Re: Why meetup
Re: Why meetup
- Subject: Re: Why meetup
- From: Arturo Pérez <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:22:44 -0400
Someone asked why bother doing a meetup with a few local developers
rather than continuing on this mailing list.
Also, if the idea is to meet WO developers then to do it at WWDC where
we'll meet hundreds rather than the
paltry two or three locally.
I guess I never explained what the http://webobjects.meetup.com was
about. I'd forgotten that in this time crunched
world I'd have to convince people to hit the site. Let me sum it up.
It's a way to arrange to meet, in the real world, other people with
similar interests. You arrange a venue
(such as a local coffeshop or pub) and you meetup there once a month to
BS about your common interest. There are
meetups for all kinds of things. My POV is that it seemed a nice
mechanism to find out where WO people are
in the world and a chance to actually meet some.
Meetup is not really any sort of discussion board. This mailing list
is great fun and amazing source of
information. But it just isn't the same as setting across a table from
Chuck and having a pint (or latte). (Unfortunately, even with meetup I
won't be so lucky judging from where he is). Heck! we might even manage
to talk about something besides WO in a pleasant environment.
As to the other point: I would love to meet up with people on a more
ongoing basis than a conference once
a year 3,000 miles away at the cost of close to $3,000. I might be
able to do it monthly at the local
bookstore for the cost of a pint or latte.
In sum, it's a mechanism for finding people who are within commuting
distance that might be interesting
to meet with. It's more like the bulletin board in the public library
that has a sign:
WebObjects developers unite! Coffee every tuesday at the Y.
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WebObjects in Philadelphia. You want a cheesesteak with that?
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