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

[Phil Beynon]

The noticeable thing with this list, compared with others I've participated
in, is the number of people who will emerge when a topic is "running" but
for some reason will not actually start a new topic themselves, apparently
under any circumstances!

Is this a PHP thing, an industry thing, a midlands thing....... have we all
gone shy?........who knows!
But I wonder how many people are signing up to the list, not getting a post
in a few days, maybe a week sometimes, and quietly moving on - assuming the
list is dead.

Do we have any stats on signups / cancellations David?

Even the friday afternoon silly posts seem to have dried up recently - are
we all really banging out code that much that we can't have a bit of a
laugh!

Oh and whilst I'm thinking about it - turned out the local car shop had some
of those oddball bulbs for my Jeep - well hidden away though! :-)

Regards,

Phil Beynon
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> 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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