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HN London Meetup
It has been far too long since the last Hacker News London meetup. Over the past few months quite a few people mentioned interest in a get together. So here it is.
Please join us on Thursday, 24th June from 18:30 at the Lightbar on Shoreditch Highstreet (http://www.thelighte1.com/).
Also, since the Seedcamp deadline is coming up, several Seedcamp alumni have agreed to come along and answer your questions about the programme. So if you want the lowdown on what to expect or some advice on applying, then you are in luck.
If you are coming please leave a comment below to help us keep track of the numbers.
Ben Dowling and Dmitri Grabov
- pmjoyce 16y agoHope to make it
- fix3r 16y agoShoreditch? /sigh Yea, I know it's a "startup hub", but it's also a bit dodgy.
- ZeroMinx 16y agoDodgy? It's the best part of London :)
- goatforce5 16y agoThe venue is a very short stroll from Liverpool St station. If you're really worried there's a bus stop right outside the venue. There's a police station that's visible for the entirety of the walk between the station and the bar. Perhaps you can ask one of the officers to hold your hand if your mum is unavailable on the night?
- intranation 16y agoDodgy how? There's always loads of people there every night of the week: it's very safe.
- coderholic 16y agoWe're hoping to make this a regular thing. If you'd like to stay informed about future events then please join the google group: http://groups.google.com/group/hn-london http://groups.google.com/group/hn-london
- Super_Jambo 16y agoSounds interesting. I should be there.
- jhollingworth 16y agoGreat idea, see you there!
- jonneale 16y agoThink I'll be coming along
- ig1 16y agoYou should get the owners of the UK Hacker News group on Facebook to send a message out, as there's about ~220 members on it and you might get quite a lot of people who miss this post.
- dmitri1981 16y agoThanks for the pointer. Will give them a shout now.
- eliot_sykes 16y agoDo you have a link to the UK Hacker News Facebook Group? Tried a few searches but turned up nothing.
- coderholic 16y agouk.news.yc is the name. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6677098162 http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6677098162
- geoffw8 16y agoYeah, good call. I came here via that message.
- alexro 16y agoComing
- bensummers 16y agoAnnoyingly that clashes in my diary. :-( I hope it goes so well that you absolutely have to do another one next month.
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoClickable: http://www.thelighte1.com/ http://www.thelighte1.com/ Amazingly I will actually be in London and don't currently have a commitment. I'm speaking at a school in the afternoon, and at the Royal Institution the following day, but Thursday evening is free. Will there be food? Ah - now visited the web site and it appears the answer is yes.
- DrJokepu 16y agoDefinitely coming.
- tonyto85 16y agoSounds good! Tony + Hemal will be my +1
- scorchin 16y agoI'll be there
- ErrantX 16y agoI'll try and make it, the wonders of modern transport mean I can just about do an evening in London. But if it happens again: any chance of doing a weekend, or Friday night? :)
- dnext 16y agoam david i will like to met an hacker to sell webmail and leas for me, and if there anyone there i we like them to get direct to my email davidnext07@yahoo.com pls
- RiderOfGiraffes 16y agoDon't just down-vote - flag the link as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1435136 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1435136
- gaius 16y agoWill try to make it!
- martinc 16y agoHope to attend.
- NickPollard 16y agoSounds interesting, I will hopefully be attending.
- cammil 16y agoI will try to make it. It's been too long.
- ivenkys 16y agoWill be there, the Google Group doesn't seem to be working.
- eliot_sykes 16y agoWorking for me now
- nc 16y agoI'll be there!
- flashingpumpkin 16y agoI'm in. It's just a two second jump :)
- ivenkys 16y agoLet me guess - Shoreditch triangle.
- flashingpumpkin 16y agoYep. Rivington street in fact.
- revorad 16y agoAwesome! I will be there.
- tome 16y agoNice! I'm probably about a 25% chance of coming along.
- robfitz 16y agoI'm all over it
- nailer 16y agoI'll be there. I'm currently working on: - A realtime anonymous chat site (Tornado, message queues) - Python OpenXML support (the docx module)
- robbiehudson 16y agoShould be there
- adamcharnock 16y agoShould be there!
- mebassett 16y agoI plan to be there. thanks. :)
- shadchnev 16y agoI'll be there!
- lw0x15 16y agoBeer better be cheap there :P
- ivenkys 16y agoCity prices for Beer but the place is beautiful and very significant - a stalwart against "gentrification" of the area.
- tomedme 16y agoi would attend if i wasn't abroad that week.
- i_am_cam 16y agoI'm travelling early the next day, but am hopeful I'll make it along for a few beers at least.
- joshuamarch 16y agoAwesome I'll be there. we're hiring as well, so if you're looking come find me there:p (python/django - theiplatform.com)
- sjtgraham 16y agoexcellent. i'll be there.
- ZeroMinx 16y agoI'll be there
- iamelgringo 16y agoHey, guys. I run Hacker and Founders SV (http://hackersandfounders.com http://hackersandfounders.com ), and I'm trying to keep track of and keep in touch with other HN meetups around the globe. https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmQExXr67OcTdDBZZl93MXZwaE4tWlQwTENVMnVQalE&hl=en#gid=0 https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmQExXr67OcTdDBZZl9... I noticed that you recently posted a link to a google groups page: http://groups.google.com/group/hn-london http://groups.google.com/group/hn-london Is there any other place online that you're collecting and trying to organize? If there's anything that we can do to help you guys, let us know: jonathan@newsley.com or laura@newsley.com. And, if you're ever in town, drop us a line, we'd love to connect.
- deutronium 16y agoI'll be there!
- philjackson 16y agoI'll be there, as will a couple of my friends who won't reply to this thread.
- nicolinox 16y agoYup. One more and spreading the voice.
- sdrinf 16y agoWill probably be there
- ihanif 16y agoWill try my best to be there.
- moomerman 16y agoI should be able to make it
- alexandros 16y agoIf all goes well, I'll be there.
- andrewgph 16y agoIntend to come
- ximeng 16y agoShould make it
- singular 16y agoI will try and make it!
- martinc 16y agoIs this the best venue? I only ask since it usually appears to be a bit rowdy so unless there's a private room or quiet(er) area I don't know about, we may end up mixing it with the city boys and not being able to hear much. ;-)
- dmitri1981 16y agoProbably not, but it should do the trick. The bar is huge and we do have an area reserved for us.
- intellectronica 16y agoGreat, thanks for setting this up, Ben and Dmitri.
- langer 16y agoGood shout guys - need more of these in London! See you there.
- pcowans 16y agoI'll be there.
- nickwsmith 16y agoAwesome, I'll be coming along
- drindosaur 16y agoHi guys, thanks a lot for the organizing of this event. I will definitely be there.
- nuuji 16y agolooking forward to it @nuuji
- yaarg 16y agoThanks for organising. I shall be there!
- stevanl 16y agoI should be there!
- dmitri1981 16y agoHuge thank you for the tremendous feedback and encouragement we've received in response to resurrecting the HN London meetup.The flipside to the newfound success is that we will have to switch venues to be able to accommodate everyone. The new venue is just across the road from the Lightbar: The Water Poet 9-11 Folgate Street Spitalfields, London E1 6BX http://www.waterpoet.co.uk/ http://www.waterpoet.co.uk/ We look forward to meeting you all there on Thursday, 24 June at 18:00. Ben and Dmitri HN London Meetup
- jtopper 16y agoSadly this clashes with the London MySQL meetup that I'm already planning to attend, but this is just up the road from there so I may wander along later on.
- Robin_Message 16y agoI'll be there.
- eru 16y agoI'll be there.
- alasdairbell 16y agoLooking good guys! I work for Seedcamp, can't make it tonight, but have a good one and ping me if you have queries afterwards. As a blatant plug here is the application for Mini Seedcamp London - http://seedcamp.com/pages/london10 http://seedcamp.com/pages/london10 And we are also running some founder dating on 12th July so folk can find high quality co-founders. Sign up for that here - http://seedcamp.wufoo.com/forms/founder-dating/ http://seedcamp.wufoo.com/forms/founder-dating/