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Ask YC: Meetup for UK based hackers
There's good interest in a meetup for UK based hackers (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79164 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=79164).
15 people have emailed me so far. A mix of start-ups, hackers working on cool research projects, people working on stuff around their day jobs and others. The mix you'd expect at News.yc.
We're happy to host at our offices in East London (near Livepool St). We were part of the most recent yc class and got massive value from interacting with other teams at the dinners. We'd like to do something similar. If it goes well we'll make it a regular event.
It should be a good opportunity to share cool ideas, get some inspiration, get advice from other hackers, meet co-founders or meet start-ups who are hiring (we are, along with a few others).
7-830pm meet at Songkick hq in Shoreditch. We'll get a projector in case anyone wants to demo
830pm Curry at legendary local curryhouse (http://www.tayyabs.co.uk http://www.tayyabs.co.uk)
Proposed date: Friday 30th Nov.
Hit me at founders/at/songkick and let me know:
- if that date doesn't work when does
- if you've got a projector we could borrow!
I'll wait till next Wednesday (21st) to gauge numbers and then email with directions to our offices etc. I'll also post confirmed date on here. Hope that works.
- rzwitserloot 19y agoDon't forget barcamp london 3, next weekend, and geek dinners.
- dood 19y agoTayyabs == awesome
- andyjenn 19y agoTotally agree - its not cheap like good old Rusholme or some Brummie establishments, but still a great feast... Can't believe it - UK based hackers who love curry, love it.. in the words of Highlander, "We are brothers!"
- JohnN 19y agocool with me
- vikram 19y agoIan I thought you said 27th in your email? 27th is better than 30th for me.
- tarkin2 19y agoI'm out of the UK until the new year but after that I would love to meet up to talk to entrepreneurs and ideally lisp hackers. I should be in the north, but due to the dearth of lisp hackers around I'll gladly travel for a little lisp based cognition.
- lsb 19y agocool, what do you hack in lisp? i enjoy how ruby and js also support cps/map+fold/bottom-up library design; do you do haskell too?
- axod 19y agoSounds good to me. Would be great to meet some like minded hackers.
- Harj 19y agoi'd really really like to attend but am away that weekend
- kieranoneill 19y agoWorks great for me. See you then Ian!
- helptheworld 19y agoI'm in. :)
- neil_cauldwell 19y agoSounds great - 27th and 30th are both ok with me.