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Hacker News London meetup on 29th Sep with Harj
- Peroni 15y agoTypical. The first HN Londeon meet-up in 5 months that I can't attend and you go and get a bigger venue and bag a YC Partner to give a talk.
- krigath 15y agoYeah, I would really love to go too, but I just went up to university in Scotland.
- jgrahamc 15y agoBummer. A Hacker News meetup in London and I'm going to be in Mountain View.
- dmitri1981 15y agoWe've been doing them for over a year and I was really surprised you have not come along yet.
- jgrahamc 15y agoSomehow I managed to miss the fact that they were happening. Where should I be signing up for notification? EDIT: OK, I'm now following your Twitter feed. Silly me.
- dasil003 15y agoLOL I'm here in London for two weeks from Mountain View.
- iuguy 15y agoIs there a reason you chose not to do it in a pub?
- rlpb 15y agoWe usually end up in the pub after the talks.
- iuguy 15y agoI know, I went a while back. It seems to me like holding it in a school and making beer runs seems counterproductive. Most of the other regular london hackery type talk events (Hacks/Hackers, DC4420 spring to mind) take place in pubs. Just curious, that's all.
- dmitri1981 15y agoDecent pubs get very crowded and noisy, plus it's difficult to fit many people in. A hall gives us the opportunity to do more techy presentations. We actually started out in a pub and have evolved into present format over time. We have the hall until 10, so if you are really hardcore you can always head to the pub after, I can imagine there will be quite a few people joining you.
- iuguy 15y agoOut of interest, have you been to DC4420? (http://www.dc4420.org/ http://www.dc4420.org/) It has none of the problems you describe, but it's definitely worth a visit regardless.
- dmitri1981 15y agoNope. Probably a Tuesday vs Thursday thing.
- antihero 15y agoPlus it's cheaper to buy beer buy the crate ;)
- iuguy 15y agoMaybe, but cost isn't everything and draught ale is better than canned ale.
- beaumartinez 15y ago> I was wondering if any of you fancied volunteering to help out. In particular we are looking for 2-3 people to help out with name badges and the beer run. I'd be more than happy to help—my email's in my profile. Let me know what needs doing and when. (I haven't got anything to record with though.)
- dmitri1981 15y agothanks. a small army has already been recruited.
- antihero 15y agoDo you have to get tickets or anything? Do I just turn up like a normal internet site meetup? I could help with a beer run if I get there earlier. I may suck at startups but I'm pretty practised at obtaining alcohol :)
- dmitri1981 15y agoSign up on meetup to help us track numbers. Otherwise just turn up. Thanks for the offer of help, think we just need a video person now.
- antihero 15y agoThat's cool :) Have done! Sounds like it could be interesting. Currently I'm starting out freelancing as a Web Developer so I'm sucking up any knowledge I can get my hands on (I'd like to expand and build it into a proper business).
- revorad 15y agoWe should have a hackathon at one of these.
- lukke 15y agoCan you please insert the event details here to the thread, too? I believe I'm not the only one who can't access meetup.com due to company blocking the site.
- dmitri1981 15y agoThursday, September 29, 2011, 6:30 PM Central Foundation Boys School Cowper Street, London (map) Entrance through the blue doors on Cowper St, opposite XOYO. I am very excited to announce the next Hacker News London meetup. After months of searching we have finally secured a new, large venue that will be able to accommodate all those who wish to come along, right next to the Old St roundabout. However, the highlight of the evening is that Harj Taggar, YC partner and founder of Auctomatic, will be our headline speaker. In addition Harj will also hold a Q&A session, so please send us your questions or bring them along that evening. If you are looking to apply to YC or find out more about it, this is the perfect opportunity.
- JacobAldridge 15y agoI've been to a few of these now, even spoke at the last one, and it's an event each month that I really look forward to. If you're close enough to London to make it home afterwards, then do what you can and make the effort to be there - well worthwhile.
- snaveint 15y agoThis looks great. What is the format like? Should I be concerned about being a loner if I come by myself?
- dmitri1981 15y agoWe'll start out with a few beers and pizzas, then do some talks and presentations followed by more beers. The crowd is really friendly and you'll meet lots of great new people.
- lukes 15y agoI went as a loner as it was fine. The people are friendly and there are other loners around who will talk to you if you stand around when the talks aren't on.
- shocks 15y agoIs there an IRC channel or something similar we can talk about the meetup in?
- dmitri1981 15y agoMike Mahemoff set this up a while back, though it prob needs some more promoting to get it going. https://convore.com/hnlondon/ https://convore.com/hnlondon/
- lukes 15y agoThere's lots of HNers in #startups on freenode
- shocks 15y agoAh thanks, I'll definitely check it out!
- rayhano 15y agoWhen Hacker News holds an event, schedules need to make way!