NetworkGeezer Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Wow! 14 new users in a day! 13 yesterday as well. This must be higher rate than during BETT.
StewartKnight Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I think 50% of the new accounts are callumtuckey, and the other 50% have just signed up to flame me!
Midget Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 ! Who owns Callum? How come he hasn't got bored yet? I thought kids these days had the attention span of ....oooo shiney red ball.
Lee_K_81 Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 StewartKnight: not 50% maybe 5% hehe is that 5% for callumtuckey and 95% for the flaming?
bishopsgarthstockton Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 erm... what are you guys talking about? :?
russdev Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Callum was a young person who was a student IT Prefect / Tech who wasn't quite sure how to act on public forum, shall we say. To be fair to him, since being banned and being asked to not to post by his boss he has done that. Anyway, as has often been said, this forum was created at the right time and filled an area that was needed. Had the forum been created 12 months later we would be nowhere near as successful.
GrumbleDook Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 This sort of site has been around in a number of places for some time. There are many mailing lists that vary in their traffic and UseNet always used to be good too. The JISC lists for Tech Support had dried up a bit, flamewars on uk.education.schools-it meant that the technically minded members where looking for something else ... and many LAs were clamping down on how NMs worked with one another ... It also meant that the right combination of people joined at the same time. EduGeek.net will never be a one-stop shop for it all ... but it is a perfect place for many things, including as a stepping stone to more specific sites or lists.
contink Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Don't undersell yourselves here folks... One of the prime reasons this place works so well is the example your provide, and practices you embody in the forum and its members. It'd be easy to fall into the whole "flame" thing from time to time in a moment of weakness and speaking from experience elsewhere in the world of forums, it's something that takes a lot of hard work and reflection to get right so kudos to you all.. You may not be the whole but you're important cogs in the machine regardless.
tom_newton Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Agree with contink here - there's not many industries have such a vibrant and useful community. FFS I haven't set foot in a school since I was 12 (ok, slight exaggeration) and I would consider this place a top priority for answering many IT questions, despite the fact that i'm reasonably clued in myself. Despite the fact I only really logged on for business purposes (bit of research, occasional lead... ) I really enjoy reading/posting here. Only forums I post on - smoothwall.org, waccoe.com and here
_Bat_ Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I agree with whats been said above as well. This is a very interesting forum because it deals with so many different aspects of IT, whereas many forums often only deal with one or two, such as web design. Its a shame that we don't: 1. Get more non IT literate people (i.e. people who don't work in IT) here to ask their computer questions and get advice. This would then fulfil the statement in the footer of this site "... or just have a burning IT question you need an answer for, then please join in". If the general public only realised they can get much better advice on a forum like this then places like PC World... 2. Get more techies from areas outside of the UK. I think we could all learn much more from each other and get ideas from other areas of the world - I'm sure they differ very much to our own.
john Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 ! Who owns Callum? How come he hasn't got bored yet? I thought kids these days had the attention span of ....oooo shiney red ball. Shouldn't that be ooh squishy red nose
GrumbleDook Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I agree with whats been said above as well. This is a very interesting forum because it deals with so many different aspects of IT, whereas many forums often only deal with one or two, such as web design. Its a shame that we don't: 1. Get more non IT literate people (i.e. people who don't work in IT) here to ask their computer questions and get advice. This would then fulfil the statement in the footer of this site "... or just have a burning IT question you need an answer for, then please join in". If the general public only realised they can get much better advice on a forum like this then places like PC World... Watch this space ;-) 2. Get more techies from areas outside of the UK. I think we could all learn much more from each other and get ideas from other areas of the world - I'm sure they differ very much to our own. Partly it is down to the way other countries have support organised ... in most of the States it is by the 'school' system ... so a county runs everything (think LA ... but without some of the interuption caused by central Govt) ... and in a number of places in Oz you have a large proportion of private schools. If any schools have international links I would be interested in compiling a list and seeing what we can do ... we do have one staff member who volunteered to help with this but I have been too busy to get him any useful info to work with ...
Gatt Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 A word about Callum, i think he fears GD now and doesn't want to come back here That and the fact he has just revealed that he has never heard of: Pong (ok i can accept that) PacMan Space Invaders Doom Quake Half Life 8O :? :!:
_Bat_ Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 A word about Callum, i think he fears GD now and doesn't want to come back here We all fear GrumbleDook secretly, but just don't like to say anything. Ever wondered why everyone (or nearly everyone) on this board is so well behaved?
GrumbleDook Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 ooohhh ... someone else scarde of me ... mwuhahaha ... Mwuhahaha!!!! MWUHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!! erm ... sorry ... I'll get my cape, it's the one next too the white face mask!
HodgeHi Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 EduGeek.net will never be a one-stop shop for it all ... I would just like to disagree on that one. I have had numerous issues that i needed help resolving. This mainly due to the fact that i knew diddly squat about the fundamental workings of the ICT infrastructure until my first break into the technical side (i owe a nice guy called Clive a BIG thanks for that ). So i needed help with more than a few issues (just search for my username and reduce the hits to 100 per page !) and found the answers to be right here for what i would say was all of my problems. I know it sounds like i am brown-nsing but it needs to be said, since forums are very seldom as good as this one. I had an issue recently with OS X integration. I posted on the AFP forum first since it is supposed to be a large community for OS X admins but have yet to get a decent response to help me solve my problem. I posted here the following day i think (a long post) and upon posting Kingswood replied with an equally long post and has stayed with me until i could resolve the problems. Not many forums will do that. So thank you for all your help with my issues and hopefully i will be able to return the favour when i am as good as you folks. OK end of sucking up now!!
GrumbleDook Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Ok ... I have had a few messages and emails telling me that saying EduGeek is not a one-stop shop was wrong ... I'll explain. Take Russell ... as well as being a Site Admin on here, he is also a Mod on the RM forums (bless him ... someone has to do it!), Roberto is a former MVP and I hesitate to think of the amount of time he has spent assisting others on the Microsoft Mac and Virtualisation newsgroups, Linuxgirlie is deeply involved in OSS ... the list goes one ... we have people with interests in nearly everything (even We Will Rock You - the Queen musical!) The true benefit of the site is that it is not a one stop shop ... but a meeting point where those with knowledge can share it and point others in the right direction. For those that do have the time and opportunity I would still recommend you visit other forums and take part in diverse groups ... but in the knowledge that you will always come back to EduGeek to make it an even better place and to share you expertise with others ... oh, and to laugh at jokes about Geoff not really existing, Jake not being trusted with members of the female persuasion, discuss which WoW server is best and to reminisce about the days when a computer was something that was used to do serious work like break codes or play pong!
john Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 A word about Callum, i think he fears GD now and doesn't want to come back here As was famously said on A Touch of Frost many years ago, "beware a man in uniform" and the poor DC and Frost decided it meant Supt. Mullet, but actually it was the bloke that was retired from the army, next thing the poor DC knew, he was in a coffin dead. Perhaps Callum saw that and found out that GD is a former Army dude (sorry GD I don't know what part of the Armed Forces you were in so hope Army doesn't cause offence if you were the Navy or something else) That and the fact he has just revealed that he has never heard of: Pong (ok i can accept that) PacMan Space Invaders Doom Quake Half Life 8O :? :!: Ok, he now needs murdering and disabling from having children, that is a crime against nature! Everyone needs to know at least of Pong, PacMan & Space Invaders, the others are excusable but not them three, they are part of computing history!
john Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 ... we have people with interests in nearly everything (even We Will Rock You - the Queen musical!) shhhh thats supposed to be our dirty little secret, but I guess tonight were gonna have ourselves a real good time and we will now have to own up that we are crazed rockers that love We Will Rock You but lets see if there is more of us
ITWombat Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 Ok ... I have had a few messages and emails telling me that saying EduGeek is not a one-stop shop was wrong ... Think of the bigger picure. Edugeek could become a geek portal. For those that do have the time and opportunity I would still recommend you visit other forums and take part in diverse groups You always menion the other sites. A list would be nice. So far all there is on the wiki is ICTTechnican.com
Norphy Posted March 14, 2007 Posted March 14, 2007 I can just about understand most of those because Quake came out in, what, 96? which means Callum couldn't have been any older than three or four at the time but come on, Half Life? That's still a franchise that's in use. As is Quake. And Doom. And Pacman. And Space Invaders. Ah crap. Kids today eh?
ITWombat Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Its a shame that we don't: 1. Get more non IT literate people (i.e. people who don't work in IT) here to ask their computer questions and get advice. Watch this space ;-) Nooooo! Helping out probationary techies is one thing but non-geeks too? That's our day job, isn't it? It woud change the nature of EduGeek.
GrumbleDook Posted March 15, 2007 Posted March 15, 2007 Ok ... I have had a few messages and emails telling me that saying EduGeek is not a one-stop shop was wrong ... Think of the bigger picure. Edugeek could become a geek portal. For those that do have the time and opportunity I would still recommend you visit other forums and take part in diverse groups You always menion the other sites. A list would be nice. So far all there is on the wiki is ICTTechnican.com Ok ... your wish is my command. My main laptop is shutdown for the night so here is what I can remember off the top of my head Updated list on the wiki This does not include the Microsoft Public newsgroups available via usenet (microsoft.public.) or via thie web front end ... nor does it include the groups you can only access with Technet or MSDN subscriptions. There are a number of other invite only groups I am not likely to include either but it tends to be the same people that are on some of these ones in particular fields ... a number of the NAACE members appear on the educational based ones ... MVPs appear on others, ASEs appear on others ... the OSS lists tend to be open to everyone though :-) There are good places for help like http://www.swynk.com (now part of enterpriseIT Planet I see), or http://www.swinc.com for Exchange (is their mailing list invite only now too or is someone else hosting? I left about 18 months ago and don't have any archives from the group anymore.) I'll have a look at my other mailing lists over the next few days but I am sure others can expand this ... particularily for *nix (lots of LUG about and Sun still have very good lists running).
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