I enjoyed some of the conversations at the last Cambridge (MA) meetup, particularly towards the end, but I will be in California for the next couple of Cambridge meetups (though I hope to meet some of the LW community there).

I spend a lot of my time sitting and working on my laptop; there is nothing particularly important about where I'm sitting, and being in an unfamiliar environment seems to make me more productive if anything.

Putting two and two together: I'm going to commit to being at Cosi's in Kendall square between 1pm and 3pm on May 22. Feel free to come by and talk; I'll stay longer if there is interesting conversation. If no one shows up, nothing lost.

I feel like it should be possible to share this sort of information (not just here, but in general) without adding formality. For example, the act of posting such an event to meetup.com feels like it adds some unwarranted legitimacy / officialness: no one showing up would feel like a loss, and it would feel like undermining the regular meetups. On the other hand, though I'm more comfortable posting to LW discussion, posting it here inconveniences more people than it should. Deliberating at length doesn't seem worth it, so I'll just ask: what would others do?