This summer seems to have been the tipping point for tourism in Bend—namely, that we are starting to see backlash against the number of tourists and the possibility is being raised that too much tourism is a bad thing for Bend. Not that local negativity against tourism is a new … Continue reading
The annual Source Weekly Best of Bend issue is out, and Hack Bend has finally been unseated as Bend’s best blog — to the very excellent Living the Bend Life! Huge congrats to LTBL and big thanks once again to everyone that voted!
Yes, Bend has made yet another “top 10” list, in this case in Men’s Journal’s “The 10 Best Places to Live Now” compilation. Which we saw first in, ironically enough, the Oregonian. Think of Oregon, and a hazy green vista comes to mind, a valley of evergreens behind a veil … Continue reading
You may have noticed that I posted on Facebook yesterday that the site was down, which lasted from roughly noon yesterday until roughly noon today. Apparently the culprit was a rogue WordPress plugin (WordPress is the blog software that powers this site) which was causing problems with the database which … Continue reading
I am once again honored and humbled that Hack Bend has received The Source Weekly‘s nod to Best Local Blog in their annual Best of Central Oregon issue (which hit the stands today)! This is the fifth year in a row that this blog has won, and there is no … Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce that Hack Bend is adding another contributor, Caitlin Richmond! She is fairly new to Bend (just over a year) with a degree in journalism and writes for the Oregon Legal Journal as well as having articles in several local publications. All of which I think will … Continue reading
Bend WebCAM, the web creative marketing conference, is back again is back this month, specifically next week on October 25 and 26. Taking place at downtown venues such as the Tower Theatre, Oxford Hotel and Phoenix Inn, the conference is in it’s fourth year. This conference still features the three educational tracks: … Continue reading
Thanks to WhatTheBend, I’ve been amused by the Back Alley Blog (Facebook) which is photo-chronicling the various goings-on in Tin Pan Alley—the south end, between Thump Coffee and Connecting Point computers. As near as I can tell, the pictures are mostly being snapped from the Franklin Crossing building; which of course … Continue reading
The Source Weekly‘s “Best of Central Oregon (2012)” issue came out today and I’m incredibly happy to say that Hack Bend has again won the “Best Blog” (for the fourth year in a row)—and it’s all thanks to the readers who voted! I’m in the good company of I Love … Continue reading
As I’d twittered and posted on Facebook over the weekend, this blog (and a bunch of other sites that were on the same server account) had been hacked with some malicious server code that was redirecting referring links away to some sort of spam/malware sites. Ah yes, the irony of … Continue reading