Howdy, I'm Erin Mikail Staples.
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I'm a developer advocate, community builder, tech educator, and stand-up comedian living in Brooklyn, NYC🗽, by way of Reno, Nevada
Find me at Label Studio 💼 working to empower open source machine learning, facilitating the next generation of innovation in journalism + technology at Studio 20 NYU 🎓, or helping folks take the shine in the spotlight (and crack a few jokes) at the Laugh Dammit Open Mic 🎤.
Featured articles
What do community builders *need* to know about security
Leaning into learning 🧠
Toolbox
What you can learn by rickrolling your audience
An eventful day of learning!
For Hire
Cleaning up your personal Notion (so you can actually get use out of it)
The Nuances Behind Creating Communities of Product
Building a community design system.
The importance of language in gathering
Purpose of online play in human connection
Hitting the panic button in an empathy role
The future belongs to makers.
Moving beyond the Parasocial — Fandom Communities 003
Fans, at their core, are producers. What does this tells us about the ethics of fan labor? — Fandom Communities 002
