Technologists do exist in Washington D.C. Initially, we thought we were alone in D.C., like Y: the Last Man (not as dire, but with the same sense of self-importance). Whenever we would meet with media companies, I would have to explain the “long tail” for the fortieth time. The Washington Post reports on the growing web startup scene in D.C. though. Well, for the past two months, I have been going to Refresh DC, where I have made great friendships with many people in the D.C. technology community. It wasn’t one of those events where everyone is a PR/Marketing/Sales/non-technical person who wants to ride on the brilliance of people who make products (the no-talents like me, although I am recovering). Indeed, (I still somewhat cannot believe it)… there were actually people who could create cool stuff (like us!). Some of these cool people include: Referring to the Washington Post article, where are Qloud, Freewebs, andHungry Machine folks? Where is CollectiveX, which debuted on TechCrunch? We do see others (both VC-backed and bootstrapped) at these get-togethers, but it’s no wonder that most people, as Paul Graham says, move to a start up hub, especially since those network effects don’t occur as much inside the beltway. So, come on big guys (the other ones), host something or at the very least, show us that you tried. It helps little start ups (like mine) know that we aren’t completely in the wrong city.