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Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#21
post #9

You might not expect it, but Baltimore has an awesome tech scene – lots of cool people interested in making stuff happen.

It could use better publicity though. I've been here my whole life, and it's far too easy to get the impression that Baltimore is just a satellite to the fed contracting epicenter in DC. That's why I'm so stoked about this event! I'll be there for sure.

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#22
post #9

You might not expect it, but Baltimore has an awesome tech scene – lots of cool people interested in making stuff happen.

It could use better publicity though. I've been here my whole life, and it's far too easy to get the impression that Baltimore is just a satellite to the fed contracting epicenter in DC. That's why I'm so stoked about this event! I'll be there for sure.

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#23

This is exciting -- I recently moved to Baltimore from Chicago, where there is a thriving startup and hacker culture (see ORD Camp, for example). Good to see that with this and events like Ignite and Node there is a lot going on for geeks in Charm City. Are any Baltimore Pythonistas interested in starting a Python users group in the city? I know there is one in the suburbs but I for one would rather have one where I…

I live in Mt Vernon and as DC and Greenbelt aren't especially convenient for me, I'd be willing to meet with some fellow pythonistas if anyone is interested.

Working remotely, I also spend a few hours at City Cafe most days if anyone just wants to sit with another coder while working...

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#24
post #7

Extraordinarily glad to see this in Baltimore since I was worried I'd never run into this community around town. Sadly, also really busy that weekend.

sorry we will miss you -- this site is a good place to get connected: http://startupbaltimore.org/ Also check out our google group: http://groups.google.com/group/techinbaltimore?lnk=srg

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#25
post #9

You might not expect it, but Baltimore has an awesome tech scene – lots of cool people interested in making stuff happen.

It could use better publicity though. I've been here my whole life, and it's far too easy to get the impression that Baltimore is just a satellite to the fed contracting epicenter in DC. That's why I'm so stoked about this event! I'll be there for sure.

That's exactly why we're doing this :-)

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#26
post #23

This is exciting -- I recently moved to Baltimore from Chicago, where there is a thriving startup and hacker culture (see ORD Camp, for example). Good to see that with this and events like Ignite and Node there is a lot going on for geeks in Charm City. Are any Baltimore Pythonistas interested in starting a Python users group in the city? I know there is one in the suburbs but I for one would rather have one where I…

I live in Mt Vernon and as DC and Greenbelt aren't especially convenient for me, I'd be willing to meet with some fellow pythonistas if anyone is interested. Working remotely, I also spend a few hours at City Cafe most days if anyone just wants to sit with another coder while working...

do you know about the Beehive in Canton? It's a coworking space you might really like, lots of hackers work there remotely http://beehivebaltimore.org/

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#27

I'd love to come but I'll be attending an open source sprint on that Saturday: http://meetup.zpugdc.org/calendar/15036971/ But I'd definitely come to the next one. I hope it's a huge success so there will be more in the future.

thanks! We are also working on a Startup Weekend next year that this is intended to feed into...

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#28
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I live in Mt Vernon and as DC and Greenbelt aren't especially convenient for me, I'd be willing to meet with some fellow pythonistas if anyone is interested. Working remotely, I also spend a few hours at City Cafe most days if anyone just wants to sit with another coder while working...

do you know about the Beehive in Canton? It's a coworking space you might really like, lots of hackers work there remotely http://beehivebaltimore.org/

No, I'll definitely check that out.

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#29
post #9

You might not expect it, but Baltimore has an awesome tech scene – lots of cool people interested in making stuff happen.

It could use better publicity though. I've been here my whole life, and it's far too easy to get the impression that Baltimore is just a satellite to the fed contracting epicenter in DC. That's why I'm so stoked about this event! I'll be there for sure.

Peter,

You may want to follow the tech in Baltimore google group as it was created to help over come this problem. The idea is to help connect the tech circle, check it out. http://groups.google.com/group/techinbaltimore

Re: The First Baltimore Hackathon

#30

This is exciting -- I recently moved to Baltimore from Chicago, where there is a thriving startup and hacker culture (see ORD Camp, for example). Good to see that with this and events like Ignite and Node there is a lot going on for geeks in Charm City. Are any Baltimore Pythonistas interested in starting a Python users group in the city? I know there is one in the suburbs but I for one would rather have one where I…

Paul,

Come swing by the Node one of these Thursdays, we're normally open at 7:30pm and in there working all sorts of projects until we head over to Joe^2 for drinks. We love company :)

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