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Jun 7, 2023

Building Developer Communities: My Journey as a Community Professional (Part 1)

My story as a community professional, some baseline assumptions, and a series outline

I visual timeline of my career in community, starting with my forays into journalism and winding up as a community leader in various tech startup environments. Includes simple icons/logos to refer to each step in the journey.

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Jun 21, 2023

Building Developer Communities (Part 6): Appendix of Community Resources

A sampling of my favorite resources from across the community landscape

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Jun 19, 2023

Building Developer Communities: The Tradeoffs of Investing in Community (Part 5)

Examining the most common tradeoffs that a robust community strategy demands

A visualization showing three ways organizations can cede control to community members. Each way is represented by a triangle. These three triangles are arranged horizontally with alternating orientations (apex up, apex down, apex up). Each triangle also has a simple icon illustrating the following areas: product roadmap, content production, and product support & education.

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Jun 14, 2023

Building Developer Communities: Red Flags (Part 4)

9 warning signs that your organization might not be ready to invest in community

A visualization of the 9 red flags addressed in this article. A series of red hexagons arranged to mimic a flag. Each hexagon includes text referencing one of the warnings: no initial vision, limited organizational buy-in, comically dumb promises, value capture KPIs, short-termism, when community means content, limited product inputs, exclusion from shaping strategy, and only wins are celebrated.

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Jun 12, 2023

Building Developer Communities: Community Starts Within (Part 3)

Why the healthiest communities often start from the inside out

A summary of 3 ways in which community teams can influence organizational culture, visualized as 3 “sticky notes” arranged in a triangle: internal engagement, organizational clarity, and collaboration.

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Jun 9, 2023

Building Developer Communities: First Principles (Part 2)

Exploring some of the core values and principles that define community building and management

A simple visualization comparing value creation and value capture metrics. The value creation metrics (community sentiment, content engagement, open source contributions, user-generated content, and relationships fostered) are listed inside a green box with a checkmark underneath them, while the value capture metrics (traffic, conversions, downloads, new users, sales pipeline, and product usage) are listed in a red box with an “X” underneath them.

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Feb 16, 2022

Putting Machine Learning Models Successfully into Production

Lessons from speakers at Convergence, a new machine learning industry conference

Banner graphic announcing Convergence, a new, upcoming machine learning industry conference. Set against a purple and blue planetary backdrop.

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Feb 11, 2022

Tech blogging best practices: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and content sharing

A guide to SEO optimization and content sharing for tech bloggers

Tech blogging best practices: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and content sharing

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Dec 29, 2021

Comet’s Year-in-Review: 2021

Reflecting on what our team and company have accomplished in 2021

Comet’s Year-in-Review: 2021

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Dec 6, 2021

Upcoming Roundtable (Virtual): Developing ML at Enterprise Scale

Leaders from Uber AI, WorkFusion, and The RealReal share their challenges, tools, and surprising discoveries in 2021

Upcoming Roundtable (Virtual): Developing ML at Enterprise Scale

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