Okay, so I recall TMT asked this question a while back, but I wanted to pose it again:
Obviously, CRM is no longer the hotbed of activity it once was ten years ago. Well, things change, and more and more ISPs are blocking newsgroups anyway.
So where do people hang out? Are there any non-vendor specific forums or groups (that is, not forums/groups connected with a retailer or manufacturer) that stand out?
How about blogs? Who's got the hot blogs these days?
-- Gordon
Thanks for raising the question Gordon....I too have been wondering the same thing.
Thanks to any leads anyone will post.
TMT
--Well FWIW I started a Stamp tribe on tribe.net There's virtually no traffic there so I wouldn't mind if this gang would hijack it and make it a new home. Direct link:
I've noted a few forums go quite recently but these are the ones I still check regularly
Perhaps robot club blogs and mailing lists are The Thing nowadays. There's pretty low traffic on the AHRC mailing list with the occasional tech question and meeting announcements, but perhaps lists of other clubs are more active.
There's also the emergence of "hacker spaces" in recent years. These physical places are ideal for working on long-term large collaborative projects, whereas robot clubs generally have one room for a couple hours a month. Just the websites/blogs can be interesting enough. Here's my "local" one I visited last month, but as far away as I live, it's hard to justify going there often and becoming a member:
Here's a couple of sites for the latest robot-and-related news as well as general inspiration:
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