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brown917y ago· 7 in thread

I'm pretty bummed on the lack of an NYC event (or greater Northeastern US for that matter).

teej17y ago

Amtrak trains go straight into Washington DC. People take the train down for events in this area all the time.

jaydub17y ago

Alternatively, you can grab the Bolt Bus, or others like it (https://www.boltbus.com/default.aspx). Cheaper and slower than Amtrak but apparently has decently usable wifi.

scorpion03217y ago

I'd ve loved it if it were also in India. Bangalore.

strider2417y ago

Its far more difficult to organize in a different country. I was surprised to see it being held in London.

PS. I live in Bangalore

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lisperforlife17y ago

I second that.

pbz17y ago

Washington is not close enough?

dantheman17y ago

Agreed, a NYC or Boston conference would be good.

intranation17y ago· 2 in thread

The official site is kinda light on details. I'm not sure I would pay $100 for that, at least not yet.

abossy17y ago

I would like to know who the speakers are first. I know, it's more important to meet fellow Stack Overflow folks, but I meet geeks all the time in the Bay Area. "Six great speakers in each city" could be anybody.

mhp17y ago

You can always get a full refund at any point in time. The London event is already half sold out and Joel announced it today (no post on blog.stackoverflow.com or carsonified.com yet either).

pclark17y ago· 2 in thread

swap Stack Overflow karma for Hacker News karma and I'm there (london).

petercooper17y ago

Ditto. I'd much rather go to a Hacker News event generally. Despite covering a wide range of topics, there's something a bit proprietary/Microsoft-y about Stack Overflow that I can't put my finger on. Besides, I much prefer the wider range of non-programming stuff HN covers :) Thumbs up for HN events!

gustavo_duarte17y ago

Seconded. Is there a list of local HN meetups anywhere? Or an informal process for announcing or setting one up?

addicttostress17y ago· 1 in thread

I must be alone in loving to work with people online but not so much in person. I don't think I could handle an event like that. I do love Stack Overflow, I'm happy it gained so many users.

xenophanes17y ago

If they sell out all 1,500 tickets it definitely doesn't make you alone in that preference...

dinkumthinkum17y ago· 1 in thread

um ok. Thanks for the heads up ... ... Kind of odd that Jeff Atwood is only going to one of the things isn't it?

stewiecat17y ago

He's got a newborn son now so he probably want to limit travel for the time being. Just a guess though.

Mongoose17y ago

I'm wondering how many people will wear the suggested identity t-shirts. As cool as wearing your internet identity on your chest is, I'd kinda rather go in regular clothes + a nametag.

bscofield17y ago

Hey, they totally stole our schtick! http://developer-day.com/

Though we're only doing one city at a time...

Raphomet17y ago

A conference I can afford! Aside from the celebrity wow, the $99 price tag caught my eye first.

(Not to say that more expensive conferences aren't worth every dollar, but when you're kind-of consulting/running a struggling software/on a ramen diet you have to count your pennies.)

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