how (many) are we [was: Re: [PD] Segmented patch chords?]

[derek holzer]

Hi Ian and all,

Ian Smith-Heisters wrote:

> Anyway. I count 2 Pd users and a bunch of emails that may be generated 
> by bots.

I am definitely a bot.

And I have taught about 90-100 other bots at least the opening stages of 
using PD, although I'm not sure they count as "users" yet in many cases. 
I tend to gravitate towards other PD bots at festivals, workshops and 
hackmeetings in Europe quite frequently, and there must be at least 40 
that I see semi-regularly...

Seems like the main difference in people's experiences meeting other 
users is whether or not they live in Europe. I don't think there's less 
PDers in the States, but they are much farther apart, and there's simply 
no interesting venues for new media art in the States [festivals and the 
like] so they never have a chance to meet each other.

d.

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