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Oh cool, I didn't know that - thanks for clarifying. I'll update the post.

The original post is good reading for anyone who lives in a city with machine politics. e.g. pretty much everyone who lives in a city! http://davetroy.com/posts/a-new-leader-for-a-new-baltimore

Damon (plus the rest of that trilogy), Dune - those are two recent favorites off the top of my head

plus you get the ability to increase and decrease the block scope with ir / ar

thanks! We are also working on a Startup Weekend next year that this is intended to feed into...

do you know about the Beehive in Canton? It's a coworking space you might really like, lots of hackers work there remotely http://beehivebaltimore.org/

That's exactly why we're doing this :-)

sorry we will miss you -- this site is a good place to get connected: http://startupbaltimore.org/ Also check out our google group: http://groups.google.com/group/techinbaltimore?lnk=srg

ooh thanks, will add to that

We're adding ideas to this page: http://baltimorehackathon.pbworks.com/w/page/Heres-my-idea

yes! That's the main point of this. At opening ceremonies we will work to help people form teams. You don't even have to have an idea yet.

we're trying really hard here to get people to come out and build who haven't attended any of the more "social" startup events in DC and Baltimore. All are welcome!

That's good to hear. Where I was (both in the private sector and the public sector) we seem mired in managing the complexity of the tools, which prevented us from being creative in this way. Perhaps that's the real opportunity, making a new generation of tools that's easier to use (or figuring out how to better train people in these skills)

That's fair - I'm sure I am biased by my experiences working on this stuff in the DC/Baltimore area, but I still think my first point, about the danger of becoming merely a gatekeeper, applies widely across all those sectors.

I thought about putting the time limit in the title somehow but was looking to highlight the key info, you're right though, that would have been a better title

really glad you liked it! I was with Josh when he launched our product at Techcrunch50 in 2009 and I noticed that his storytelling put-the-focus-on-the-problem technique really helped us stand out from a lot of the other presenters who focused on the novelty of their solution (which often rang hollow with the judges)

We tried to go for a broad mix of tech, business, and philosophical/fun talks. Hope everyone from HN who's going to be in Baltimore that night comes out!