SuperHappyDevHouse has a fantastic reputation for being an event that brings people together, educates them, networks them, and sends them out the other end with some work done and progress made.
It’s developer-focused. It’s geeky. It’s fun.
It’s awesome. The original SHDH in the Valley will be running its 31st event next week.
And look at all the other cities that have spun off their own:
Do you see something wrong with this list? Let’s look at it again:
Okay, fine. So we New Yorkers have our own sense of style. Maybe there’s some other sort of regular hackathon that takes place in NYC.
Let’s google “hackathon nyc”:
1. Flickr photos from a MT Hackathon in March 2007.
Hooray for two years ago!
2. Google App Engine hackathons.
Cool. But very specific, and run by Valley-based Google.
3. WorldCat Hackathon
Late 2008. Cooler… but still one-off and specific.
Do you see what I see? A big fat hole where an amazing, fantastic, startup-machine of an event should be.
New Work City seeks to cultivate these sorts of healthy community events: ones that combine social intereaction and collaboration with real productivity and economic growth.
It’s high time NYC got itself a SHDH of its own.
We’ve got the space covered. One of you needs to be the organizer.
Who’s in?
March 9th, 2009 at 12:06 am
you guys should align with Bre Pettis and http://www.nycresistor.com/...
jaithn
April 10th, 2009 at 11:25 am
i have longed for this for YEARS! i am so IN