From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2007-07-30T12:37:46+09:00
Subject: Re: [Very OT] Australia or Canada, which one is the best country for a geek?!?

Nathaniel Brown wrote:

> 
> But, as I glanced over the thread, I did notice a very important
> point. With todays technology, you don't need to be local to benefit
> from the world community of Ruby. We are increasingly closer by the
> day as technology gets more real and more life like with an amplitude
> of simplicity that changes the landscape dramatically when making a
> decision like this.


There's something to be said for hanging out in coffee shop with a group 
of like-minded geeks hacking on projects.

There's even more to be said for hanging out with dislike-minded geeks 
who can keep you form getting insulated in some pristine Ruby cocoon 
(you avoid the geek version of the Elvis Effect, where no one around you 
will tell you how sucky your favorite language or framework is).

My experiences with the post-meeting dinners for Refresh Phoenix and the 
Phoenix Ruby group showed me that in-person chatting bandwidth can't be 
beat.


-- 
James Britt

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