I had a good experience at the devHouse Boston event last weekend, which was my first time at one of these events. It was ~30 people in the Boston area that got together on different 1-day projects. There were a lot of different skillsets in the room, and it was great to immediately get the feedback of more experienced people when problems came up. More personally, I now have a better understanding of skills I need to further develop to be a web app hacker. I also spoke with a couple hackers that I may work with later.
"... While generation Y swaps physical social meetings for the convenience of Web 2.0 networking, what do the Web 2.0 developers do to keep in touch with each other? ... it seems that every 6th Saturday or so dozens of young software developers flock to a small mansion somewhere in SV to share technical tips, collaborate on the coding of pet projects & knock back a few beers while debating the data models underlying their virtual creations ... dubbed SuperHappyDevHouse & it has lured rank & file employees of Google, Oracle & and as yet nameless entrepreneurial endevours. ... they're trying to 'resurrect the spirit of the Homebrew Computer Club ..."
Today was pretty much wiped out for me today, waiting in cue at a hospital. So I got plenty of time to read the local IT News. Came across the description above. Anyone been there & care to highlight their experiences?
If you're in the Boston area, I may help organize a monthly devHouse event, depending on the level of interest. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30824