The way I found my current co-founder is by attending a Ruby meetup in my area, and talking to the other members. Don't worry about paying people, or the econom

The way I found my current co-founder is by attending a Ruby meetup in my area, and talking to the other members. Don't worry about paying people, or the economy; just get together for a weekend and start hacking on a small project. If things work out, you can just go from there; if not, rinse, lather, repeat :~).