Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin?

Posted by bpeters on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:26PM
from the ask-hn dept.

If no, does anybody want to start one? I am based in Austin and would love to meet like minded individuals in the Hacker and Startup community here in Austin, Texas.

We could meet every month at some great bar, enjoy some live music, and talk about ways to make our passions a reality. :)

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by vitovito on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:56PM (#2237452)

I'm interested!

Also consider the (physical) hacker community at http://www.atxhackerspace.org/ or one of the many co-working spaces. Sunday daytime will be easier for bars, less so for restaurants. Only a couple of coffee shops have space you can reserve; Genuine Joe has one I've used in the past.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by bpeters on Friday February 18, 2011 @07:42PM (#2237926)

Email me at [email protected] and I can put together an invite for anyone who wants to come. I will shoot for this first Sunday in March, right before SXSW Interactive.

Edit: I may need to repost the question with my email included at the beginning.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by bho on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:51PM (#2237417)

Not that I know of, but I bet we could pull enough people together to make this a regular thing. In fact, I wouldn't mind volunteering some time to get this started.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by stcredzero on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:46PM (#2236929)

If you meet Sundays, I could drive over from Houston.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by bpeters on Friday February 18, 2011 @02:49PM (#2236943)

Sundays would work for me, hopefully we can get more involved if this is not going on already.

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by mcotton on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:21PM (#2237317)

There is a startup weekend on the 25th - 27th. I will be driving up from San Antonio for it. Check it out at austin.startupweekend.org

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by ZephyrP on Friday February 18, 2011 @05:11PM (#2237502)

Just moved to Austin to do development, Would love to see a HN Meetup in the area!

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Re:Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News Meet Up in Austin? by johng on Friday February 18, 2011 @04:54PM (#2237426)

I'm here as well.... would be interested in checking it out.

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