The best tool for the job is the one that maximizes the impact of the job that I am doing. Now thatโs not to say I wonโt be using community tools. I do, and I will. I even pay for many of them for work and play. I will no longer be looking at them with rose-colored glasses on anymore....
Erin Mikail Staples is a developer advocate, community human, tech educator, and comedian living in Brooklyn, NYC๐ฝ by way of Reno, NV ๐ค .
She currently โจ looking for her next adventureโจ in open source, developer relations/developer communities, or technical education. Erin hosts the DevRel(ish) podcast, and performs and produces comedy in NYC.
Erin's various shenanigans have taken her to speaking at events like PyData Berlin, and PyCon, garnered Jeff Staple's attention, appeared in The New York Times, broadcasted across the sound waves on the Practical AI podcast, or in USA Today's Storytellers Project, exist in the archive of the Museum of Alternate History and her mom's dogs's Instagram account.
Community-driven spaces are crafted and cultivated with time, energy, intention, and effort. If youโre in or around the community space, acknowledge this....
Iโm comfortable with the concept of business goals and initiatives. However, I donโt have to be comfortable with the double standard set in front of us and empty promises of a flourishing community. I want realism....
If community teams are among the first to go โ what does this mean for the once-exploding market of community tools? It used to take up headline after headline: splashy VC funds were announced supporting this growing sector, and companies worked to edge their way into a companyโs budget....
Teaching journalism students technical skills is essential for both their personal and professional development and the journalism industry as a whole. Here's why....
The Question at hand. (and no, it's not "who made the mistake of skipping dessert?") Based on the following Titanic datasets (name, age, price of the ticket, etc.), predict who will survive and who will die....