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Hacker News Seattle Meetup #2: Tuesday, September 6 at 6pm.
- zacharycohn 15y agoWe had 70+ people show up to the first one last month. It was a lot of fun! The only problem was the venue (too small, too hot, too loud), and Rand from SEOmoz volunteered up his office for this one - so problem solved! They'll also be providing snacks and beer. :) We also have a speaker this time - Marcelo Calbucci will be talking for 10 or 15 minutes about the "State of Startups in Seattle." Please RSVP if you're going to come (and don't if you're not). Looking forward to seeing everyone!
- networkjester 15y agoBummer! So close; I'll be in Seattle from the 1st to the morning of the 6th. This would have been awesome. Maybe next time! haha
- angkec 15y agoSweet! I prolonged my stay in Seattle to about half a month and I knew I could bump into a hacker's meetup like this!
- zacharycohn 15y agoAwesome! Where are you from? There are a ton of other meetups in Seattle, maybe I can point you to a few more you'd be interested in. Email me and I'll see what I can do.
- merryandrew 15y agoLooking forward to this. :)
- epochwolf 15y agoThe last one was pretty cool. Looking forward to a more comfortable venue.
- simonw 15y agoWe're tracking Hacker News meetup style events on Lanyrd - let me know of any we're missing: http://lanyrd.com/topics/hacker-news/ http://lanyrd.com/topics/hacker-news/
- zacharycohn 15y agoSend me an email (I didn't see it in your profile), and I'll let you know when future events happen.
- simonw 15y agoEven better, you can add them yourself - visit http://lanyrd.com/conferences/add/ http://lanyrd.com/conferences/add/ (you'll need to sign in with Twitter - we won't tweet anything on your behalf) (I'm simon at lanyrd.com)
- l0c0b0x 15y agoCan someone explain how organized these meetups are? what happens in them? What should I expect? Thanks!
- zacharycohn 15y agoMy goal is to keep them fairly relaxed. I'm still experimenting with the format, but this one is: 6-6:30: People get there, hang out, chat. 6:30-6:50ish: Marcelo speaks and answers questions. 6:50-end: Back to misc talking. And then two or three times I'll ask for 5 or 6 volunteers to stand up and give a quick 15 second introduction of who they are and some cool project they're working on. My goal is to keep these groups of intros to under 2 or 3 minutes so people who want to introduce themselves can, and people who don't want to don't have to, and everyone else doesn't have to sit and listen to 70 people introducing themselves.
- IanMikutel 15y agoRSVP'd and really looking forward to it! If anyone is working on interesting projects and would like to connect prior to the meetup, my email's in my profile. Let's chat!