Kyle R. Burton on 28 Aug 2010 07:15:21 -0700 |
> I agree with Alan, Kyle, you are definitely NOT polluting. Great to hear, but I see a lack of technical discussion on this list. It is about general 'fp', has been, is and will continue to be an exciting source of talks and interesting people. I see the PHASE group as a great example of what I'd like to see - a group that encourages regular discussion and pushing the community to gain expertise in a specific technology. I personally want to be able to interact with more Clojure developers than the one person who I work currently with. Philly lambda could have easily just been a part of one of the other groups in the area (plug, pug, philly.rb, the jug), but the focus would have been different - I want something focused on and that encourages Clojure. I've made it into the city a few times for lunch the past few months and its 3+hrs round trip, so I can't do this very often in the city - I need to explore working from down there some where, so if someone has space where 2 devs w/laptops could park themselves after the meeting I could much more easily do mid-day meetings in the city (and follow on events in the evenings). >> Unless other folks here disagree strongly, please keep this type of >> thing on philly-lambda. We're not so overwhelmed with volume here, and >> I'd hate to see further fracturing of the community. > > Overwhelmed with volume? I would love that on Philly Lambda, but I don't > think it's happening right now. Yes, I don't know the reason for the low technical discussion here, there just isn't much. A more focused list is an experiment, if it turns out to work, I'm sure things will end up back here...I'd still like to try out my hypothesis :) > Kyle, thanks for putting this together. Maybe we need something like > this for the city since I > can't make it to lunch in the burbs :) Aaron, you're really the one who we should all be thanking, you really made something of the group taking over the reigns early. You managed to get me out of a company where I'd been too comfortable for too long and introduced me to a lot of spectacular people. I'd love it if there were lots of activity - center city, western, whatever. I want more things to be able to attend and choose from. I just can't be at the ones in CC as easily as before now that I'm 11 miles west of you guys :( I want a strong and diverse technical community. I want to meet everyone and hear what they're doing, I want to learn from them. I think more will happen if I do more myself, so I'm trying it. Best Regards, Kyle -- Twitter: @kyleburton Blog: http://asymmetrical-view.com/ Fun: http://snapclean.me/
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