[jesusmichael]

I've been doing this a LONG time...

At first I used to read all the dev sites and attend conventions, but at some point you can only focus on so many things.

Now I only follow languages I can write in. I tried RoR a few years ago, when it was hot and found I could do everything I needed to do better, with Python, PHP and JS. So what do I need it for?

I read HN, Reddit, go to some meetups, wired and some blogs are good too. But I mostly just learn new stuff when I need to.

[robertnn]

Right. I haven't been doing this for too long so I'm worried that one day I'll only have skills that will no longer be in high demand, but I agree about the focus - it's better to focus on a few things and do them good instead of knowing little about a lot. It's easy to get distracted though..