Comments on: What makes a tech community? http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/ me, myself and I Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Montgomery http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Michael Montgomery Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:29 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-790 The question begets the answer: What makes a tech community? Seems obvious to me: Technology. And community. "Fear not the technology." The question begets the answer: What makes a tech community?
Seems obvious to me: Technology. And community.

“Fear not the technology.”

]]> By: Michael Montgomery http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 Michael Montgomery Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:48:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-1249 The question begets the answer: What makes a tech community? Seems obvious to me: Technology. And community. "Fear not the technology." The question begets the answer: What makes a tech community?
Seems obvious to me: Technology. And community.

“Fear not the technology.”

]]> By: Blanca Stella Mejia http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-789 Blanca Stella Mejia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:48 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-789 As someone from the non geek side who has met a lot of tech people through the various social media events, I agree with all the previous comments. Maybe a good idea would be for Refresh Miami have a joint meeting with a group like Social Media Club South Florida every quarter or every 6 months to introduce business people to the tech community. That way you stay focused on your niche and have the opportunity to possibly meet new collaborators from business entrepreuners who possibly will invest in a tech start up. As someone from the non geek side who has met a lot of tech people through the various social media events, I agree with all the previous comments. Maybe a good idea would be for Refresh Miami have a joint meeting with a group like Social Media Club South Florida every quarter or every 6 months to introduce business people to the tech community. That way you stay focused on your niche and have the opportunity to possibly meet new collaborators from business entrepreuners who possibly will invest in a tech start up.

]]> By: Blanca Stella Mejia http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 Blanca Stella Mejia Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-1248 As someone from the non geek side who has met a lot of tech people through the various social media events, I agree with all the previous comments. Maybe a good idea would be for Refresh Miami have a joint meeting with a group like Social Media Club South Florida every quarter or every 6 months to introduce business people to the tech community. That way you stay focused on your niche and have the opportunity to possibly meet new collaborators from business entrepreuners who possibly will invest in a tech start up. As someone from the non geek side who has met a lot of tech people through the various social media events, I agree with all the previous comments. Maybe a good idea would be for Refresh Miami have a joint meeting with a group like Social Media Club South Florida every quarter or every 6 months to introduce business people to the tech community. That way you stay focused on your niche and have the opportunity to possibly meet new collaborators from business entrepreuners who possibly will invest in a tech start up.

]]> By: lapp http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-788 lapp Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:23:51 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-788 Excellently stated young man! Diluted is how I feel our tech community is getting. There is an event every night about sh*t I don't even care about anymore. Excellently stated young man! Diluted is how I feel our tech community is getting. There is an event every night about sh*t I don’t even care about anymore.

]]> By: lapp http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1247 lapp Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:23:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-1247 Excellently stated young man! Diluted is how I feel our tech community is getting. There is an event every night about sh*t I don't even care about anymore. Excellently stated young man! Diluted is how I feel our tech community is getting. There is an event every night about sh*t I don’t even care about anymore.

]]> By: Robert Murray http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-787 Robert Murray Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:59:34 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-787 As one of the attendees to the very first meeting, the purpose was to have a place where we could collectively discuss the things we were doing as a local community and feed off each other. And it was about the industry as a whole. In the last few years, the industry has evolved tremendously. The group as also evolved, and continues to evolve. I consider this group a second home, personally. It's a place where I can find like-minded folks and discuss the challenges we all share being involved in tech. It's a place where I can feel human again because everyone understands what I'm talking about. If it were to morph into a more general purpose social group, it would completely loose that sense of purpose for me. My vote is to keep it tech focused. The size doesn't matter so much to me as does the sense of having a true community. As one of the attendees to the very first meeting, the purpose was to have a place where we could collectively discuss the things we were doing as a local community and feed off each other. And it was about the industry as a whole.

In the last few years, the industry has evolved tremendously. The group as also evolved, and continues to evolve. I consider this group a second home, personally. It’s a place where I can find like-minded folks and discuss the challenges we all share being involved in tech. It’s a place where I can feel human again because everyone understands what I’m talking about. If it were to morph into a more general purpose social group, it would completely loose that sense of purpose for me.

My vote is to keep it tech focused. The size doesn’t matter so much to me as does the sense of having a true community.

]]> By: Robert Murray http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1246 Robert Murray Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:59:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-1246 As one of the attendees to the very first meeting, the purpose was to have a place where we could collectively discuss the things we were doing as a local community and feed off each other. And it was about the industry as a whole. In the last few years, the industry has evolved tremendously. The group as also evolved, and continues to evolve. I consider this group a second home, personally. It's a place where I can find like-minded folks and discuss the challenges we all share being involved in tech. It's a place where I can feel human again because everyone understands what I'm talking about. If it were to morph into a more general purpose social group, it would completely loose that sense of purpose for me. My vote is to keep it tech focused. The size doesn't matter so much to me as does the sense of having a true community. As one of the attendees to the very first meeting, the purpose was to have a place where we could collectively discuss the things we were doing as a local community and feed off each other. And it was about the industry as a whole.

In the last few years, the industry has evolved tremendously. The group as also evolved, and continues to evolve. I consider this group a second home, personally. It’s a place where I can find like-minded folks and discuss the challenges we all share being involved in tech. It’s a place where I can feel human again because everyone understands what I’m talking about. If it were to morph into a more general purpose social group, it would completely loose that sense of purpose for me.

My vote is to keep it tech focused. The size doesn’t matter so much to me as does the sense of having a true community.

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Brian Breslin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:32:35 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-786 as the person who started Refresh nearly 4 years ago, I'm glad you posted this out in the open. There needs to be more conversation going on, where anyone and everyone can have input. When I started refresh, I had just come back from SXSW and met a bunch of people who were starting Refreshes in their towns (austin, phoenix, and dallas come to mind), and I thought it was a great idea to bring this energy and community spirit to Miami. I was looking for a place to connect with other designers and developers and web entrepreneurs. I really had no agenda, no goal of X # of people. Heck I have lost money running Refresh all these years, so I clearly didn't start it to make money from it. The beauty of it all is that we now have used Refresh as a catalyst to forge these other movements throughout the area, and to drive the growth of offshoot groups and niche groups. But a tech group has to retain some of its focus to be effective. Otherwise you might as well be throwing a generalized cocktail party for everyone in Miami/S.Fl, and there are cocktail parties going on that serve that purpose every day in every part of our region. I'd love to know what people want out of the group(s) so that we can tailor them better, so that people can derive a lot more value out of them. Thanks for sparking the discussion Davide. as the person who started Refresh nearly 4 years ago, I’m glad you posted this out in the open. There needs to be more conversation going on, where anyone and everyone can have input.

When I started refresh, I had just come back from SXSW and met a bunch of people who were starting Refreshes in their towns (austin, phoenix, and dallas come to mind), and I thought it was a great idea to bring this energy and community spirit to Miami. I was looking for a place to connect with other designers and developers and web entrepreneurs. I really had no agenda, no goal of X # of people. Heck I have lost money running Refresh all these years, so I clearly didn’t start it to make money from it.

The beauty of it all is that we now have used Refresh as a catalyst to forge these other movements throughout the area, and to drive the growth of offshoot groups and niche groups. But a tech group has to retain some of its focus to be effective. Otherwise you might as well be throwing a generalized cocktail party for everyone in Miami/S.Fl, and there are cocktail parties going on that serve that purpose every day in every part of our region.

I’d love to know what people want out of the group(s) so that we can tailor them better, so that people can derive a lot more value out of them.

Thanks for sparking the discussion Davide.

]]> By: Brian Breslin http://www.davidedicillo.com/whatever/what-makes-a-tech-community/comment-page-1/#comment-1245 Brian Breslin Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:32:00 +0000 http://www.davidedicillo.com/?p=570#comment-1245 as the person who started Refresh nearly 4 years ago, I'm glad you posted this out in the open. There needs to be more conversation going on, where anyone and everyone can have input. When I started refresh, I had just come back from SXSW and met a bunch of people who were starting Refreshes in their towns (austin, phoenix, and dallas come to mind), and I thought it was a great idea to bring this energy and community spirit to Miami. I was looking for a place to connect with other designers and developers and web entrepreneurs. I really had no agenda, no goal of X # of people. Heck I have lost money running Refresh all these years, so I clearly didn't start it to make money from it. The beauty of it all is that we now have used Refresh as a catalyst to forge these other movements throughout the area, and to drive the growth of offshoot groups and niche groups. But a tech group has to retain some of its focus to be effective. Otherwise you might as well be throwing a generalized cocktail party for everyone in Miami/S.Fl, and there are cocktail parties going on that serve that purpose every day in every part of our region. I'd love to know what people want out of the group(s) so that we can tailor them better, so that people can derive a lot more value out of them. Thanks for sparking the discussion Davide. as the person who started Refresh nearly 4 years ago, I’m glad you posted this out in the open. There needs to be more conversation going on, where anyone and everyone can have input.

When I started refresh, I had just come back from SXSW and met a bunch of people who were starting Refreshes in their towns (austin, phoenix, and dallas come to mind), and I thought it was a great idea to bring this energy and community spirit to Miami. I was looking for a place to connect with other designers and developers and web entrepreneurs. I really had no agenda, no goal of X # of people. Heck I have lost money running Refresh all these years, so I clearly didn’t start it to make money from it.

The beauty of it all is that we now have used Refresh as a catalyst to forge these other movements throughout the area, and to drive the growth of offshoot groups and niche groups. But a tech group has to retain some of its focus to be effective. Otherwise you might as well be throwing a generalized cocktail party for everyone in Miami/S.Fl, and there are cocktail parties going on that serve that purpose every day in every part of our region.

I’d love to know what people want out of the group(s) so that we can tailor them better, so that people can derive a lot more value out of them.

Thanks for sparking the discussion Davide.

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