Google Fiber-Wired Hacker House Hits Airbnb

[johndavidback]

> G Fiber gigabit internet (AirBnb won't let me spell the word here - rhymes with oogle fiber)

Why is that?

[sondh]

Last time I used AirBnb, their system (posting, messaging, etc.) censored all instance of Google (case insensitive). At first I thought they just block all links but after some trials, even the word itself is censored.

[himlion]

I guess they don't want you to mention external listings, like: "Search on Google for 'appartment name'";

[Buzaga]

I'll probably get a downvote for this but:

I loled.

[LALLI]

The hacker community being built in Kansas City is truly remarkable. It's a great place to ignite new ideas and reform old ones! Nothing compares to midwest community.

[jmathai]

I'm visiting Cincinnati for 2 months (I grew up here before moving to SV 5 years ago).

I am visiting some of the startups and related services and while visiting at one named the Brandery the person I was talking to said "you know how it is in Cincinnati, everyone wants to help".

And I thought to myself, really? Then I realized. In Cincinnati, and probably the midwest as a whole, people do generally have more a sense of community and are more forward about "helping".

But this doesn't apply to business or startup ventures. They'll help you pick up groceries that you dropped or hold doors open for you. But when it comes to providing support for someone that's doing an entrepreneurial venture it's almost non existent.

The support is there at first, but when things get really tough the fact of the matter is most people haven't gone through that and can't relate.

It's frustrating as I believe we'll eventually end up back here to be close to my wife's family.

I talk to a lot of people here who speak of it being a great place for technology entrepreneurship. I'm just not seeing it. I really wish I did though.

[evandena]

I grew up in Michigan, and now live in Wisconsin. I've never considered Kansas City, or Missouri/Kansas as part of the Midwest.

Do most people in KC identify with the Midwest?

*Edit: Now that I think about it, I guess I've always kind of considered the Midwest to be the Great Lakes Region, and from the Dakotas on South to be the Plains (with Missouri being more in the South than anywhere else).

[tyena]

Could you say a bit more about this? I currently live in Nashville, TN and thinking of making the 10ish~ hour drive up.

[marshray]

My company (PhoneFactor) was founded here in KC. We were recently acquired by Microsoft.

I'm excited about moving to Seattle, but Google is making me feel a little bit like it's the wrong time to be moving away from KC. :-)

[illuminate]

http://seattle.gov/mayor/SeaFi/gigabit.htm

Good news for you!

[doppenhe]

congrats on the move... give a shout if you need any recommendations about Seattle (MSFT myself)

[davegill_ku]

I live in KC and did a Startup Weekend about a month ago. One of the guys on my team crashed at the Hacker House for the weekend and swore by it.

I believe one of the other teams all stayed there as well, and spent the nights hacking at their startup @ the hacker house. Heard nothing but good things.

[travelingman]

This is a great place. I have stayed and will stay again the next time I come to KC. Google fiber is Amazing!

[kreeger]

As I'm not terribly familiar with AirBnb and its terms, why won't it let the poster spell out "Google"?

[bogrollben]

yeah no idea why not but it specifically won't let you use the word google or Google Fiber anywhere. It switches the text to (website hidden) in the description and completely removes it from the title. So a description like this: "One of the first houses with Google Fiber!" becomes "One of the first houses with (website hidden)!"

FAIL

[agwa]

They should get some nice desks and chairs for the rooms - the desk and chair they show in the room photo look uncomfortable to use for serious amounts of work.

[bogrollben]

Yeah I posted the link. (shameless self plug) the desk in that room is admittedly pretty small, but we have better desk space for about 8 people to work at throughout the living room and side room (although the city will only let us have up to 5 ppl).

[kbob]

And take a new photo with the toilet seat down, for God's sake.

[Permit]

Wait, do you guys pay to live there as part of Homes for Hackers? Or is it free for you, and you're renting out the last room at a $1500/month profit?

[bogrollben]

The house is free for startups. We're putting the last room of the house on airbnb in an attempt to help pay the bills to let the everyone else stay there. We would need to rent out that room about 16 nights a month to break even. It's not realistic to expect anything as close as that, but every little bit helps.

If there's no demand on airbnb for the last room, we'll simply let another startup take it.

[imrehg]

It's actually $1423/NIGHT, or $9963/Week, or $43162/month...

If that's not a typo on their part, then it sounds freakin' expensive to me.

[cushman2002]

Has anyone mentioned the Ninja Turtle sheets that come with a rental? Nothing says Hacker like a night with Donatello!

[themarcus]

The energy is electric here in KC right now. The KCSV has stirred up quite the buzz. Finally, the old school nicknames of "cowtown" and "flyover" are being put to rest. Welcome to the 21st century frontier, y'all. Saddle up! Errr, make that Fiber Up! :)

[PropellerHead]

You've gotta try this! It's cute, quaint and it's got oogle high speed internet...for free! WOW.

[none_type]

I just saw a piece on the news about this, congrats! (btw, this is Sam B.)