Re: anyone going to startup weekend?

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote:

Hac_Ï was fun last year. I'm not sure I was clued in enough that my
contribution was all that helpful to the Haskell community, but I
learned alot.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Dan Mead <d.w.mead@gmail.com> wrote:
> you're better off playing blackjack at a casino
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> That's what I was afraid of. You pay $84 for that experience? No thanks.
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2012 3:58 PM, "Nicholas Canzoneri" <ac3522@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I've only been to one. I didn't like it at the time, but I also wasn't
>>> in the right frame of mind =P.
>>>
>>> I didn't go with a project in mind, so it felt a lot like getting
>>> swarmed by Wharton undergrads to get a free code monkey for the
>>> weekend. I went just expecting a hackathon type environment for 54
>>> hours but didn't want to be free labor for someone else's idea. If you
>>> go wanting to be on the ground stage of a product you want to work on
>>> for a while, I think it'd be great.
>>>
>>> Just my 2 cents =P
>>>
>>> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 15:21, Brian Donahue <brian@pigeonmoon.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> > I'm going this time, which will be my first. I've heard good things so
>>> > am
>>> > looking forward to it.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Apr 18, 2012, at 2:41 PM, Chris Baglieri <chris.baglieri@gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > I went to the first event, Aaron and I were on the same team, it was
>>> > good
>>> > fun and I second his observations.ÂThe second event earlier this year
>>> > was a
>>> > little better on the the diversity front, though still light on
>>> > designers.
>>> > For this weekend's event, I joined as a co-organizer.
>>> >
>>> > We focused heavily on addressing the diversity of attendees; the event
>>> > is
>>> > only as good as the mix of people who participate. I think we
>>> > accomplished
>>> > that.ÂBased on ticket sales, the general breakdown of attendees
>>> > follows: 40%
>>> > developer, 40% non-techs, 20% designers.
>>> >
>>> > Chris
>>> >
>>> > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Aaron Feng wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Dustin,
>>> >
>>> > "Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building
>>> > a web
>>> > or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business
>>> > over
>>> > the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with
>>> > different
>>> > skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and
>>> > business
>>> > people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around
>>> > them.
>>> > Location: Hamilton Hall, Uarts"
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > There's usually a shortage of designers, but with abundance of biz
>>> > (Wharton MBA).
>>> >
>>> > anyone go to this before? is it a good tech event, or is it a mediocre
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I went to the first one in Philly, and it was fun. This is no
>>> > hardcore tech event, but more about getting the idea out there.
>>> >
>>> > recruiter thing, or is it amateur hour, what sorts of people show up?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Lots of biz :) I hope it's more balanced this year.
>>> >
>>> > Aaron
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nick Canzoneri
>>> ac3522@gmail.com
>>> @ac3522
>
>

--
--Jim