geek·le   (gek'əl)
-noun

1. A gathering of geeks. Usually synonymous with sausagefest.
2. A cluster or group of geek-related activities.

-verb

1. To query information from a geek acquaintance, treating them like a human version of the Google search engine. [origin]

There is so much developer goodness going on in Portland this month, a new word had to be coined to describe it. In chronological order:

May 10: PADNUG Bonus Meeting

• Free (just show up), but asking for donations to support the American Diabetes Association
• Scott Hanselman presenting on Silverlight
• 6pm at Corillian

May 11/12: BarCamp Portland

• The first BarCamp in Portland (not counting RecentChangesCamp of course :)
• Free – just add your name to the wiki to register.
• Friday evening and all day Saturday

May 15: PDXUX Meeting

• The first meeting of the new Portland User Experience Forum
• Free - just show up
• at PSU from 6pm to 9pm
• Covering MIX07 content, such as Silverlight

May 17-20: RailsConf 2007

• Sold out
• I'll be there the first couple of days (mostly streaking, maybe a BoF session or two)

May 19/20: Portland Code Camp v3.0

• The third Code Camp in the Portland metro area
• Free – just need to register
• Still accepting sessions - submit yours today!

May 23: OnRamp 240: Exploring New Web Technologies

• Free - register here
• Half-day instructor-led seminar (by yours truly :) covering the latest Web development technologies from Microsoft. Includes Silverlight, XAML, ASP.NET 2.0, ASP.NET AJAX, the Expression suite, and Visual Studio 2005.
• Attendees will receive a free copy of Expression Web and free ASP.NET 3.0 hosting for 6 months.

May 30: PADNUG May meeting

• Free - just show up at the Microsoft Portland office
• Stuart Celarier presenting on Windows Cardspace

Nice weather, a geekle of developer events... it's a good time to be in Portland. Enjoy!