To the people who answer tech questions on this list
This list serves a number of purposes and one of them is to answer technical networking questions. But this list is also not the only place that these types of questions are asked. For instance, LinkedIn has a Q&A feature where people can ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics. Just today I came across this BGP question: http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/computer-n... I would never suggest that LinkedIn could replace the NANOG mailing list, but it is an interesting complement to it. There is a NANOG group here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=40718 and a number of people are using LinkedIn for professional purposes. I know many of you tried out Orkut and then migrated to Multiply.com and found them lacking. But I would suggest that LinkedIn might be more useful, in particular, to provide an entry level tier for questions. A lot of NANOG members are rather intimidated to ask questions which might seem too beginner and I think that the NANOG group on LinkedIn might be a good place to encourage such questions in order to draw out more discussion among NANOG members without boosting the mailing list traffic. What do you think? (Probably best to answer this on the NANOG group over at... --Michael Dillon http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13566587
I'm never afraid to ask a question, just as long as I've done my homework (due diligence) and not using this group to do work for me. Believe me, this group has helped me tremendously. As for LinkedIN, I have nothing against, it, but I don't use it. I don't have an account on it and not sure I ever want to. I'm already slightly on facebook, and very active on twitter, so nothing against linkedin, but there's just too many social media websites to keep track of.... Perhaps one day I will give it a try..... =) Brandon
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:03:59 -0800 Subject: To the people who answer tech questions on this list From: wavetossed@googlemail.com To: nanog@nanog.org
This list serves a number of purposes and one of them is to answer technical networking questions. But this list is also not the only place that these types of questions are asked. For instance, LinkedIn has a Q&A feature where people can ask and answer questions on a wide range of topics. Just today I came across this BGP question: http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/computer-n...
I would never suggest that LinkedIn could replace the NANOG mailing list, but it is an interesting complement to it. There is a NANOG group here: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=40718 and a number of people are using LinkedIn for professional purposes. I know many of you tried out Orkut and then migrated to Multiply.com and found them lacking. But I would suggest that LinkedIn might be more useful, in particular, to provide an entry level tier for questions.
A lot of NANOG members are rather intimidated to ask questions which might seem too beginner and I think that the NANOG group on LinkedIn might be a good place to encourage such questions in order to draw out more discussion among NANOG members without boosting the mailing list traffic.
What do you think? (Probably best to answer this on the NANOG group over at...
--Michael Dillon http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13566587
Michael Dillon (wavetossed) writes:
What do you think? (Probably best to answer this on the NANOG group over at...
Hmm, wouldn't http://serverfault.com/ or http://www.quora.com/ be a more appropriate / efficient forum for technical questions ? Or does it have to be NANOG specific ? http://www.quora.com/Border-Gateway-Protocol-1/How-does-BGP-work?q=how+does+... http://serverfault.com/search?q=how+does+bgp+work Cheers, Phil
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 22:23, Phil Regnauld <regnauld@nsrc.org> wrote:
Michael Dillon (wavetossed) writes:
What do you think? (Probably best to answer this on the NANOG group over
at...
Hmm, wouldn't http://serverfault.com/ or http://www.quora.com/ be
a more
appropriate / efficient forum for technical questions ? Or does
it have
to be NANOG specific ?
Nothing against mailing lists, or LinkedIn, but Quora is rather interesting (& useful!) - the interface takes a minute or three to get used to, but there seems to be a fair level of expertise there (and not just networking related nor confined to "your normal social-networking circle").
/TJ
As for LinkedIN, I have nothing against, it, but I don't use it. I don't have an account on it and not sure I ever want to. I'm already slightly on facebook, and very active on twitter, so nothing against linkedin, but there's just too many social media websites to keep track of....
There are no perfect solutions. It seems to me that Twitter is not conducive to technical Q&A and given the choice between Facebook and LinkedIn, it seems that the professional social network is more likely to gain traction. Nobody has to participate if they don't want to; it's just about adding a choice and seeing whether or not people really want this kind of thing.
Hmm, wouldn't http://serverfault.com/ or http://www.quora.com/ be a more appropriate / efficient forum for technical questions ? Or does it have to be NANOG specific ?
Never heard of Quora and that seems to be tied to Facebook, so not ideal. As for serverfault, that is a good idea but serverfault is not really for general IP networking questions related to routing and switching or ISP networking. Therefore, I have proposed that the operators of ServerFault and StackOverflow create a new site called NANOG (maybe it shouldn't be exactly that name). http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/29470/nanog If you have questions, comments, or want to commit to using the site for Q&A, please visit it and join in. It accepts Google, Yahoo, MyOpenID, AOL and Facebook credentials. --Michael Dillon http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13566587
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There are no perfect solutions. It seems to me that Twitter is not conducive to technical Q&A and given the choice between Facebook and LinkedIn, it seems that the professional social network is more likely to gain traction. Nobody has to participate if they don't want to; it's just about adding a choice and seeing whether or not people really want this kind of thing.
They don't. The issue is *really* knowledge capture -- not the getting to the solutions, but the keeping of them for later. I set up a wikia for this, 3 and more years ago. Crickets. Cheers, -- jra
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