Hackers And Founders In Boston
garetjax: Don't count out vc events / pitch meetings.  There are a lot of cool people ie hackers that attend them - I highly recommend going to the next Boston Web Innovators meetup - its March 10th http://www.webinnovatorsgroup.com/They usually have about 3 formal pitches and then before and after them people mingle and also check out "side dishes" of startups at tables around the room.