Dave REALLY Know? and whatever other topics and questions they bring up. For moral support, Heather will be there too.

8am’s not too early to start drinking is it?