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Community

A collection of 16 issues

From Zero to Hero: Creating Beginner-Friendly Content for Label Studio.

Due to the fever behind machine learning, there’s a rapidly expanding need for introductory content. My directive was to guide new users with a friendly helping hand, with the goal of further democratizing this intimidating process.

How to Throw an Eleventh-Hour Happy Hour

Here's how I get scrappy and use tools like WhatsApp and strategic co-conspiring to maximize the impact of the conferences I'm attending.

Giving a Damn About the Industry as a Whole

The best tool for the job is the one that maximizes the impact of the job that I am doing. Now that’s not to say I won’t 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.

Substance over Hype, Signal over Noise

Community-driven spaces are crafted and cultivated with time, energy, intention, and effort. If you’re in or around the community space, acknowledge this.

The Dangers of a VC-Backed Double Standard.

I’m comfortable with the concept of business goals and initiatives. However, I don’t have to be comfortable with the double standard set in front of us and empty promises of a flourishing community. I want realism.

Community in a Downturn

If community teams are among the first to go — 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 company’s budget.

What do community builders need to know about security

To retain trust within the community — the community industry as a whole should make sure to take a stand for security, safety, compliance, and privacy. If we don't — these spaces could bring havoc and potentially physical, financial, and/or legal harm to folks.

What you can learn by rickrolling your audience

How to effectively marry the content divide between fun and functional in the content arena.

An eventful day of learning!

Join me today Sept 15th for not one, but two great live events I'm hosting — all about taking those skills to the next level!

The Nuances Behind Creating Communities of Product

If not approached with intention, communities of product can come across as exploitative or value-extractive, solely benefitting the company or organization and not providing any actual value to the consumers that are using the product.