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New comment by hugocast in "Why Catullus continues to seduce us"

hugocast — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:41:44 +0000

If you are curious what it sounds like

https://youtu.be/cLOh9byyl1k?feature=shared

New comment by hugocast in "Cats are (almost) liquid"

hugocast — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 16:27:13 +0000

Dog Yoga

New comment by hugocast in "Patagonia gave its staff 3 days to decide to relocate or quit"

hugocast — Sun, 30 Jun 2024 02:40:05 +0000

I moved cross-country in 2012 and got 12k to relocate. For. an. internship.

The times have changed for sure.

New comment by hugocast in "Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com alternative"

hugocast — Wed, 19 Jun 2024 20:09:21 +0000

Looks great!Thanks for putting this together.

For some reason, EDT is not available on the dropdown menu. But my browser displays EDT once I publish the event.

So in the meetup event I can set it to be 7:00pm - 9:30pm EST, but it displays as 8pm - 10:30pm EDT.

I switched it to be 6pm-8:30pm EST so it displays the time that I want, 7pm-9:30pm EDT.

Any chance you could add EDT on the dropdown menu? Thank you.

https://radius.to/groups/latinos-in-tech-orlando-meetup/even...

New comment by hugocast in "Show HN: Term Typer – Learn a language by typing"

hugocast — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:39:44 +0000

Really cool. Obrigado! I wish it had German. I signed up for notifications. Keep up the good work!

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:32:34 +0000

Sorry to hear that, but I understand. I host a meetup currently, and #1 is very true. I see myself as competing vs. staying at home, so I want to make sure each event I host is memorable. I re-started hosting in December '21, so I'll say that there is a subset of people that WFH that do crave social interaction and will make the special trip. I get 20-25 folks show up every month, so I know there are people out there.

#3 is hard, and I can relate. It took a lot of activation energy to start hosting and attending dinner parties with friends again, specially after just having Zoom meetups for a long time.

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:12:58 +0000

Bingo. Local organizers are so key.

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:12:25 +0000

Mine too. I used to co-host a "New in town" meetup and had a blast the whole time.

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:10:13 +0000

I second this. Coworking spaces or maker spaces are great if you are doing a show + tell metup. The one I host is more of a social one, so we can get away with meeting at pubs.

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 18:03:59 +0000

Personally, I wouldn't get on a car or the train for a slice of pizza, but I would to catch up with friends and talk shop :)

I wonder what individual-led meetups look like in your area. I host in person in a sprawly Southeast US city and get 20-25 folks showing up consistently. I find that if you offer value, people will show up.

New comment by hugocast in "Meetup has been acquired by Bending Spoons"

hugocast — Thu, 11 Jan 2024 17:52:40 +0000

I've been hosting meetups online and in person since 2014 and launched a new one that meets monthly in the Southeast US in 2021. It's grown from 5 people to 45. We usually get 20-25 people per meetup nowadays. In person.

I suggest you check out Eventbrite. Events with up to 25 tickets are free to publish. If you want to offer more tickets for an event, you can pay a one-time fee or sign up for the monthly subscription.

If you are just testing the waters for your meetup you could run it for free with less than 25 tickets and see if there is interest without putting any money down.

You would still need to promote the event where people you are targeting hang out. Social media, forums, town subreddits, etc