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

[David Edwards]

I actually tried to start a discussion about strtotime() on New Year's
Eve, but the message I posted to phpwm at mailman.lug.org.uk never
appeared on the list. I guess the filter thought my rant/question was
inappropriate as holiday discussion material?

--
Dave

On 08/01/2008, Phil Beynon <phil at infolinkelectronics.co.uk> wrote:
> 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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