BendTech

Life Expectancy in Deschutes County

Robert Kieffer — Sun, 06 May 2012 13:34:27 +0000

Possibly the most important trend in technology and the web is the emergence of tools that let us introspect about who we are as a people and the impact we’re having on the world around us. For example, the IHME has a very cool tool for visualizing Life Expectancy in the U.S. by County from 1989-2009. [...]

VentureBox “Wild Pitch” Session

Robert Kieffer — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 17:11:33 +0000

VentureBox, our local business accelerator program, is throwing a “Wild Pitch” session next week. So if you’re starting a business, or just have a hair-brained idea for one, this is a great opportunity to get a bit of outside perspective. The full flyer can be found here (pdf), but here are the juicy bits: What: Founders; 10 [...]

Bend in 8-bit Google Maps Glory

James Gentes — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 22:30:59 +0000

Google apparently slipped their April 1 joke out early with an 8-bit version of Google Maps. Be sure to check out Bend before the feature disappears!

Accelerators and/or Big Ideas

Robert Kieffer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:39:47 +0000

Matt Kern recently tweeted: Realizing that what startups need is *not* more accelerators. What they need is bigger ideas. … with some followup on Facebook: I mean too many startups are aiming for quick exits and minimal innovation. Paul Graham wrote a great essay this week about big ideas that’s worth a read. For god’s sake, [...]

Power Quote

Robert Kieffer — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:41:27 +0000

From Thomas L. Friedman’s recent, So Much Fun. So Irrelevant.: The best of these ecosystems will be cities and towns that combine a university, an educated populace, a dynamic business community and the fastest broadband connections on earth. These will be the job factories of the future. There’s weeks worth of conversation about Central Oregon’s [...]