Hackfest for those of us west of the city

[Michael Breen]

I was wondering if anyone out there would be interested in a hackfest a little west of the city? I'm thinking in and around the Lexington/Concord area. I love hackfests but have a tough time making it into Cambridge on Tuesday nights.

Here's some ideas on this additional hackfest:

* never on a Tuesday night or 4th Wednesday of the month
* no presentations. just hacking, helping and hanging out
* rotate locations. I think I'd prefer local coffee shops/pubs over work places
* Waltham is as far east the hackfest will travel
* hoping that this can be part of the boston.rb family
* compliment, not compete, with boston.rb and the MetroWest Ruby meetup

Thoughts? Interested?

Thanks.
Mike

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[Dan Pickett]

I would be interested in something around Waltham. I am on the south
shore, but parking and traffic can make traveling into the city
inconvenient at times

[Matthew Krom]

I may attend every so often—even though I live in Cambridge and can jump on the red line to get downtown to the hackfests, I do like to get out to the Lexington/Concord area for a change (normally for something food-related, or just for a nice drive).

Matt

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[Randy Cole]

Parking in the eastern end of Cambridge at 7PM weeknights isn't too
bad. Even downtown boston, there are usually street spots in the
Financial District, at 7PM.

[Andy Gregorowicz]

I'd be up for it. I could do Concord, Lexington or Waltham.

~Andy

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 7:44 PM, Michael Breen <har...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Daniel Higginbotham]

I'd love to do this. Waltham would be best.

[Steve Morss]

I could do it. I'm in the Concord area.

Steve

[Ryan Angilly]

+1 Waltham. I'd go.

[Ronald Cotoni]

+1 for waltham as well.

[Tom Dyer]

+1 Waltham

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[Glenn]

I would definitely go to a Waltham hackfest.

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From: Tom Dyer <tdy...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 10:35:11 AM
Subject: Re: Hackfest for those of us west of the city

[Michael Breen]

Sounds like Waltham should be our first stop. Does anyone have a suggestion for a venue? I'm not all that familiar with Waltham.

[Dan Pickett]

Panera is probably decent - not super far off 95 and I heard it has this free service called wireless interweb or something...not sure what that's all about but it sounds good.

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[Ron Newman]

If you do it somewhere near Main & Moody streets in Waltham, then
people from the city can easily reach it via commuter rail (Fitchburg
Line) or bus (70, 70A, various express buses)

[Nick Quaranto]

If anyone is going through Brookline and wouldn't mind picking up a fellow Rubyist let me know :)

-Nick

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Ron Newman <rne...@thecia.net> wrote:

If you do it somewhere near Main & Moody streets in Waltham, then people from the city can easily reach it via commuter rail (Fitchburg Line) or bus (70, 70A, various express buses)

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[Andrew Kuklewicz]

Brookline!

Now _that_ is a location I would be all for.

Andrew Kuklewicz

[Ronald Cotoni]

Panera is a good place for meeting up since there is free wireless.
+1 for panera!

[Keith Erskine]

Might be possible to use IBM's facility in Waltham. They've got conference rooms with projectors for breakout sessions, and they like people using the space. 

If interested, I can make some calls

Keith Erskine
Padpaw, Inc.
tel: +1 978 566 9432

[Keith Erskine]

ps: free covered parking too =)

[Michael Breen]

Hey Keith,

Thanks for the offer but for the first few it might be a good idea to meet at a coffee shop/restaurant/pub. That way we don't have to worry about food and beverages. Anyone else have some thoughts on this?

[Michael Breen]

+1 on the Main & Moody streets location. But does anyone know of a spot that would be good for a hackfest? I've been to a couple restaurants on Moody street and I wouldn't say that they are "hackfest friendly".

On May 27, 2010, at 8:54 PM, Ron Newman wrote:

> If you do it somewhere near Main & Moody streets in Waltham, then people from the city can easily reach it via commuter rail (Fitchburg Line) or bus (70, 70A, various express buses)
>

[Pat Shaughnessy]

+1 Waltham - count me in also. I work in Waltham so this would be very convenient. So when is this happening??

Main & Moody streets have lots of restaurant/bar options, but no obvious venue for us comes to mind.

- pat

http://patshaughnessy.net

[Michael Breen]

Hey everyone,

So it sounds like Panera[1] is the winner. Now on to the really hard part: picking the day/time. I'd love to really shake things up and have a breakfast or lunch hackfest but I realize that won't work for most people. So how about Thursday the 17th at ??:?? am/pm (please feel to suggest day/time)?

Best,

Mike

[1] http://is.gd/cK08m

[Ryan Angilly]

7pm?

[Liana]

Panera sounds great. I'd love to meet up with ya'all but Tues/Thurs
are tough for me. Anyone up for a Wed or Fri at 7pm? -Liana

On Jun 10, 1:02 pm, Ryan Angilly <r...@angilly.com> wrote:
> 7pm?
>

> On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Michael Breen <hard...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hey everyone,
> > So it sounds like Panera[1] is the winner. Now on to the really hard part:
> > picking the day/time. I'd love to really shake things up and have a
> > breakfast or lunch hackfest but I realize that won't work for most people.
> > So how about Thursday the 17th at ??:?? am/pm (please feel to suggest
> > day/time)?
> > Best,
> > Mike
> > [1] http://is.gd/cK08m
> > On May 27, 2010, at 11:05 PM, Pat Shaughnessy wrote:
>
> > +1 Waltham - count me in also. I work in Waltham so this would be very
> > convenient. So when is this happening??
> > Main & Moody streets have lots of restaurant/bar options, but no obvious
> > venue for us comes to mind.
> > - pat
> >http://patshaughnessy.net
>
> > On May 27, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Nick Quaranto wrote:
>
> > If anyone is going through Brookline and wouldn't mind picking up a fellow
> > Rubyist let me know :)
> > -Nick
>

[Andy Gregorowicz]

I could do Thursday the 17th at 7pm.

~Andy

[Ronald Cotoni]

> http://groups.google.com/group/boston-rubygroup
I can do any of these times, just need a bit of notice!