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James Page
9,621 Points[UK] Anybody else in the Lancashire/Greater Manchester area?
Just wondering who else is in my part of the world! I can't be the only one, can I?
7 Answers
Anthony Harrison
1,064 PointsYeah, currently living in the Bury area, yourself?
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsSurprised I even saw this post - not many Brits on here!
I'm from Pontefract, West Yorkshire, but I'm currently living in Pamplona, North Spain.
I'm interested to keep in touch with you guys, but I'm not sure how. Maybe facebook and/or Twitter? I'm actually going to start using Twitter to build up my coding network and contacts. Are you guys interested in following each other on Twitter?
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsThere are more people on TTH that are in UK .
Its just the time you posted it xD and it varies too what time people log in etc..
Though I'm in UK , in Leicester but I'm from Poland :D
Although i want go to Manchester in 2 and half years to the Uni.
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsI've met a few Poles on here. I've been to Krakow :-) and an obscure rural village called 'Meiclow' (or something like that) ;-)
James Page
9,621 PointsFAIL :/ I posted a really long reply and Treehouse gave me an error message - then erased my text when I hit the 'back' button! Now the site's back online I can post something...
In a nutshell, I said:
I'm from Blackpool, about an hour from Manchester.
Andrew, I'm fine for keeping in touch on Twitter, but I find it's easy to miss a tweet unless it's directed to me, and it doesn't lend itself easily for discussion. Would an FB or G+ group be better? It looks like something on the scale of a UK-wide group is what would serve UK members' interests at the moment.
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsI've created a facebook group, James. What's your facebook?
James Page
9,621 PointsHa, just as I'd set up a G+ community! I guess they can mirror each other or serve either social network.
Found your group via the link you posted below. As it's for Ruby in particular, there's no harm in setting up another group for all UK Treehousers.
The G+ community is here: https://plus.google.com/communities/118354310723584175740
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsI've created a facebook group for European based (since I'm based in Spain at the moment!) aspiring Ruby on Rails developers (and established ones, too). The sooner we start using this platform, the sooner we can help keep each other going and also build a good network.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsWhy is it only for Ruby and Rails developers?
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsI think I somehow mistakenly got it into my head that this thread was about rails developers - probably because I usually browse Ruby posts on this forum.
Now I see this thread wasn't Ruby-specific. Well, personally I'm interested in connecting with other people who are learning ruby on rails, as well as more experienced ruby on rails developers in the uk and europe, that's why the group is setup for that.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Pointslol xd you made it confusing at first xd
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsIt was a fair point under the circumstances, Aurelian :-)
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsIf i got you right xd
What the question was :
Just wondering who else is in my part of the world! ..
And now were up to Ruby and Rails developers on FB page xD
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Pointslol yeah I know, Aurelian. I can only think of two reasons why this happened:
It was very late at night when I posted that and,
I'd just spent a full day and a half studying ruby on rails stuff
= brainonlyseesruby
James Page
9,621 PointsI wish I had your tenacity, Andrew! I'm easily distracted, although I really want to get some Ruby knowledge down soon. I'm still working through the CSS stuff at the moment.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsFairly enough xD
Nice to meet you Andrew !
bdw , i have an idea, you could make it for PHP and Ruby if you want since their to both server language.
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 PointsHi James,
Whats your problem of distraction? we could try and make it better to not distract. If you want.
for me e.g forum on TTH is a distraction because i spend too much time on it . i mean i supposed to learn now, 1h ago , but I'm just replying on forum and well , i didn't study today yet : p and the time is ticking 1h and 15min left to go sleep.
James Page
9,621 PointsMy problem is partly procrastination and partly an inability to concentrate for long periods of time. I've spent years trying to fix it. It's just something I battle each day to try to get just a little bit done.
As an example, I've spent three days trying to get through just the Flexbox section of the CSS Foundation module.
I do sometimes think that a much more minimal desktop environment would help - e.g. simpler windows, fewer buttons, fewer colours etc. Just less noisy! It wouldn't fix things, but it wouldn't make them any worse.
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsYeah I think it's something everyone struggles with, James.
I do have one tip that helped me a bit - put the bookmarks that distract you out of sight. I used to have facebook on my bookmarks bar, but now it's tucked away inside a menu. It means it's two clicks away instead of one, and it's not always staring me in the face.
This small step HAS actually reduced the time I spend on facebook!
James Page
9,621 PointsI've put together a Facebook group for UK-based Treehouse members. It's a bit different to what Andrew's put together as it's not focused on Ruby.
Hopefully if it gets a few people joining and posting, there might be the opportunity for people near to each other to seek each other out and perhaps collaborate on stuff, or if there's anything that's more relevant to UK members, it could be mentioned there?
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 PointsYeah, facebook is better I think.