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Starting is easy. Finishing is hard. Finish something at Finish Weekend.
- darrennix 15y agoI think this is a great concept. I've half-started at least a dozen projects that never made it off localhost. I want to finish some of the better ones if only to stick them up on Github and a Hostgator account as a living portfolio.
- timjahn 15y agoCool idea. Curious, how will it be different than Startup Weekend? How will you concentrate more on the finishing aspect of projects? Also, love that you're doing this in Holland! Great little town.
- abbasmehdi 15y agoStartup weekend encourages new ideas, this focuses more on projects that you had started at some point in time and had just abandoned.
- bryckbost 15y agoYou nailed it! You could consider it a hackfest with an emphasis on finishing something you've been meaning to get around to, just haven't had the time.
- colinyoung 15y agoThis is really cool. I'd suggest, though, that the creators of the site give more info about the venue and the people that'll be there- I live in Chicago, so it would be really easy to head there. I could probably drag a bunch of people with me, but I know they'd want more info. Totally exciting though, and I like the choice of place.
- mvolz 15y agoI signed up since I'm a little closer (A2) but I agree. Most likely the organizers are trying to gauge how much interest there is before committing to a place. You could easily end up with a venue that's too small or too big.
- bryckbost 15y agoThanks for the feedback. We'll be sure to get more info regarding the venue and location soon. If you're in Chicago, come on over!
- inuhj 15y agoI would definitely make it to one as well.
- Mizza 15y agoI love the idea! But no project is ever finished - only abandoned.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoI love this idea; I hope to see it spread to other locales as well. Anyone for a Finish Weekend Portland?
- sbirarda 15y agoWish this was closer to me (SF). Nice to see Twitter bootstrap in use!
- illdave 15y agoI had to double check to see it was Bootstrap, looks great.
- aba_sababa 15y agoThe signup button gives it away...
- MikeGrace 15y agoCool! Maybe we can get something like this is Austin. Love the idea of focusing on launching and getting it out there. Too many of my projects die in my head and half way through.
- dkrich 15y agoGreat idea. Wish I was still in Ann Arbor.
- bomatson 15y agoLikewise :/
- moizsyed 15y agoA product is never finished, only shipped. It should be called Ship Weekend
- bryckbost 15y agoVery true, but then we wouldn't be able to transition to a vacation site for weekend getaways in Finland if things go south…
- angelbob 15y agoSadly, only for people with bad spelling - I think "Finnish" has two N's :-)
- sliverstorm 15y agoJust claim at the last minute that the domain name and all the press releases were spelled by an idiot, and you just noticed his mistake
- mrspandex 15y agoBut you could always book cruises!
- moizsyed 15y agoIts still a good idea coming from a good place, good luck! And do it in SF Bay Area sometime!
- BerislavLopac 15y agoWell, once you're in Finland, things can pretty much only go south... ;)
- cellis 15y agoLaunch weekend. Has the whole rocket trajectory thing going for it.
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- cfinger 15y agoHaha, Awesome. This is great, we need one in SF now.
- themanr 15y agoIt would be nice to have an online version somehow. Maybe a HN thread or start a reddit?
- nbroyal 15y agoAnyone up for organizing one out here in the Bay Area for the same weekend (or the near future, if Nov. 12th is too last minute)? I have an iPhone app I've been trying to finish for a while now, but real life keeps getting in the way. This would be the perfect final push to get it over the goal line.
- jessedhillon 15y agoI would like to put something together but I'm not sure I've got the resources to pull it off myself. If anyone else can help, please contact me -- my email address is in my profile.
- athst 15y agoI imagine this would attract a lot better audience than Startup Weekend, because it implies that you actually were able to get something started on your own.
- johns 15y agoHow do we get in touch to sponsor? Or feel free to get in touch. jsheehan@twilio.com
- bryckbost 15y agoI'll be getting in touch shortly.
- Raphael 15y agoYeah, maybe you can finish load testing your server. (Sorry.)
- armandososa 15y agoI had a similar idea. I called it a launchaton (contrast with hackaton) but thought of it more like a virtual event (I'm not in Sillicon Valley) but never got to really execute it.
- ubi 15y agonot sure if trolling.
- armandososa 15y agowhy? Is my english that bad?
- luke_s 15y agoNo, no, you English is fine. However, its highly ironic that you never managed to finish and launch your event. An event who's entire purpose is to help people finish and launch things ...
- joe_bloggs 15y agoits like rain on your wedding day
- jacobolus 15y ago> you English is fine Speaking of ironies, a sort of reverse-Muphry here?
- skeptical 15y agoThis is great, I have a couple of projects that would need a push. I get bored when things evolve into something that requires knowledge areas that 1)I do not master and 2) have no proper/comprehensive docs I can resource to. Hope the idea catches on, would sure love to see something like this in europe.
- adambrochill 15y agoI can host one of these in LA the same weekend if people are interested. Email's in profile.
- doorty 15y agoIt should be called Launch Weekend, and if it was in San Francisco I'd be there.
- codabrink 15y agoWow, this is right in my area. I'm definitely going!
- alecco 15y agoLooks cool but who is going to do the work? Is this advice only? Are attendants expected to work on each other's project?
- Step 15y agoGreat idea. Hope you share how it turns out. Now I'd like to do something similar in Atlanta...
- subpixel 15y agoI totally love that this is happening in a small midwestern city I've never heard of before and it already has about 100 RSVPs. I'm impressed - and if that sounds condescending it's b/c I've written this poorly. I think it's damn cool.
- ktsmith 15y agoIt seems a lot of smaller towns with local Universities or Colleges have more activity than one might expect. Slashdot came out of Holland, MI while Rob Malda and Jeff Bates were attending Hope College.
- seancron 15y agoThis reminds me of "Launch an App Month" last November (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1773398 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1773398). Here's the Facebook group that was formed for those who are interested: https://www.facebook.com/groups/launchinnov/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/launchinnov/
- kqueue 15y agoThat's why you should start from the finish line and move backwards.
- nedwin 15y agoNice use of Twitter's Bootstrap :)
- marmich 15y agoGreat idea! I'm going to be with you mentally but do the work at home, Europe.
- thomasfl 15y agoHyvää Suomi viikonloppuna.
- bschlinker 15y agoLooks like on the "people" page, someone was attempting to see if the Register input is sanitized? There is one name which appears to include some scripting..?