Re: FringePhilly

["Andrew Gwozdziewycz" <apgwoz@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Jonathan Tran <jonnytran@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Andrew Gwozdziewycz <apgwoz@gmail.com> wrote:
> No. You misunderstood what I meant by "consequences." You have say 10,000
> people in the Philadelphia area interested in computing of some form (I
> don't know if that's a realistic number or not). If you call the group
> FringePHL, the assumption at first glance will be that it's related to the
> Fringe Festival. Why? Because The Fringe Festival does a remarkable of
> branding.

You can't say that's necessarily the case.  It all depends on the
audience.  I've never heard of this Fringe Festival thing until just
now.  But being a computing geek, I know exactly what people are
talking about when they say "fringe", as in, the fringes of
development.

What's interesting is that I'd consider myself a computing geek and didn't make the same connection. I believe FringeDC uses it in the context of "unconventional." That said, it seems that Fringe is obviously not the best fit for a name (at least in Philadelphia). 3 different meanings seems too many.

 

Does the name currently
deter people who would potentially be good additions to the community?

Not if the community _is_ about functional programming. It does if you want to talk about top-stitching.
 

My personal impression is that lambdas don't scare smart people ;-)

Until last week, I would have said the same.

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