[jimmyswimmy]

Is this a pretty software-oriented group? If there are people interested in hardware (saw a recent post here suggesting that YC is) I'd attend. Code is fun but not my forte, and knowing this area I would be the only HW guy around, surrounded by a sea of analysts.

[ap22213]

You may be interested in these DC/NOVA meetups:

HacDC http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/

NOVA Makers http://www.meetup.com/NOVA-Makers/

I haven't been to either, but have been meaning to get to one of the NOVA makers happy hours for a while.

[grumps]

What kind of HW are you into? I kind of left the HW world, for web.