Re: anyone going to startup weekend?

[Yuvi Masory <ymasory@gmail.com>]

Scalathon will be at Valley Forge Casino Resort this year. So you can
get your tech & food, and Dan can get blackjack too.

Yuvi



On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Dan Mead <d.w.mead@gmail.com> wrote:
> i've found hacphi to be pretty interesting, if not just for the talks
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> also free food
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> On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Jim Snavely <ludflu@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hac_φ 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. The 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. Based 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
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