About

Portland Octopus is a branch of Selliken Systems, LLC. We are a local software development company producing HomeQuest, a map-based real estate productivity tool. We absolutely love Portland but have never quite been satisfied with the community networking websites available. We thought we could do a better job of providing this service ourselves. And so, Portland Octopus was born. Music, food, art, architecture, hiking, biking, sports, festivals, local beer, wine and spirits—we are here to celebrate all that Portland has to offer! From those born and raised here to those who just recently drifted into town, we hope you will find Portland Octopus to be not only a handy resource, but a network to your community.

Our staff is small in number but monumental in spirit. We are:

Dean - Editor, Contributor, “Poetry School” Graduate and American Idol aficionado

Haley - Administrative Director, Contributor

Amir - Graphic Designer, Contributor, Known Minimalist

Garron - Founder, Contributor, Man About Town

Alicia - Contributor, Woman About Town

Loren - Code Ninja, Contributor

Toby - Contributor

Simon - Conspiracy Theorist, Token British Guy

Chris - Proud Caretaker of “Baby” the Cat, spokesman for the Bill O’Reilly Fanclub

Pugly - Sun King

Chris B. - Big game specialist

We hope this is the beginning of a beautiful thing. Please let us know how we are doing and, more importantly, how YOU are doing!