Ask HN: Hackers in LA? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Hackers in LA?

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Post by nkh » Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 8:05 AM UTC

I am in NoHo (lankershim and vineland). I would love to have a local meetup. My email is nkhdev at gmail if anyone would like to contact me.

Re: Ask HN: Hackers in LA?

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Post by christefano » Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 9:08 AM UTC

The Dorkbot community is pretty cool:

  http://dorkbot.org/dorkbotsocal/

There also used to be events called "Geek Dinners" but they were mostly attended by "social media gurus" and the like. Not really my cup of tea.

I'm on the westside and am always looking for hacker events. My company is a big sponsor of Drupal events in Boston and Los Angeles and that's where much of my focus has been.

Re: Ask HN: Hackers in LA?

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Post by christefano » Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 9:12 AM UTC

fjabre wrote: post #2

There are and I've been to a few but I'm guessing it doesn't compare to a meetup in San Fran or Boston. Anyone else care to comment on this..? 5 hours on the 5 to SF and 4 hours to Palo Alto isn't that far =)

In my experience, the startup scenes as you know them in the Bay Area and Boston are massive compared to the one in Los Angeles.

Re: Ask HN: Hackers in LA?

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Post by iphpdonthitme » Wed, Mar 31, 2010, 7:09 PM UTC

After seeing a few of these kinds of posts over the last few, ahem, years, I am going to take a stab at organizing a Los Angeles based Hacker News group. Let's start really small. Send me your email address if you are interested in

A) being on an email list B) getting together in person (only one meeting for now)

iphpdonthitme of gmail