Rory and his "Third Place"
Here's an interesting commentary of well-known .NET blogger Rory Blyth's appearance on the radio show .NET Rocks!. Rory responds really well here. (Of course, the ever-present antagonist Anon, showed up with his two friends, “ymous” and “Coward“.)
I like the "Third Place" analogy he illustrates. And that's pretty similiar to how I see .NetRocks!.
Maybe the problem is, its a monopoly. The naysayers didn't like the show and they had to turn it off. They had nowhere else to go except .NetRocks! rerun shows, maybe even MSDN TV.
I think we need more "Third Places" for the .NET Community. Radio shows, video shows, maybe Groove Casual Edition® or something like that.
I've looked at sites like Meetup.com, and they have good concepts, but they don't really help you if you live in Fort Wayne, IN, USA...
