2025 update: building a community VibeSeattle to "co-curate the vibiest events and people in Seattle", with a secondary objective of "SF vibes in Seattle"! Join here:
Wanna trade unhinged takes or deep convos? DM me a short intro and specifically what you’re looking for @codercorgi on Messenger/IG/Discord.
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I tend to enjoy smaller activities with high levels of agency, aliveness, and serendipity.
*** = highest priority/interest currently
** = partially met / lower-pri
* = known/found, ask me!
Examples (highest interest first):
yapping with high-vibe, high-agency, high-openness people ***
especially in cozy settings like basement studios, bug-free gardens, and co-working spaces (vs bars and bookstores)
kickbacks/get-togethers of {ambitious ppl who want to change the world} *** (idk about informal groups but formal ones eg AGI/Genesis House, School 2.0, AI2, 1517, Thiel, Interact, Berkeley EA, etc)
get-togethers at people’s houses or co-living houses ** — especially more intimate gatherings of ~4-10 ppl (ex: Seattle TPOT weekly community dinners)
authentic relating potlucks, with activities at least as relational as We’re Not Really Strangers ** (compare: Decent Social Skills on meetup)
short live TED/lightning/impromptu talks or similar **
(recently found storytelling eg Ignite Seattle, TheMoth) (eg more casual than Toastmasters?)
Mastermind / coaching groups **
local maker spaces / mini hackathons ** (found some via geekwire, luma)
social deduction games (eg Secret Hitler, Blood on the Clocktower) * (found some meetups/friends)
cooperative, fast-paced games (eg Dead of Winter, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Magic Maze) * (found some meetups/friends)
[2025] Notable Fourth Spaces and Community Building
We have homes as first place, work as second place, public spaces as third place, and communities for meaning-making, as fourth place. — The SF Commons
Seattle Events Wishlist
2025 update: building a community VibeSeattle to "co-curate the vibiest events and people in Seattle", with a secondary objective of "SF vibes in Seattle"! Join here:
Luma: https://lu.ma/vibeseattle
Discord: https://dsc.gg/vibeseattle
WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/L7u0eHrvXMpEE4L1NS84iE
Wanna trade unhinged takes or deep convos? DM me a short intro and specifically what you’re looking for @codercorgi on Messenger/IG/Discord.
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I tend to enjoy smaller activities with high levels of agency, aliveness, and serendipity.
*** = highest priority/interest currently
** = partially met / lower-pri
* = known/found, ask me!
Examples (highest interest first):
yapping with high-vibe, high-agency, high-openness people ***
especially in cozy settings like basement studios, bug-free gardens, and co-working spaces (vs bars and bookstores)
kickbacks/get-togethers of {ambitious ppl who want to change the world} *** (idk about informal groups but formal ones eg AGI/Genesis House, School 2.0, AI2, 1517, Thiel, Interact, Berkeley EA, etc)
get-togethers at people’s houses or co-living houses ** — especially more intimate gatherings of ~4-10 ppl (ex: Seattle TPOT weekly community dinners)
authentic relating potlucks, with activities at least as relational as We’re Not Really Strangers ** (compare: Decent Social Skills on meetup)
short live TED/lightning/impromptu talks or similar **
(recently found storytelling eg Ignite Seattle, TheMoth) (eg more casual than Toastmasters?)
Mastermind / coaching groups **
local maker spaces / mini hackathons ** (found some via geekwire, luma)
social deduction games (eg Secret Hitler, Blood on the Clocktower) * (found some meetups/friends)
cooperative, fast-paced games (eg Dead of Winter, Betrayal at House on the Hill, Magic Maze) * (found some meetups/friends)
Model United Nations or similar **
trip-sitting (iykyk) ** (found eg groupmeditationevent.com)
low-overhead trail-running (less intense than https://www.facebook.com/groups/183643168344355) * (found CSRD!)
petting corgis, cuddling cats (excluding adoption shelters / cat cafes / etc) **
Feel free to comment your wishlist events here as well. Crowdsource!
moodboard
https://lu.ma/chrislakin
https://saturdays.rsvp/
https://twitter.com/WoahIsThatSteve/status/1781077074964369535
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[2025] Notable Fourth Spaces and Community Building
https://internet.dev/ — INTDEV at Pike Place, building a third space
saturdays @ UW — on hiatus?
SF Inspirations
The SF Commons — vibiest third space in SF, Luma link
Frontier Tower SF — 16-floor building hosting themed floors and the coolest events, like Robot Boxing and Knife Taser Fights
Mox SF — vibiest co-working space in SF
Build IRL — IRL community building org