For the third year in a row, readers of The Source Weekly have voted Hack Bend as the best local blog in their annual survey! (I know I’m behind a bit on this, but I was out of town with the family since Wednesday.) Wow, what can I say but … Continue reading
One of the early goals I had for Hack Bend was to ultimately move toward a group blogging model, because, let’s face it, I can’t cover everything by myself—there’s too much good stuff going on in Bend for one person. So I’m finally dialing things in and inviting some folks … Continue reading
The Source‘s Best of Bend issue is on the stands now—this is the results issue from the poll they ran, so this is really the Readers’ Choice Best of Bend—and I am both honored and humbled to see that Hack Bend won the Best Blog for the second year in … Continue reading
If you follow Hack Bend primarily through RSS, then you may not notice any changes, but if you visit the site regularly you will. I have (finally) upgraded the blog from my own homegrown software to WordPress, which will give me much more flexibility to do some things I’ve been … Continue reading
The Source‘s Best of Central Oregon issue came out this week, and Hack Bend was named "Best Blog"! The "Best Of" results were submitted and voted on by the Source readership, and it’s a really, really cool feeling to open up the weekly and see the shout-out in print. Thanks … Continue reading
Today I created a Twitter Hack Bend account to supplement this blog, and to post bits and pieces of Bend-related things to that I may or may not also cover in more detail here. What (finally) prompted me to do this was this KATU article my wife found about how … Continue reading
You know, I got nothin’. So, just some meta-pointers. Check out the calendar periodically to see what’s happening. It’s not definitive, but I try to keep it up-to-date with interesting events (and free or good-deal ones too). Also, the contact form is there in case anyone wants to submit anything—links, … Continue reading
Apologies for the slow week around here; I’ve had some other stuff come up that have, shall we say, taken a certain amount of precedence for my attention elsewhere. But, the week’s over, I have next week off for spring break with the kids, and it’s time to relax. The … Continue reading
I realized on Friday that this was a post I needed to write, not because I’m (currently) running into any conflicts of interest—that I know of—but to head off any future potential ones and establish a line. Also, to put down in writing the "policy" I’m following. Read on… If … Continue reading
Not too long ago I was contacted by someone who suggested I should have an event calendar here on Hack Bend that compiled all the local events I blog about into one location. I thought this was a good idea, since there really is no single calendar online that has … Continue reading