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The Palo Alto 24/7 Hacker House: You're Invited.
An excerpt from Fortune about the early “office” of facebook:
“The house at 819 La Jennifer Way, with a resident population of seven guys, felt like a dorm. Some people — female and male — stopped by for days and just hung around. Stanford University was only a mile away, so the housemates would announce parties using a Facebook feature that enabled them to target specific schools. They were mobbed by Stanford students and townies.”
After a month with 7 of us living in a 1 bedroom apartment in Palo Alto, we have decided to upgrade. We are recreating the atmosphere described above of high energy openness and are inviting brilliant hackers, designers, ideators… you name it… to drop by and work, hangout, and live with us (seriously, we are only using 2 of the 5 bedrooms in this place so let me know if you are looking for a sweet place to live).
The house is in Midtown Palo Alto (walking distance to anything you will ever need) and has a huge open working space for whomever wants to come. We work 18+ hours a day (somebody is always awake), have a constant supply of snacks and beverages, and invite hackers around the world to drop by anytime, 24/7 to work, live for a bit, hack with us, play a game of ping pong or just hangout. Email me anytime to get the address and drop by or say hello. evan dot reas at gmail
- jbseek 16y ago+1 I like the idea, this seems like a pretty interesting way to build a relationship with tons of like minded people.
- derrida 16y ago+1 Sounds like what the beats used to do, except their poetry didn't compile.
- metageek 16y agofences['electric'].damn()
- krakensden 16y agohttp://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ElectricFence/ http://perens.com/FreeSoftware/ElectricFence/
- danenania 16y agoAwesome! Good luck.
- jmarbach 16y agoLike A Little goes big!
- andrewcamel 16y agoI am very disappointed that I live all the way on the East Coast. I miss out on opportunities like these constantly. You guys are really great to offer this; I would really like to visit at some point.
- delinquentme 16y agotheres eastcoast hackers man! where about are you? im here in pittsburgh
- mindcrime 16y agoWow, somebody else from the east coast? I'm in North Carolina. I think there's one or two more of us around here, somewhere...
- nicholasjbs 16y agoI'm in NYC. If any of you east coast folks find yourselves here, ping me -- I'd love to meet up (email in profile).
- petewailes 16y agoI may just take you up on this in the summer...
- olalonde 16y agoAny chance to know how much for a bedroom? (just out of curiosity really)
- stcredzero 16y agoI'm thinking of quitting my job and staying for awhile. Is there parking space for a full-size car?
- olalonde 16y agoMaybe just for a half-size car.
- delinquentme 16y agohacking house sounds AWESOME!
- kolinko 16y agoWow, that is excellent. I plan to visit Palo Alto in a couple of months (I live in Poland), I hope this will still be around then! :)
- joelg87 16y agoI really want to do something like this when I (hopefully) head over there for a few months later in the year. I'm stuck in the UK and desperate to get over to Silicon Valley to experience the optimistic and fail-fast attitude, since I've been acting like that here in the UK (with some success) and it's not easy to find like-minded people. Hope you're still looking for people in a few months!
- sjtgraham 16y agoIt's very easy if you're in London. Spend a couple of days in Techhub or White Bear Yard!
- kylemathews 16y agoTo clarify -- is your house the same as the former Facebook house 819 La Jennifer Way?
- jdjdjd 16y agoThe new house is in Midtown, the Facebook house is not.
- boopboop 16y agoHi, Sounds like a great idea! What's the address? Any photos?
- PureSin 16y agosounds interesting! I'll drop by sometime.
- kodeshpa 16y agoThis is good, m coming to bay