[Phpwm] [OT] intro, hello, etc.

[matt zb]

Cheers db. You're spot on, but ...

> a) Both Bristol and Brighton have a single, long established mailing list
> where the subscribers work in all facets of the industry and where
> everything from hardcore tech to random OT rants are aired. The signal to
> noise ratio is high, but that's fine.

Is there any reason why the Mids can't have one of these for themselves? All
that keeps underscore and BNM going is the volume of people on it. Are there
enough practitioners in the Mids to support it?

http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/mnmlist/ ?

> b) A large percentage of the attendees to any given geeky* meet-up/seminar
> can have a few beers and walk, cycle, bus home whereas "The West Midlands"
> covers a pretty huge area

Seriously, the amount of facetime compared to the amount of list chatter is
negligible. It is the mailing lists that keep it alive, not the beer.
Although the big conferences do help a lot too.

But if the New Media scene in the Mids was a bit more visible the
conferences might come to Brum too.


M


On 8/1/08 11:54, "Darren Beale" <public.darren.beale at siftware.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi Matt,
> 
>> So what are your thoughts on West Mids New Media as an entity? I was
>> really hoping that when I made a claim that it didn't exist I'd get shot
> down
>> in </flame>'s, but does my claim actually have some credence?
> 
> Whilst there's no doubt in my mind that the WM has its fair share of quality
> companies doing great things with the Interweb I'd agree that compared to
> Brighton or Bristol there's not such a broad community. I put it down to two
> things:
> 
> a) Both Bristol and Brighton have a single, long established mailing list
> where the subscribers work in all facets of the industry and where
> everything from hardcore tech to random OT rants are aired. The signal to
> noise ratio is high, but that's fine.
>  
> b) A large percentage of the attendees to any given geeky* meet-up/seminar
> can have a few beers and walk, cycle, bus home whereas "The West Midlands"
> covers a pretty huge area with most people having to drive up to an hour to
> attend a meeting which also tend to be in changing venues in order to be
> fair to the other geographically disparate members of the group. This
> doesn't stop those meetings happening but it does increase the barrier to
> entry somewhat.
> 
> As you mention in your post this list and The Multipack forum seem to be the
> best there is with The Multipack having a broader user base but discussion
> is tied to a website which, for me at least, is a real turnoff. They also
> seem to have their meetings on a Saturday which generally rules me out due
> to family commitments. Apparently the various LUGs are quite active as are
> the Birmingham perl bods, not that I've ever attended an event.
> 
> Interesting subject, thanks for posting.
> 
> Cheers
> 
> db
> 
> *design, frontend, backend, IA, usability, gamers, whatever
> 
> 
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