Urban Geek Drinks (UGD) is an informal gathering of people interested in technology and urban issues. There is no agenda and there are no speakers; just a group of like-minded, passionate, nerdy folks who gather over cocktails, sodas, and food to discuss what we're working on and scheme about what we might work on next. Bring a handful of business cards and your craziest / best ideas.

Please invite your friends and colleagues and feel free to blog, tweet, forward, or otherwise share this event with anyone you think would be interested. If at least 50 people RSVP, our gracious hosts at Villains will put out some free food. A list of everyone who has RSVP'd is at the bottom of this page. 

Please mark your calendars for May 2nd for the TWO YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF URBAN GEEK DRINKS!! There will be beer specials, snacks, and maybe some cool giveaways. Stay tuned...

For updates, follow us on Twitter: @urbangeekdrinks. 

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history:

In April 2010, with my wife and I expecting our first daugther in July, I wanted to figure out a way to continue networking with friends and colleagues over a cocktail after work, something I usually did three or four times a month. That pace wouldn't be sustainable once she arrived, so I went through the keyboard in Gmail, inviting whomever auto-completed on each letter and I thought might be interested. About 50 people were invited and 40 showed up - I quickly realized that Urban Geek Drinks was going to be something amazing. 

Since then, there have been meetups every month save two (we skip January), ranging from about 20 to well over 75 attendees. Until May 2011, the event was invite only, with an exposed invite list and no RSVP. On the one year anniversary, UGD evolved to its current form: hidden invitation list with an exposed RSVP. 

-justin massa
www.justinmassa.com
@justinmassa