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San Diego HN meetup is tonight 7:30pm-9:30pm Broadway Coffee in Kearny Mesa

37 points by jayliew 16y ago

Please RSVP so that we get an accurate headcount: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&index=1

rezaman 16y ago
This sounds pretty cool. I didn't realize San Diego had this many HN'ers. Count me in.
aresant 16y ago
I'm not making it but if any SD hackers or biz-dev folks are looking for a start-up to join please give my thread a look -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1305342 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1305342
dmpayton 16y ago
It's a shame I'm feeling so shitty today, or I'd be going. I've been wanting to go to the SD HN meetups for a few months now. :( Also, how can I get prior notice of when the meetups are? I always here about it day of, which is part of why I've never gone.
- paulbaumgart 16y ago
  Also, how can I get prior notice of when the meetups are? Sure, join the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/sd-hackernews http://groups.google.com/group/sd-hackernews
- jacoblyles 16y ago
  They are usually the last Friday of every month. If we move it to another day, it will be mentioned on our mailing list.
- jayliew 16y ago
  maybe you should come, because you'd feel much better afterwards :)
antimora 16y ago
oh awesome - I live in San Diego.
jayliew 16y ago
Please RSVP so that we get an accurate headcount: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&index=1 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&in...
alabut 16y ago
I moved to SF from SD in late 05 and there wasn't much of a startup scene outside of biology or wireless hardware. Has that changed much since? Any YC alum down there?
- henning 16y ago
  San Diego isn't too bad as far as general hacker stuff. We have a Ruby user group that meets at UCSD, an agile/extreme programming group, and a Django user group. Not too bad.
  - alabut 16y ago
    Sounds interesting from a technical perspective. What about Lean Startups and other entrepreneurial stuff?
    - paulbaumgart 16y ago
      This has a pretty comprehensive overview of the sort of events people are organizing here: http://www.sdtechscene.org/ http://www.sdtechscene.org/ For people in our field, the entrepreneurial stuff pales in comparison to the SF Bay Area.
      - alabut 16y ago
        Looks like there's at least one really cool coworking spot though: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego I still miss the coffeeshops down there, especially the 24 hour ones like Lestat's: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912 http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912
  - bdb27 16y ago
    I'd like to get a Scala users group added to this list. Any Scala users or enthusiasts in San Diego?
    - 16y ago
compumike 16y ago
I've been to the last two meetups and they've been a lot of fun! Great people and great conversation. Good mix of tech / biz / misc. If I remember correctly, the HN group (10-15 people) ended up staying there 3-4 hours both times (until the coffee shop owner wanted to close for the night!).
pg 16y ago
Would it be useful if I added features to HN to support meetups? If so, what features?
- iamelgringo 16y ago
  Yes. Please, yes. I run Hackers and Founders, Silicon Valley and SF. http://hackersandfounders.com http://hackersandfounders.com. We've been going for around 2 years and have around 900 members. About half come from HN, the other half through word of mouth, or Meetup.com. I don't make any money off this, I just enjoy having a beer, and geeking out with startup geeks every 2 weeks. I also try to contact other people that post meetup listings on HN, and try and help them get off the ground if I can. I've been in contact with meetups in NY, Chicago, Indianapolis, Tel Aviv, and Wellington, NZ. The churn on the front page is so great that unless you're in a major metropolitan area, you're not going to get enough upvotes to have a meetup posted. So, it would be helpful to those in non metropolitan areas to have a venue to post their events in a place where it wouldn't fall off the front page in 8 hours at best. Honestly, just a simple "events" tag at the top of HN would be great, and allow people a self-referencing post Ala "Ask HN:..." I think there's a big demand from HN readers for something like this. For instance, we just hosted a meetup for 6 guys coming in to SV from the UK for a week to check the area out. The only reason that they knew about Hackers and Founders was because our first event 2 years ago was a meetup before startup school, and the organizer of the group came to the meetup before startup school. The guys that came in were really cool, and I picked up a lot of great ideas for my startup from them. I try not to announce hackers and founders meetups here anymore much, because I really don't want to pollute the front page with event listings. We have events every 2-3 weeks, and I think it would be a pain in the ass for HN readers to read event announcements from us every 2-3 weeks. I'm pretty sure that Brennan that runs the Indianapolis meetup and Dave that runs the NY meetup don't post here that often either. Brennan uses Meetup.com and Dave uses a twitter feed + Anyvite. The Chicago meetup uses a Google group.
  - daveambrose 16y ago
    Agreed regarding an "events" tab at the top of the page or even a way to call out events on HN more so. There's certainly a lot of churn regarding news stories, so I've typically used our own Twitter handle (http://twitter.com/hackersfounders http://twitter.com/hackersfounders) to post updates from those who attend and if we change the location (depending if it's rainy outside, we'll go somewhere else other than Shake Shack). I'm also a HUGE fan of Anyvite to organize all the invites.

37 points by jayliew 16y ago

Please RSVP so that we get an accurate headcount: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&index=1

rezaman 16y ago

This sounds pretty cool. I didn't realize San Diego had this many HN'ers. Count me in.

aresant 16y ago

I'm not making it but if any SD hackers or biz-dev folks are looking for a start-up to join please give my thread a look -> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1305342 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1305342

dmpayton 16y ago

It's a shame I'm feeling so shitty today, or I'd be going. I've been wanting to go to the SD HN meetups for a few months now. :( Also, how can I get prior notice of when the meetups are? I always here about it day of, which is part of why I've never gone.

paulbaumgart 16y ago
Also, how can I get prior notice of when the meetups are? Sure, join the mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/sd-hackernews http://groups.google.com/group/sd-hackernews
jacoblyles 16y ago
They are usually the last Friday of every month. If we move it to another day, it will be mentioned on our mailing list.
jayliew 16y ago
maybe you should come, because you'd feel much better afterwards :)

antimora 16y ago

oh awesome - I live in San Diego.

jayliew 16y ago

Please RSVP so that we get an accurate headcount: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&index=1 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=108889155819372&in...

alabut 16y ago

I moved to SF from SD in late 05 and there wasn't much of a startup scene outside of biology or wireless hardware. Has that changed much since? Any YC alum down there?

henning 16y ago
San Diego isn't too bad as far as general hacker stuff. We have a Ruby user group that meets at UCSD, an agile/extreme programming group, and a Django user group. Not too bad.
- alabut 16y ago
  Sounds interesting from a technical perspective. What about Lean Startups and other entrepreneurial stuff?
  - paulbaumgart 16y ago
    This has a pretty comprehensive overview of the sort of events people are organizing here: http://www.sdtechscene.org/ http://www.sdtechscene.org/ For people in our field, the entrepreneurial stuff pales in comparison to the SF Bay Area.
    - alabut 16y ago
      Looks like there's at least one really cool coworking spot though: http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInSanDiego I still miss the coffeeshops down there, especially the 24 hour ones like Lestat's: http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912 http://maps.google.com/maps/place?cid=2610062677630197912
- bdb27 16y ago
  I'd like to get a Scala users group added to this list. Any Scala users or enthusiasts in San Diego?
  - 16y ago

compumike 16y ago

I've been to the last two meetups and they've been a lot of fun! Great people and great conversation. Good mix of tech / biz / misc. If I remember correctly, the HN group (10-15 people) ended up staying there 3-4 hours both times (until the coffee shop owner wanted to close for the night!).

pg 16y ago

Would it be useful if I added features to HN to support meetups? If so, what features?

iamelgringo 16y ago
Yes. Please, yes. I run Hackers and Founders, Silicon Valley and SF. http://hackersandfounders.com http://hackersandfounders.com. We've been going for around 2 years and have around 900 members. About half come from HN, the other half through word of mouth, or Meetup.com. I don't make any money off this, I just enjoy having a beer, and geeking out with startup geeks every 2 weeks. I also try to contact other people that post meetup listings on HN, and try and help them get off the ground if I can. I've been in contact with meetups in NY, Chicago, Indianapolis, Tel Aviv, and Wellington, NZ. The churn on the front page is so great that unless you're in a major metropolitan area, you're not going to get enough upvotes to have a meetup posted. So, it would be helpful to those in non metropolitan areas to have a venue to post their events in a place where it wouldn't fall off the front page in 8 hours at best. Honestly, just a simple "events" tag at the top of HN would be great, and allow people a self-referencing post Ala "Ask HN:..." I think there's a big demand from HN readers for something like this. For instance, we just hosted a meetup for 6 guys coming in to SV from the UK for a week to check the area out. The only reason that they knew about Hackers and Founders was because our first event 2 years ago was a meetup before startup school, and the organizer of the group came to the meetup before startup school. The guys that came in were really cool, and I picked up a lot of great ideas for my startup from them. I try not to announce hackers and founders meetups here anymore much, because I really don't want to pollute the front page with event listings. We have events every 2-3 weeks, and I think it would be a pain in the ass for HN readers to read event announcements from us every 2-3 weeks. I'm pretty sure that Brennan that runs the Indianapolis meetup and Dave that runs the NY meetup don't post here that often either. Brennan uses Meetup.com and Dave uses a twitter feed + Anyvite. The Chicago meetup uses a Google group.
- daveambrose 16y ago
  Agreed regarding an "events" tab at the top of the page or even a way to call out events on HN more so. There's certainly a lot of churn regarding news stories, so I've typically used our own Twitter handle (http://twitter.com/hackersfounders http://twitter.com/hackersfounders) to post updates from those who attend and if we change the location (depending if it's rainy outside, we'll go somewhere else other than Shake Shack). I'm also a HUGE fan of Anyvite to organize all the invites.