Interesting Baltimore Things

Bike Stuff

http://bikebmore.com/ | http://www.facebook.com/BikeBmore : bike bmore, a 20-or-so mile ride starting in Fells Point and ending at a farmers market near the south end of 83. Relaxed pace.

http://www.velocipedebikeproject.org/ : non-profit bike collective, they accept donations and sell bikes cheap. about a block from the Node.

http://www.baltimorebicycleworks.com/ : for-profit worker owned bike shop. Across the street and down the hill from Node.

http://twenty20cycling.com/ : A new bike shop in Hampden. Seem like good chaps.

http://bmorefixed.blogspot.com/ : obvious.

http://skateparkofbaltimore.com/ : group trying to build a concrete skatepark in Hampden.

http://www.shopgentei.com/ : style and culture.

http://www.baltimorespokes.org/ : local bike blog. usually catches bike related events as they come up.

http://www.mtwashingtonbikes.com/ : Joe's Bike Shop, a bike shop on North Falls ave.

http://nbbb.wordpress.com/ : NORTH BALTIMORE BIKE BRIGADE, a blog.

Tech Stuff

http://davetroy.com/ : Dave Troy. This is the dude to know if you're into the whole startup thing. He started: http://beehivebaltimore.org/, http://tedxmidatlantic.com/, http://barcamp.org/SocialDevCampEast, http://angelsoft.net/angel-group/baltimore-angels, http://twittervision.com/ and a handful of companies, plus he has a decent blog, . Successful, geek, thinker, friendly. He comes on the Bike Bmore rides.

http://bmoreonrails.org/ : Even if you're not a rails programmer, this is a good group of folks. Monthly presentations, open source hack nights, and pub nights. Social geeks, and all over the map as far as web technology goes.

baltimore node : duh

http://innovatebaltimore.com/ : monthly social event, good chance to meet people. startups and established companies; web, IT, and video games (Baltimore is the fourth or fifth largest hot spot for video game companies); hobbyists and people-associated-with-tech. Lots of hand shaking and card exchanging, but also lots of younger folks just getting started (less cynical, more idealistic).

http://beehivebaltimore.org/ : the local tech coworking space. A good group of freelancers and assorted folks. Trends towards programmers and designers. The nexus for a lot of meetups and events.

http://digitalmedia.jhu.edu/ : JHU digital media center (DMC). Directed at JHU students but they have a few interesting electro-artists on staff. Collaboration potential.

http://thestartupdigest.com/ : a weekly email newsletter of tech events. curated by Dave Troy. Only started a couple months ago.