Comments on: The Value of a Technical Community http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/ What would OJ do? Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: OJ http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 OJ Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:44:55 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1413 <p>@Dan: Very well said :)</p> @Dan: Very well said :)

]]> By: Dan http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1412 Dan Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:13:07 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1412 I have no experience with the communities that you allude to in your post OJ, but I do have a fair amount of experience with the Flash community - and i'm trying hard to remember ever being in a situation like that. I'm sure there is a lot of hot air around, but gladly I haven't had the pleasure of wandering into it! Anyway, something my father used to say is most appropriate in this debate : "Only speak if you can improve the silence."   I have no experience with the communities that you allude to in your post OJ, but I do have a fair amount of experience with the Flash community – and i’m trying hard to remember ever being in a situation like that. I’m sure there is a lot of hot air around, but gladly I haven’t had the pleasure of wandering into it!
Anyway, something my father used to say is most appropriate in this debate : “Only speak if you can improve the silence.”
 

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1410 OJ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:54:09 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1410 <p>@Kevin: Thanks for the pointer! I'll be sure to check out the mailing list. No doubt there are great individuals out there who do know a lot of stuff and are happy to help out. It's a shame that the IRC option has been almost ruined.</p> <p>It hasn't left me sour or bitter at the community at all :) But I think others out there who may yet experience the same thing might not see past it. That's the same :(</p> <p>Thanks for the comment :)</p> @Kevin: Thanks for the pointer! I’ll be sure to check out the mailing list. No doubt there are great individuals out there who do know a lot of stuff and are happy to help out. It’s a shame that the IRC option has been almost ruined.

It hasn’t left me sour or bitter at the community at all :) But I think others out there who may yet experience the same thing might not see past it. That’s the same :(

Thanks for the comment :)

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1409 OJ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:52:09 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1409 <p>@Snagy: For the most part that's true. StackOverflow is a fantastic resource but it doesn't beat real-time comms. IRC still has its place. Got to either of the suggested channels and you'll see some fantastic conversation. It's a great place to learn.</p> @Snagy: For the most part that’s true. StackOverflow is a fantastic resource but it doesn’t beat real-time comms. IRC still has its place. Got to either of the suggested channels and you’ll see some fantastic conversation. It’s a great place to learn.

]]> By: OJ http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1408 OJ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:50:00 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1408 <p>@Bryce: Thanks mate. I think you're right, but it doesn't make sense. You build technology to get people to use it. If you want people to use it, they have to learn it. If they have to learn it, then you always start by teaching n00bs.</p> <p>Go figure :)</p> @Bryce: Thanks mate. I think you’re right, but it doesn’t make sense. You build technology to get people to use it. If you want people to use it, they have to learn it. If they have to learn it, then you always start by teaching n00bs.

Go figure :)

]]> By: Kevin Smith http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1407 Kevin Smith Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:49:56 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1407 I know the channel-which-shall-not-be-named and I hope it doesn't leave a bad impression about the overall community. I've found the community to be as open and helpful as Haskell's. The trick is to look in the right place. In this case, it's the mailing list and not the IRC channel. Unfortunately, the IRC channel is either silent or an arena for the asinine ravings from people who need to get out more often. I know the channel-which-shall-not-be-named and I hope it doesn’t leave a bad impression about the overall community. I’ve found the community to be as open and helpful as Haskell’s. The trick is to look in the right place. In this case, it’s the mailing list and not the IRC channel. Unfortunately, the IRC channel is either silent or an arena for the asinine ravings from people who need to get out more often.

]]> By: Steven Nagy http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1406 Steven Nagy Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:47:42 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1406 Lets face it, StackOverflow solves all problems. IRC is so 20th century. Lets face it, StackOverflow solves all problems. IRC is so 20th century.

]]> By: Bryce http://buffered.io/2009/07/29/the-value-of-a-technical-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1405 Bryce Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:39:13 +0000 http://buffered.io/?p=737#comment-1405 Very well put OJ. However, I think there might be some kind of  "noob stigma" that some (immature) people just can't get past. These are probably the same people that play online games and when they loose the match they berate their teammates instead of trying to educate them. Very well put OJ. However, I think there might be some kind of  “noob stigma” that some (immature) people just can’t get past. These are probably the same people that play online games and when they loose the match they berate their teammates instead of trying to educate them.

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