Meeting fellow Developers, Techies and Coders in the local area but outside work can be cumbersome. We can learn from each other, do some interesting projects, recruit, get recruited or at the very least have a seriously geeky conversation with others who actually understand what we're saying! We, coders/hackers, are a special group of people. We're creative, smart and best of all, we generally love what we do and are in the unique position to influence our world in ways previously unfathomable. …