Handcrafting Community [Steel City RubyConf 2013]
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Community-building can seem like a herculean effort that must be coordinated among many. But it doesn’t have to be. One is plenty. How can we handcraft a fulfilling code career? How can we support peers in developing theirs, whether newcomer or artisan? How can we contribute, without having to be expert? How do we develop social capital among community members, and channel those investments into people who are just entering? How will we craft a thriving community, using only simple tools & scarce local resources? We’ll examine the history of major successes — in Ruby community, Python, and well beyond — and extract lessons to apply generally. It’s a story that weaves in personal narratives of rising into that, both well and clumsily. It’s about transforming minor ambitions & frequent iterations into a scope of change that looks amazing. By making choices to do small things well and thoughtfully, rather than with concern for how they scale. META: Conference: Steel City Ruby Conference 2013 City: Pittsburgh, PA Date: 2013-08-13 Author: Carina C. Zona Video: http://confreaks.tv/videos/scrc2013-handcrafting-community (https://vimeo.com/channels/576215)
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Carina C. Zona
Good morning. [As JEAN said,] I'm Carina Zona. At the speaker's dinner last night, we started
realizing that many of the talks this weekend will touch on themes of community. I can't wait.
Because it's a topic I'm personally passionate about.
So. That means: communities and passions are how we'll kick off this day. This one is called:
Handcrafting Community.](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/handcraftingcommunity-steelcity-130822120827-phpapp01/85/Handcrafting-Community-Steel-City-RubyConf-2013-1-320.jpg?cb=1439055685)
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Handcrafting Community [Steel City RubyConf 2013]
- 1. Handcrafting Community Carina C. Zona Good morning. [As JEAN said,] I'm Carina Zona. At the speaker's dinner last night, we started realizing that many of the talks this weekend will touch on themes of community. I can't wait. Because it's a topic I'm personally passionate about. So. That means: communities and passions are how we'll kick off this day. This one is called: Handcrafting Community.
- 2. Community I'm a developer. But my career didn't start with any of the startup stereotypes. I spent my whole career working alone in the suburbs. Where user groups wobbled along and rarely outlasted the attention of a founder.
- 3. Community So I assumed that some places just have too few people for us to build community around. But that doesn't hold water when you look closely enough. I've watched vibrant communities form from the efforts of just one person, or two.
- 4. Community So I started to get curious...
- 5. Community "Community" is a word we throw around a lot. We apply it to many things. The communities I've grown curious about are the old-school kind: they're in-PERSON, and have a geographic location.
- 6. Community Community members' identity and social ties are grounded in certain qualities:
- 8. Share • intentions • values • beliefs • resources • needs • sense of purpose • cohesion They share: [SLIDE]
- 10. Bouchard Adam Burlington RubyConf Burlington Web Application Group Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 11. Cardarella Brian Boston Ember User Group Boston Ruby User Group RailsCamp New England Wicked Good RubyConf Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 12. Neugebauer Chris PyCon Australia Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 13. McAdam Desi DevChix RailsBridge Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 14. Lehnardt Jan Berlin CouchDB Berlin JS JSConf EU OpenTechSchool Swhack Berlin Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 15. Noller Jesse PyCon U.S. Python Software Foundation Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 16. McKellar Jessica Boston Python Workshops Python Software Foundation Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 17. Remsik Jim Madison RubyConf MadUX Conference Snow Mobile Conference Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 18. Pagano Julie Girl Develop It Pittsburgh Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 19. Leahy Liana Boston Ruby Women Open Source Code Crunch RailsBridge Boston Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 20. Haught Marty Rocky Mountain RubyConf Ruby Central Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 21. Allan Pat Melbourne Ruby RailsCamps Australia Trampoline Day Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 22. Brown Peter BurlingtonJS BurlingtonRuby Burlington RubyConf Burlington Web Application Group Curiosity leads to interesting places. I've gotten to know many builders of our coding communities. Asked how their communities started. And how those have grown. How they've survived rocky periods, and become self-sustaining. I've observed, chatted, interviewed, and listened. Asked about their successes, as well as regrets and failures.
- 23. De Voursney Renée RailsBridge So. Today you'll hear some personal stories, collectively, and in their own words.
- 24. Allen Sarah RailsBridge So. Today you'll hear some personal stories, collectively, and in their own words.
- 25. Mei Sarah RailsBridge So. This morning you'll hear personal stories, collectively, and in their own words.
- 26. Laundy Sasha Women Who Code So. This morning you'll hear personal stories, collectively, and in their own words. [SPACEBAR]
- 28. Small is good.
- 31. Networks are a safety net.
- 33. Build selfishly.
- 38. Yes, introverts.
- 41. Explicit values.
- 43. Value: • Unifying principle • Organizes choices • Beacon to others • Sets course of action
- 57. Networks can save your butt.
- 63. Put word out beyond your reach.
- 66. Tiny is exactly right amount.
- 69. Build sociable.
- 71. Failure, whoooo!
- 72. Elevators broke.Sowesqueezedeveryone intooneroom.Somewereunhappy.But thenpeoplestartedtalkingaboutshared experiences.So now we do it that way on purpose.
- 74. Writeahow-to,sothatifsomeonewantsto dooneintheirregiontoo,theycanjust cloneitandadapttotheirneeds.
- 75. Theframeworkistherenow.Soevenifthe current teamisn'ttherenexttime,it'llbe okay.It'llkeepbuilding.
- 78. ForkableCommunities BerlinJS Boston Python Workshops JSConfEU Open Space Technology OpenTechSchool PyLadies RailsBridge RailsGirls Ruby DCamp SuperHappyDevHouse Trampoline Day
- 87. Self-replicate.
- 94. Coworking He had an office for himself but others could drop by. Slowly the numbers grew. There was a growing sense of community and shared ownership. A much-loved coworking space.
- 95. Coworking Co-Up
- 105. kTHXBUILD.