Community Pulse

It’s easy to say that Developer Relations and Community Management is not universal, but sometimes, we focus so much on what is being done in our part of the world that we can forget how things might be different in different places.

In this episode, we decided to try something a little different. We reached out to folks around the world to tell their stories, to let us know what makes their experiences unique. We wanted to get a sense of what unites us in DevRel and what small or large tweaks need to made to adjust for geography and culture.

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Developer Relations professionals are known for creating a lot of content and the platforms that are available to us seem to grow by the day. For this episode of Community Pulse, we’re diving into what platforms exist today and what types of content works best for each channel. We’re joined by two guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson, who are known throughout the tech industry for their humorous tech-centric content. We’ll talk about how to know which channels and types of content are most effective in reaching our specific audience, and how to measure our success.

Checkouts
Mary Thengvall

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb- a fantastic (non-fiction) book about therapy, from a therapist’s viewpoint

PJ Hagerty

• Renegades: Born in the USA - a podcast from Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen

Wesley Faulkner

• Beyond the Gender Binary
• Demi Lovato
• Alok Vaid-Menon

Cassidy Williams

• Itaewon Class - a really good k-drama on Netflix
• [Obsidian](obsidian.md) for notes (obsidian.md)

Joe Karlsson

• Working through the Best Picture Noms
• Minari/ Judas and the Black Messiah - My personal favs
• Nomadland - The one I think will win

Photo by Georgia de Lotz on Unsplash

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Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Special Guests: Cassidy Williams and Joe Karlsson.

Creating a place for your specific community to gather online is a challenge every Developer Relations or Community team is likely going to address at some point, whether it’s because your executive team is asking you to create this space or you see a need for it. In this episode of Community Pulse, we talk to two specialists in the community industry about what to keep in mind when evaluating how to create a place for your community to gather online.

Checkouts
Mary Thengvall

• Demystifying Management course by Lara Hogan

PJ Hagerty

• Liz Phair - Spanish Doors

Wesley Faulkner

• An NDA Was Designed to Keep Me Quiet by Ifeoma Ozoma - California legislature begins hearings on the Silenced No More Act - Ms. Ozoma is a tech policy expert with experience leading global public policy efforts at Pinterest, Facebook and Google.

SJ Morris

• Meg Stalter: My pandemic savior

Noele Flowers

• Gardening is “growing” in popularity (pun compliments of Wesley)
• C School

Jono Bacon

• Tools: Topia.io / Superhuman
• Rahul Vohra’s Product Market Fit Engine
• The Obstacle Is The Way
• I created a heavy metal project across the US, Germany, Finland, Denmark - all because the Internet is amazing

Photo by Prateek Katyal on Unsplash

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Special Guests: Jono Bacon and Noele Flowers.

SJ, Jason, Wesley, and PJ sit down to discuss the most recent episode.

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Over the last year, we’ve talked about virtual events quite a bit - from how to get started to bringing things together in a short period of time. That said, being a sponsor at these virtual events has been somewhat of a challenge. With no real “booth” or physical location for interaction, where can value be found in these events and how do we show the benefits to our sponsoring organizations. To discuss this, we brought together a few folks who have experienced virtual events from different points of view.

Checkouts
Wesley Faulkner

• How do we get sponsors to support our tech event? - DEV Community 👩‍💻👨‍💻

Mary Thengvall

• Disconnect if you can – highly recommend hiking! If you have a dog... https://dogtrekker.com has great resources for filtering hikes by dog-friendly, offleash, etc.

Matty Stratton

• Ted Lasso. That’s it.
• We Appreciate Your Enthusiasm - The Oral History of Q101 by James VanOsdol
• Follow my dog on [Instagram](instagram.com/moxie_aussie) or [Twitter](twitter.com/moxieaussie).

Ben Lloyd Pearson

• Google Instant Apps - I hate apps, this lets you use them without installing them to your phone.

PJ Hagerty

• Decibullz - ear plugs you can mold at home
• Rever - motorcycle rider social media platform

Enjoy the podcast?
Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Special Guests: Ben Lloyd Pearson and Matty Stratton.