the future is here [just not evenly distributed] » portland http://nickdavis.name/blog musings on technology, open source, research, and life Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:24:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Portland bound http://nickdavis.name/blog/2008/09/21/portland-bound/ http://nickdavis.name/blog/2008/09/21/portland-bound/#comments Sun, 21 Sep 2008 14:58:29 +0000 Nick Davis http://argoneus.morpheus.net/blog/?p=89 I’m headed to Portland soon to spend some time working at the new Vidoop World Headquarters. Adam, Chris, and Jason were gracious enough to offer me a couch to sleep on for my time there. I’m hoping to get caught up with everyone and get a bit more acclimated to the Portland way of life. As always, it should be an interesting trip.

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Perhaps I should back up a few steps and talk about I’ve been doing the past few years.

I’ve been working at Vidoop since the company’s inception, being one of the inventors of the ImageShield authentication system. The company has grown tremendously since the founding date in March 2006.. from the original 4 people, the staff has grown to somewhere close to 50 (I’ve lost track of the official count). We’ve established ourselves as pioneers in the identity space, working with a variety of organizations to help foster growth and innovation in identity on the web. In the process Vidoop has moved from our original headquarters in Tulsa, OK to our new home in Portland, OR. I’m still based in Tulsa for awhile, until my wife and I can move out to Portland.

Which is a nice segue into the next major announcement: This past May, I got married to a wonderful girl named Adrienne! The wedding was an eventful occasion: lots of great memories with family and friends. We also enjoyed our honeymoon in Maui.. it was a paradise we didn’t want to leave :-)

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