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 to everyone who voted for Hack Bend—I really appreciate it, and I’ll keep on doing my best to bring the best I can to this … 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 the Portland (Oregon) Visitor Center is on Twitter, and using a hashtag to monitor questions and post answers about Portland. So I figured it’d be … 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, news, questions, whatever. If you’re submitting press releases, then there’s a fair chance it’ll get run—but I don’t run every single one that is submitted, … 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 blogging should pick up. As always, if you have anything you want to share, drop me a line.
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 it’s not immediately obvious, I also have two other blogs that I write, my personal one here and one dedicated to beer here. Those are … Continue reading →
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