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Announcing the 4th Hacker News Cologne Meetup

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We're trying out a new location tonight, guys! Many thanks to Christoph Plamper for suggesting it and Stefanie at http://www.facebook.com/solutionspace?sk=info for having us!

We should do one in Frankfurt... sadly its so hard to find out how many people from an area actually read HN.

Is it really so hard? :)

1. Select a platform (Facebook, Meetup, roll-your-own, etc) 2. Post call for participants all over the intarwebs 3. Measure reactions and find likeminded +1 doers 4. Meetup 5. Profit (as in sharing of ideas, experiences, networking and general good times)

It's not hard. Someone just needs to DO IT! :)

Oh, and I don't mean that how it probably sounded: DO get in touch and let us know how we can help in any way making a FRA HN meetup happen! We'd love to help any way we can!

Why Cologne and not Berlin?

The easy answer is that we're not in Berlin but in Cologne. It's not a zero sum game. If there's no HN Meetup in Berlin, I guess someone should get off the lazy train and just found one. We did in Cologne. We think it's the most awesome town for startups in Europe. Then again, most people of Cologne think it's the most awesome town for just about anything! :)

Totally OT, I suppose, but I have friends in Cologne and always (if very infrequently, these days) enjoy visiting them.

I haven't been in a decade, and I hear things keep changing, but in Cologne I've always felt I could just relax. "Livable", I guess.

Hanging out on the "wrong bank" of the Rhein and having the sheep graze by you is just a bonus. ;-)

Perhaps a bit more on topic, I occasionally note one or another tech / programming shop that has its offices in Cologne. Not infrequently, they look pretty good / sharp.

Cologne is the EU underdog startup hub! We have a lot of great startups here and a up-and-coming friendly scene! Just check out the awesome European Pirate Summit from Cologne http://piratesummit.com/ for confirmation! Death to the copycats! Long live the pirates!

Let live and let live is a famous Cologne proverb. There's a lot to it! I love it here. :)

Well, now you are going to make me get out my BAP albums. ;-)

Kölle Alaaf! :)

Cool. I'll be there :)

Awesome! :)

can I get a ride from Dresden?

I guess you won't be able to make it on time if you do get a ride. :( We promise to announce the next meetup more in advance! Sorry about the short notice this time!

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