I've told myself (and my higher-ups) that, if I never do any C# again, and I just do javascript from now on, that I could be perfectly happy.
But that doesn't answer the original question, nor is it meant to imply that I don't enjoy C# anymore. On the contrary, I have fond memories of ALT.NET and still enjoy C#. Things change. It's a shame MS can't make up it's mind re: C# vs javascript... Them's was heady days, in the early ALT.NET Seattle times. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 11:00 PM, Adron Hall <adronh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ditto to Eric & crew. +1. > > I'm all over the place these days, Ruby on Rails Meetups, Node.js and > JavaScript, Python or Erlang even and the list goes on. However I'll admit > I'm practically done futzing around with .NET in any meaningful way. It > seems anything and everything I keep getting paid to do for .NET is a sort > of stop gap until things can get bumped up to X technology - whatever it > may be. It kind of reminds me of making Delphi apps somehow work with .NET > Apps 6+ years ago to hold over until things could be fully ported. > > ...strange how all of it seems to unfold. > > *Adron B Hall* > *Tech Blog*: http://compositecode.com > *Iron Foundry Project*: http://www.ironfoundry.org > > *About Me*: http://compositecode.com/about > *Twitter*: http://www.twitter.com/adron > > > > On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Justin Bozonier > <darkxant...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> +1 To Eric Lee. >> >> My take aways that I try to apply to other groups I'm a part of now: >> >> - Find out what is driving the active members of the community ASAP. >> Find that common thread (or several) and weave the interests of most >> everyone together (usually behind one or two lone nuts in the group) >> - Show everyone how to follow the lone nut(s) by doing something >> meaningful as a group. My fondest memories are of the Dahlia Hackathon and >> TDD seminar. Bobby Johnson and Chris Bilson were a couple of my favorite >> lone nuts. >> - Use the group accomplishments to recruit like minded people. >> >> Would this have saved the group? I dunno and I don't know that it's >> important. What held us together was always just so fuzzy (fragile in >> retrospect given this thread) and I wish somebody could have helped align >> us. >> >> In the end, the only thing that could have happened did and my life is >> better for it. Thanks for all the fish! >> >> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Eric Lee <saintg...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Nothing lasts forever and I think Seattle’s Alt.NET group served its >>> purpose. For a while there was an explosion of learning going on and it >>> was a very exciting time. I don’t think that its ideas are totally >>> mainstream now, but I do think that those of us who were involved talked >>> them all out so that there just wasn’t anything (in the context of Alt.NET) >>> left to learn. Our learning has moved into other areas.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I know some people have abandoned the Windows platform altogether but >>> there are a lot of us who still program mainly in .Net. Being ** >>> exclusively** .Net is pretty rare these days, though.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> The one thing I miss is the opportunity to get together regularly with >>> smart Seattle hackers and maintain a sense of community. The Software >>> Craftsmanship thing at Getty is a partial replacement for that, but they’re >>> relatively short and not as discussion-oriented as Alt.NET used to be.** >>> ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Eric**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> *From:* altnetseattle@googlegroups.com [mailto: >>> altnetseattle@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Michael Ibarra >>> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 23, 2012 8:56 AM >>> *To:* altnetseattle@googlegroups.com >>> *Subject:* Re: Seattle ALT.NET post-mortem**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Short answer? Yeah. I think Dave is right. Alt.NET in Seattle is dead, >>> for the reasons stated below but also...**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I think it died a natural death. As I recall, the original idea behind >>> Alt.NET was to discover that there were more and better ways, tools, >>> techniques and ideas for the developer community than just what came out of >>> Redmond. In that, I'd say Alt.NET was a huge success.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I don't know of any of us who were originally involved with Seattle's >>> Alt.NET group who still codes exclusively for .NET (if at all). Many of us >>> use and contribute to OSS tools and projects.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> So what now? Following the many smart folks I've met through Alt.NET on >>> twitter, and many others since has been my main method of keeping in touch. >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I really enjoyed the monthlies for a while, until people stopped showing >>> up and nobody knew what to talk about. Then it got really boring and sad. >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> I don't know if I can say Alt.NET has been subsumed by the Software >>> Craftsmanship meetup, but it seems to fill that void for some. If that's >>> the case, I'm glad.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Getty Images' has been hosting the meetups since May and I've been >>> really happy with the turn out. The name might be a sort of misnomer, >>> though. I'm not sure. But the idea is to connect developers in the >>> community with the goal of getting better and better at what we do. What >>> that will look like a few months from now is hard to tell.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> We're having a meetup this Thursday by the way... >>> http://www.meetup.com/seattle-software-craftsmanship/events/83575352/*** >>> * >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Anyway, that's my 2cents.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Mike**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM, Ian Davis <ian.f.da...@gmail.com> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> For me, twitter and app.net have taken over from the mailing list. >>> Spider webs of information linking between people and pop up on my feed. I >>> no longer use RSS because if it is worth hearing about, someone seems to be >>> talking about it. Blogs are still important, but I hear about their content >>> differently. >>> >>> As for the group and meetings, I don't live in Seattle, so I can't >>> really comment on that part. **** >>> >>> >>> -Ian**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Dave Foley <davidmfo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote:**** >>> >>> This group, despite having a number of very smart people and some of the >>> best programmers I know, has withered to the point that it contains only a >>> few announcements and some job spam that the moderators delete >>> periodically. The monthly meetups are a thing of the distant past. >>> Basically, the group is dead.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> What happened to it?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Did it go mainstream? Are the ideas of ALT.NET so accepted at most >>> organizations that this group is unnecessary?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Did we all just leave for non-.NET technologies? Did disgust with >>> webforms and the like lead to the abandonment of Windows altogether?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Was it subsumed by Software Craftsmanship or some other "movement"?**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> Did it just get boring?**** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/altnetseattle/-/5HDGdNhinAMJ. >>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.**** >>> >>> >>> >>> **** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -- >>> ******************************** >>> *Michael Ibarra* >>> bm2y...@gmail.com**** >>> >>> @bm2yogi <http://twitter.com/bm2yogi> >>> http://dev.bm2yogi.com**** >>> >>> ** ** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en.**** >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. >> To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. > To post to this group, send email to altnetseattle@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > altnetseattle+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/altnetseattle?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Seattle area Alt.Net" group. 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