SiliconFlorist.com is a blog on [[The hottest startups in Portland, OR|Portland startups]] and technology by Rick Turoczy.
Silicon Florist
Silicon Florist was started by Rick Turoczy to help provide what he calls “a repository for interesting technology news” from the greater Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. While Turoczy is deeply embedded in the technology scene in Portland, he recognizes there are many things he misses. Thus, he invites individuals from the Portland area to submit information for inclusion on his blog. There is a place on the website where users can submit their own blog, event, project or startup in the Portland area for inclusion in the blog making Silicon Florist a community effort, of sorts.
memePDX: Silicon Florist's weekly podcast
For those who are short on time and attention, Silicon Florist has launched a weekly podcast entitled 
: @memePDX. The short podcast, hosted by Cami Kaos of StrangeLoveLive.com and Rick Turoczy of Silicon Florist, covers tech stories from Portland and beyond.
Want to subscribe to this podcast? Get the audio podcast feed or subscribe on iTunes. Or get the video version with the video feed or the iTunes feed for the video of memePDX. And of course, if you're interested in staying in touch, you can always follow memePDX on Twitter. Or you can become a fan of memePDX on Facebook.
Submitting companies, products, services, blogs, and events
In addition to being a great resource for techies in Portland, the Silicon Florist is invaluable as a way to get new information to technically savvy readers. Because Silicon Florist posts information from startup companies, it has become a great way to get the word out for some of these small businesses. Typically after a business owner submits their information, the information is posted on the Silicon Florist blog along with the website address.
Several entries each day keep the readers up to speed on all the developments as they happen. Readers are free to post comments on blog entries, and are encouraged to have a free exchange of ideas there.
Portland-based companies--or individuals--interested in showcasing their development efforts are invited to send tips, press releases, links, blog entries, and recommended RSS feeds to Silicon Florist.
How to keep up with news on Silicon Florist
You can keep up with news on SiliconFlorist.com by subscribing to their 
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Silicon Florist reddit
In an effort to provide additional exposure to Silicon Forest blogs and resources, Turoczy started the Silicon Florist reddit, a service based on reddit that allows people to submit and vote for content.
AboutUs coverage
News on AboutUs.org excerpted from the website:
- Ted Ernst writes “An idea came up in the office today that seems to be worth sharing. What if someone else decided to start an article writing service where the articles would appear on AboutUs.org? Would we care? Of course we would care. We would think it’s great!
- April 3, 2008
- On short notice, the AboutUs team is partnering with some Portland, Oregon area wiki enthusiasts for a WikiWednesday event also tomorrow at 6:30. The event will be held at the new AboutUs office at 107 SE Washington St, Suite 520, Portland OR 97214. We’re planning on having the usual social meetup fair with the hopes of organizing a BarnRaising to build out some articles for WikiHow.com — a cool wiki that’s a source of “how-to” information. If you’re in the Portland area you’re warmly invited to drop by and join in the fun. We’ll also try to monitor the AboutUs IRC channel at irc://irc.freenode.net/WikiWednesdayPortland so that people in other locations can maybe “drop by” as well.
Contact
- Email:
- : @turoczy
- : @siliconflorist
- : @memepdx
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Reviews of Silicon Florist from around the Web
Now, thanks to Twitter and Silicon Florist, Turoczy is one of the most visible names in Portland technology.The Oregonian
Portland has a great creative/tech scene. If you're not following it, check out http://www.siliconflorist.com which is like the TechCrunch of the Portland area...
Aaron Hockley
... a must-read for anyone who wants to tap into what's really happening in the PDX tech scene.
Metroblogging Portland
After one short month, I can’t imagine not having Silicon Florist in my rss feeds. If you’re in Portland or interested in Portland’s technology scene, you should check it out."
User First Web
The best new blog around, if you live in the Portland area and are interested in web/tech, this is a must read.... [H]aving a locally focused blog makes me feel so much more connected again.
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- Portland, OR USA
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