Comments for Polytechnic http://polytechnic.co.uk The personal brain dump of Garrett Coakley Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:06:34 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Herding cats at Oxford Geek Night by Matt http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/herding-cats-at-oxford-geek-night#comment-102 Matt Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:39:59 +0000 http://polytechnic.co.uk/?p=930#comment-102 Look forward to that. It's always good to have a sounding board and even better to have a speaker to listen and learn from - ideas, concepts, trends - it's all good. If I end up falling over in a field again, even better. Look forward to that.

It’s always good to have a sounding board and even better to have a speaker to listen and learn from — ideas, concepts, trends — it’s all good.

If I end up falling over in a field again, even better.

]]> Comment on Herding cats at Oxford Geek Night by garrettc http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/herding-cats-at-oxford-geek-night#comment-101 garrettc Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:16:06 +0000 http://polytechnic.co.uk/?p=930#comment-101 I told the crowd that was you, but you were all better now. You know me, always up for a chat about these things over a few bottles of red. There should be a video of the talk appearing at some point in the next few days and I'll link to that when it appears. I told the crowd that was you, but you were all better now.

You know me, always up for a chat about these things over a few bottles of red. There should be a video of the talk appearing at some point in the next few days and I’ll link to that when it appears.

]]> Comment on Herding cats at Oxford Geek Night by Matt http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2010/02/herding-cats-at-oxford-geek-night#comment-100 Matt Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:10:20 +0000 http://polytechnic.co.uk/?p=930#comment-100 My legs are in slide 5! Having been an active moderator on a number of game design related forums in the past, the slides make perfect sense. I've seen some nasty things happen, threads go up in flames, moderators turn on each other, entire swathes of forums suddenly removed due to petty squabbling and community members leave in their droves to 'competitor' sites. I would've liked to attend to hear the speech - when you next visit, I'd like to chat about it anyway, if Cathy lets me... ;) My legs are in slide 5!

Having been an active moderator on a number of game design related forums in the past, the slides make perfect sense. I’ve seen some nasty things happen, threads go up in flames, moderators turn on each other, entire swathes of forums suddenly removed due to petty squabbling and community members leave in their droves to ‘competitor’ sites.

I would’ve liked to attend to hear the speech — when you next visit, I’d like to chat about it anyway, if Cathy lets me… ;)

]]> Comment on Oxford Geek Night Drupal presentation by garrettc http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2007/02/oxford-geek-night-drupal-presentation#comment-83 garrettc Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:28:51 +0000 #comment-83 Slight misunderstanding there Peter, this entry was from February last year and the inaugural Geek Night which I spoke at. I haven't spoken at any recently (must get round to remedying that). Slight misunderstanding there Peter, this entry was from February last year and the inaugural Geek Night which I spoke at. I haven’t spoken at any recently (must get round to remedying that).

]]> Comment on What we look like from out there by Richard http://polytechnic.co.uk/blog/2008/07/what-we-look-like-from-out-there#comment-97 Richard Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-97 Being science boy and all, I loved this too. Being science boy and all, I loved this too.

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