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What do I say? Help me out...

cstanton
cstanton over 4 years ago

Last week I had to take some time out of work for a hospital appointment (I'm ok, don't worry) for a check up, and to ease the anxiety and stress of it I get into some idle chat with the medical staff (they're pretty awesome) and partly to pass the time.

 

Part of the discussion comes up where I'm asked:

 

"What do you do for work?"

 

And I explain I'm part of a team that works on the element14 Community, and then that's where the difficulty starts.

 

"What's the element14 Community?"

 

And I'm like... well, where do I start to describe what the element14 Community is to someone else? Just what do I say?

 

I figured I'd ask you fellow members, what do you say when you/how do you describe the element14 Community to other people?

 

Because I feel like I need some help here.

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  • fmilburn
    fmilburn over 4 years ago +12
    If limited to a word or two I would call it an electronics forum although that does not capture the full breadth. The range of topics, contests, educational material, and projects is huge. But what distinguishes…
  • dougw
    dougw over 4 years ago +12
    If you want to keep it short and are talking to someone with a sense of humor you could say "I herd techie cats on the internet".....
  • kmikemoo
    kmikemoo over 4 years ago +11
    cstanton When I refer to e14, I call it an electronics forum . I think "forum" captures the online aspect and the exchange of information aspect. "Community" still means "in-person" to a lot of folks I…
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  • 14rhb
    14rhb over 4 years ago

    Something like:

     

    "I oversee aspects of an international online forum for all disciplines of engineering that is provided by a company called Avnet, who are one of the biggest global distributors of electronic and engineering components. The forum is free to anyone to sign up and share ideas and thoughts. It's really friendly and often refered to as an online community...you should check it out sometime if you are interested. We've often got several free online courses or fun competitions running at any given time."

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  • 14rhb
    14rhb over 4 years ago

    Something like:

     

    "I oversee aspects of an international online forum for all disciplines of engineering that is provided by a company called Avnet, who are one of the biggest global distributors of electronic and engineering components. The forum is free to anyone to sign up and share ideas and thoughts. It's really friendly and often refered to as an online community...you should check it out sometime if you are interested. We've often got several free online courses or fun competitions running at any given time."

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