Building the scene in Baltimore
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Baltimore is a small town, but there are passionate people. The more I dig in, the more I run across small companies doing interesting work. I suppose more important than companies doing work (which happens everywhere), I'm finding people who are fired up to create software. Since that's what occupies most of my day, I know I'm in the right place for now.
One thing to like about the whole Refresh "movement" is that there's no end goal. From what I can tell, this is true of most semi-structured meetups and gatherings in the tech world. We have on the one hand people who want to share a passion for creating. They could be carpenters, writers, or quilters, the hobby doesn't matter. On the other hand you have geography defining where meetings can take place and how they must be scheduled to allow people access. The nature and quality of the people you are near will dictate the community that will grow. Guess I'm just trying to say Baltimore has good people, and I'm glad I got to meet some of them tonight.
Now we keep it up and see how far we can go.
1. Meetups with local entrepreneurs. They don’t have to be big, elaborate affairs. Never forget that the focus in the beginning should just be on getting everyone in the “same room.” Like any other sweeping change, everything begins at home.I just got back from the Refresh Bmore meeting and wanted to take a second to finally post a link to an article that caught my eye a few months ago.
Baltimore is a small town, but there are passionate people. The more I dig in, the more I run across small companies doing interesting work. I suppose more important than companies doing work (which happens everywhere), I'm finding people who are fired up to create software. Since that's what occupies most of my day, I know I'm in the right place for now.
One thing to like about the whole Refresh "movement" is that there's no end goal. From what I can tell, this is true of most semi-structured meetups and gatherings in the tech world. We have on the one hand people who want to share a passion for creating. They could be carpenters, writers, or quilters, the hobby doesn't matter. On the other hand you have geography defining where meetings can take place and how they must be scheduled to allow people access. The nature and quality of the people you are near will dictate the community that will grow. Guess I'm just trying to say Baltimore has good people, and I'm glad I got to meet some of them tonight.
Now we keep it up and see how far we can go.
