There are so many requests for enhancements to Hacker News, I'd like to see them all consolidated into a "Hacker News Users Group Conference", just like commercial software vendors do, but with a few differences:
Commercial Software Vendor User Group Conference:
- in Las Vegas or New Orleans
- Monday thru Wednesday
- vendor presents infomercials disguised as "flights"
- users decide list of enhancements needed to package
- vendor says yes and puts them on enhancement schedule
- enhancements never get done anyway
- everyone gets drunk and gambles or plays golf
Hacker News User Group Conference:
- in Mountain View
- on a Saturday
- users get to meet and associate faces with names
- users network and share what they're working on
- users present list of hn enhancements to pg
- pg says no there isn't time
- users get to see Trevor's latest robot
- everyone gets drunk and discusses their favorite algorithm
I think that's half the purpose served by Startup School ;)
HN users are more likely to meet up given an excuse.
Conferences are normally centered around a series of core speakers- That's what Startup School is all about. The only problem is that it's dramatically limited in attendance.
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There are so many requests for enhancements to Hacker News, I'd like to see them all consolidated into a "Hacker News Users Group Conference", just like commercial software vendors do, but with a few differences:
Commercial Software Vendor User Group Conference:
Hacker News User Group Conference:I think that's half the purpose served by Startup School ;)
HN users are more likely to meet up given an excuse.
Conferences are normally centered around a series of core speakers- That's what Startup School is all about. The only problem is that it's dramatically limited in attendance.