Hi everyone, I was cruising around looking for a hacker oriented club or group in Rochester, NY or Western NY and didn't find anything... so I made a meetup group. We'll be tentatively meeting on either the RIT campus (if I can swing it) or the Penfield Panera (Panorama Plaza). I've got a Scala presentation/workshop planned, but I'm more than open to anything else anyone would want to share. Thanks for getting the word out.
Im a student at the UofR and would love to attend, unfortunately I fly back the 28th! If you guys host a meetup next month, I'll definitely try to make it.
Yeah, I saw that... I think I met a handful of members at the most recent RIT Barcamp. Awesome guys, but I wanted to test the waters for interest in a group that's language and platform agnostic and has the entrepreneur/startup angle.
I'm leaving RIT/ROC this upcoming Sunday! I would have loved to attend. I know a few HN readers that would surely like to drop by. I'll spread the word.
This a shameful plug, but for those who are associated with the RIT community--or have a desire to be--the RIT Student Maker Club is starting up again this fall: http://www.makeclub.org/ . Make Club is a young group, but it is trying to mix aspects of Make magazine, dorkbot, barcamp, and a hackerspace workshop.
This upcoming quarter we will have meetings in the "Center for Student Innovation," at the RIT campus on Fridays from 7-9PM. Members of the RIT community and respectful outsiders are welcome.
Beginning this quarter, we will align ourselves to support the Rochester-area bicycling and lightweight vehicle ecology. (See a clickable mindmap from RIT professor Jon Schull here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/602488/RochesterBikeEcology.pdf#t... ) Plans are in motion for radical new vehicle designs, electronic instrumentation to track efficiency, and good ol' DIY projects (LED headlights, etc.).
