Birds of a feather and all that eh? there is a place for everyone like you said, and a time will come for rural #digitalbritain one day. Great post. chris
jayjay
· 3 months ago
Yeah I agree. It can't be resisted for much longer. As city projects begin to grow outwards and beyond their initial concepts, it won't be long before the smaller towns, villages and communities will have their chance to shine. Anything to make living outside the big smoke as engaging as it can be!
Lloyd Davis
· 3 months ago
Hi, it was good to see you today and hear what you thought - and see it laid out here too. I'm only sorry that we didn't have the chance to talk more. My suggestion that you start something yourself came mostly from identifying with what you were saying in your last paragraph, I used to do and feel like that that too and it really helped me to make something that I wanted to attend.
btw the only reason I mentioned Leicester was because that's all I knew of you - if there's enough going on in Leicester then why not do something in Loughborough? This isn't a big city thing, it's a people thing - I'll be most chuffed when there's people doing this sort of thing in somewhere like Shepshed :)
I can see while you're working on your PhD why you might want to step back and study and analyse. I'm more interested in understanding through participating fully even if that makes me a biased observer - but then I'm probably twice as old as you - I envy you your time and your patience.
Do come along on a Friday morning anytime I'd love to keep talking about this.
Cheers :)
jayjay
· 3 months ago
Hi Lloyd, thanks for taking the time to respond!
I took a lot from the day - and I hope it is a starter for attending more frequent things in London - I know this is very much a personal reflection on my part - and I hoped to document exactly how I was feeling, at the time, in order to remind myself of those "first day of school" moments. In terms of research, these are the moments that can be brushed aside pretty quickly as time goes on, so I wanted to make sure I captured it without hurting or treading on other people's toes.
I would very much like to continue this conversation - and in retrospect, I think attending a straight-up Tuttle would have been a better place to start. Hopefully we can watch this grow organically over time. (And currently I'm a a stage where I'm not quite ready to share PhD stuff online - due to some moving around and rejigging, I'm chomping at the bit to add more context to the proceedings!)
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there is a place for everyone like you said, and a time will come for rural #digitalbritain one day.
Great post.
chris
btw the only reason I mentioned Leicester was because that's all I knew of you - if there's enough going on in Leicester then why not do something in Loughborough? This isn't a big city thing, it's a people thing - I'll be most chuffed when there's people doing this sort of thing in somewhere like Shepshed :)
I can see while you're working on your PhD why you might want to step back and study and analyse. I'm more interested in understanding through participating fully even if that makes me a biased observer - but then I'm probably twice as old as you - I envy you your time and your patience.
Do come along on a Friday morning anytime I'd love to keep talking about this.
Cheers :)
I took a lot from the day - and I hope it is a starter for attending more frequent things in London - I know this is very much a personal reflection on my part - and I hoped to document exactly how I was feeling, at the time, in order to remind myself of those "first day of school" moments. In terms of research, these are the moments that can be brushed aside pretty quickly as time goes on, so I wanted to make sure I captured it without hurting or treading on other people's toes.
I would very much like to continue this conversation - and in retrospect, I think attending a straight-up Tuttle would have been a better place to start. Hopefully we can watch this grow organically over time. (And currently I'm a a stage where I'm not quite ready to share PhD stuff online - due to some moving around and rejigging, I'm chomping at the bit to add more context to the proceedings!)
Thanks! :-)