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Ask HN: Hacker News meetup at SXSW?

6 points by mpakes ↗ HN
Who from HN will be at SXSW? Anyone want to help organize a Hacker news meet/drink/tweet-up?

I'm a recent transplant to SF from Austin, and a multi-year-repeat attendee of SXSW, so I'd be happy to recommend locations, events, etc.. especially for those who are staying through SXSW music (HIGHLY recommended).

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dotBen
Sounds great. Let's make it happen. Could I suggest a day thing rather than evening as the sched is already jam packed.

What about coffees at Halcyon/etc?

mpakes
Fully agreed about a day-time event. I'm actually not planning to get a badge for Interactive this year -- hallway meetings and non-official events are at least as useful as the actual panels (although I will miss attending panels this year).

Halcyon is a great suggestion. I was originally thinking about The Ginger Man, as I'm a beer-snob and they have a great outdoor patio.

What days look the most empty on everyone's schedules?

mpakes
It seems like there is an official YC meetup at Submerged on March 15 from 5-7pm, although the only details I can find are here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1138610

Given that there is already an event (with PG in attendance), I don't know if there's any need for a separate HN meetup.

RobGR
SXSW is so packed schedule-wise, having your own meeting this late in the game is kind of hard.

I suggest piggy backing on the Nuclear Tacos meeting 6 pm aMonday the 15th in Brushy Square Park ( http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/4965 ) and the Dorkbot at 6 pm on Saturday the 13th in the same place ( http://my.sxsw.com/events/event/5292 ). I think that you should be able to get into those two without a badge, but I am not sure.

There are also events at Austin Hacker Space, and some people from the Austin Linux groups are having a party 1pm to 4pm Sunday the 14th, at Texas Coworking, which is over BD Riley's near the Driskill.