1 12 2008-08-25T14:55:35-04:00 <p><a href="http://zedshaw.com">Zed Shaw</a>, creator of the server Mongrel, wrote a few days ago how bored he was of "tech meetups" in New York City, which had too many business people. His idea is to get Hackers meetup, with no business guys, just coders and also hardware hackers looking to create and build things.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://techentreprise.com/uploads/photos/0000/0141/picture_3.png?1219690525" height="370" alt="created on: 08/25/08" width="246" /></p> <p>The idea got on news.ycombinator and in reddit. I guess many engineers/programmers wanted this for a while, and as a result Zed Shaw create the <a href="http://freehackersunion.org">FreeHackersUnion</a> website, which he intends to start a movement, with a local group in every city. There are rules (like in Fight Club), with newcomers having to pass a "hacking" test and a presentation.</p> <p>Cool idea.&nbsp;There might be something to do in Montreal also</p> 0 5 2008-08-25T14:55:35-04:00 3 1 live 2008-08-25T14:55:35-04:00 <p><a href="http://zedshaw.com">Zed Shaw</a>, creator of the server Mongrel, wrote a few days ago how bored he was of "tech meetups" in New York City, which had too many business people. His idea is to get Hackers meetup, with no business guys, just coders and also hardware hackers looking to create and build things.&nbsp;</p> <p><img src="http://techentreprise.com/uploads/photos/0000/0141/picture_3.png?1219690525" border="0" alt="created on: 08/25/08" width="246" height="370" /></p> <p>The idea got on news.ycombinator and in reddit. I guess many engineers/programmers wanted this for a while, and as a result Zed Shaw create the <a href="http://freehackersunion.org">FreeHackersUnion</a> website, which he intends to start a movement, with a local group in every city. There are rules (like in Fight Club), with newcomers having to pass a "hacking" test and a presentation.</p> <p>Cool idea.&nbsp;There might be something to do in Montreal also</p> 2010-02-01T03:46:31-05:00 4 298