Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas?

Posted by alttab on Thursday October 22, 2009 @04:16PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I see a lot of San Fran stuff on here, and that makes a lot of sense. The start up scene in Austin isn't exactly dead and I was wondering if there were any like-minded hackers in the Austin area that wouldn't mind getting together for anything and everything, disc golf, business, etc.?

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by alttab on Friday October 23, 2009 @10:51AM (#898841)

Hey everyone. Didn't seem like a lot of people saw my previous message.

skottie at connersc dot com Please email me with some info - I'd really like to get a social/hacker network going in Austin. I know there is Door64/Cocoa Coders/etc, but I'm thinking something for ourselves.

I'm planning on going disc golfing at circle C this weekend (slaughter area) if you guys would like to come along for a casual meet up.

If you suck, don't worry. It will be my first time playing in months, as I had back surgery over the summer.

There is obviously enough interest, and once I have people's contact information I'll start a phpBB or google group so we have our own little home.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Here is a little about me so I'm not a complete stranger: http://www.connersc.com/blog (as if you couldn't have figured that one out).

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by makecheck on Thursday October 22, 2009 @04:20PM (#897568)

I am.

There is at least one site (Door64) dedicated specifically to Austin tech, that has regular networking events. It may be interesting to join them because of the focus on Austin.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by alttab on Thursday October 22, 2009 @06:12PM (#897817)

Thanks for the replies guys! Nice to know I'm not alone. I've been to Door64 events and they seem like a great place to network. It looks like there's enough going on here - so lets take this off line. If you guys could e-mail me your contact information to:

skottie at connersc dot com.

Austin Ho!

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by wwalker3 on Thursday October 22, 2009 @05:03PM (#897660)

Nice tip about Door64 -- I live here in Austin but hadn't run across them.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by luu on Thursday October 22, 2009 @08:29PM (#898013)

Another UT student here. I've been reading HN for a ages and signed up just so I could reply to this; we should get a meet-up going some time.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by sil3ntmac on Thursday October 22, 2009 @06:52PM (#897883)

I do. Going to UT at the moment. Was about to post this same thing after seeing the SF post, looked down the page and there it was :)

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by bockris on Thursday October 22, 2009 @04:50PM (#897618)

I am in Austin but mostly a lurker on HN.

I have lots of ideas for start-ups but none compelling enough to make me quit my day job.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by terrellm on Thursday October 22, 2009 @04:28PM (#897582)

I'm about 90 miles away in College Station. Not too much goes on around here even though Texas A&M is here in town.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by gilgamesh on Thursday October 22, 2009 @07:24PM (#897925)

Austin, UT, international student here. Started with HN pretty recently after getting tired of proggit.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by caswabi on Thursday October 22, 2009 @05:54PM (#897776)

I am also in Atx, and would be interested. I got a ton of ideas, and working on one now...

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by carlditzler on Thursday October 22, 2009 @04:57PM (#897641)

Austin here and I would be interested in a meet-up.

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Re:Ask HN: Any HN readers in Austin, Texas? by Scott_MacGregor on Thursday October 22, 2009 @05:20PM (#897688)

I’m in the Austin area, but occasionally in the heat of the summer I start longing for the cooler temperatures of Seattle or Silicon Valley, lol.

It sure gets hot in Texas. :-)

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