we're trying really hard here to get people to come out and build who haven't attended any of the more "social" startup events in DC and Baltimore. All are welcome!
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 live.
I'm a Python programmer near Baltimore. Where is the user group in the suburbs? I might join a Baltimore user group especially if it met on weekends. Weeknights are tough for me.
I don't know about Baltimore Pythonistas, but there are plenty in DC. We have a meetup the first Tuesday of every month. It's a little far from Baltimore, but we have some speakers that, IMO, is worth the trip.
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/
tvon, if you live in Mount Vernon, you should try and check out http://www.twitter.com/CoworkCharles as well. It's a bunch of techies getting together to cowork at coffeeshops with free wifi along Charles Street, happens about once a week.
Follow @CoworkCharles on Twitter - there is a group that coworks at least once a week. We meet up at Bohemian Coffee House, Koffee Therapy, Caribou Coffee, and last night on the way back from a Baltimore startup happy hour we were talking about City Cafe as we passed by it so probably there next. We had two python guys, several Ruby on Rails guys and a PHP guy there the last time.
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 :)
I would find interesting something related. Creating a platform for defining the next stage of an idea and how to code it in software. A collaborative remote project.
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.
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
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.
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[ 3.9 ms ] story [ 105 ms ] threadAlso, a list of hackathons that you could probably add to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon
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 live.
http://meetup.zpugdc.org/
Working remotely, I also spend a few hours at City Cafe most days if anyone just wants to sit with another coder while working...
The more the merrier!
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 :)
Also there's an ideas wiki at http://baltimorehackathon.pbworks.com/w/page/Heres-my-idea ... it's pretty sparse right now but maybe people will throw some ideas up there.
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
But I'd definitely come to the next one. I hope it's a huge success so there will be more in the future.