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You should join her and move back here to blighty. I can say that we've now got a pretty vibrant tech scene here in London and have sources of investment lined

You should join her and move back here to blighty. I can say that we've now got a pretty vibrant tech scene here in London and have sources of investment lined up and ready to go.

tomjen2 17y ago
What is the closest thing the London start-up scene has to Hacker News? I feel there is little point in hanging out here as long as it is effectively American only (YC, not the boards).
- KirkWylie 17y ago
  Seriously? Was that a joke? Hacker News is largely American because it's an outgrowth of YC, which is American Only. I would hardly think having a website portray a particular provincial bias would be a reason to live somewhere. Seriously, though, we Brits just hang out wherever the interesting conversations are. That's the beauty of teh interwebz: nobody knows you're not a Yank (until you go off and spell something with an s or an extra u or something silly).
  - nopassrecover 17y ago
    I don't think he was talking about living (or not living) somewhere based on HN but was looking for a more london focused online startup community.
    - KirkWylie 17y ago
      We all know each other and mostly hang out on twitter to be honest. Try me (@kirkwy), @monkchips, @monadic, @cpswan, @codepope, @leastfixedpoint, ... Seriously, though, I've not really noticed not being back in a local "tech cluster" on a day-to-day basis these days (except that when I meet people that aren't in the industry they have NO idea what I do; in the valley, everybody has some clue). Mostly we like to know who each other are so we can all drink together. Tech social functions, like ALL social functions here, involve much beer.
  - petercooper 17y ago
    Right on. I consider myself a citizen of the United States of Internet. I'm in Britain but know barely the last thing about the "scene" here - it's all in the US and it's easy to access online (or on trips).

You should join her and move back here to blighty. I can say that we've now got a pretty vibrant tech scene here in London and have sources of investment lined up and ready to go.

tomjen2 17y ago

What is the closest thing the London start-up scene has to Hacker News? I feel there is little point in hanging out here as long as it is effectively American only (YC, not the boards).

KirkWylie 17y ago
Seriously? Was that a joke? Hacker News is largely American because it's an outgrowth of YC, which is American Only. I would hardly think having a website portray a particular provincial bias would be a reason to live somewhere. Seriously, though, we Brits just hang out wherever the interesting conversations are. That's the beauty of teh interwebz: nobody knows you're not a Yank (until you go off and spell something with an s or an extra u or something silly).
- nopassrecover 17y ago
  I don't think he was talking about living (or not living) somewhere based on HN but was looking for a more london focused online startup community.
  - KirkWylie 17y ago
    We all know each other and mostly hang out on twitter to be honest. Try me (@kirkwy), @monkchips, @monadic, @cpswan, @codepope, @leastfixedpoint, ... Seriously, though, I've not really noticed not being back in a local "tech cluster" on a day-to-day basis these days (except that when I meet people that aren't in the industry they have NO idea what I do; in the valley, everybody has some clue). Mostly we like to know who each other are so we can all drink together. Tech social functions, like ALL social functions here, involve much beer.
- petercooper 17y ago
  Right on. I consider myself a citizen of the United States of Internet. I'm in Britain but know barely the last thing about the "scene" here - it's all in the US and it's easy to access online (or on trips).