Hacker News London meetup, Wednesday 10th July

Same here. Made me feel like I was speed dating. And overhearing conversations was interesting too - first participant a pushing an idea, completely ignoring the other, who was pushing an idea, completely ignoring the first participant's idea. Like high-speed trains passing each other at 200mph.

Yeah, networking at HN is very much "butt into the conversation or you're not talking to anyone"—but I find that's the case with most networking.

Vim London (another example) has some quick talks and then we head to the pub, where networking is a lot more viable.

Good point. I was contemplating doing exactly that already.

Consider it done.

There is always people bingo. Might make an app for that

I'd add my agreement to this point as well. I'd have one less talk on the night (which can stretch a bit long, I think I've left early a couple of times), and more time for mingling and networking.

Well that's not really on. Come find me at this event and I'll introduce you to a bunch of folk.

All sounds good then! The timing works so this should my first HN meetup. Plus the booze inflation up north has reached such a point now where I no longer faint at the price of a pint in London.

type safety in numbers :-)