Learning the New Tech Lingua Franca: Social Media

You might be wondering about my outﬁt
@ladyleet

I don’t always dress up like a cow
@ladyleet

But when I do, it’s udder-ly amazing.
@ladyleet

Please meet @BenLesh
@ladyleet

Please meet @SoBenLesh
@ladyleet

Material Design
Warmup time!
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

So you’re here to learn about the internet
@ladyleet

The lingua franca of the tech industry
@ladyleet

How to be legen-dairy
@ladyleet

Tracy Lee
@ladyleet
github.com/ladyleet
modern-web.org
medium.com/@ladyleet
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
I get to do cool things like this

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Now that you know a little about me,
I’m in the moo-d to get to know you people
in the room.
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
How many of you are developers?

@ladyleet
How many of you are business people?

@ladyleet
Regardless of who you are,
we are all udder-ly excited about Angular

@ladyleet
But we’re not just moo-ved
by the technology…

@ladyleet
We’re moo-ved by the people

@ladyleet
And, being at a conference, you’re probably here
because it’s part of your job.

@ladyleet
You probably want to be successful at your job.
And life.

@ladyleet
Being successful is about
being able to develop a regular dialogue
with the people you work with
and build real relationships

@ladyleet
So you can improve what you do
and how you do it

Developer
Developer Advocate
Consultant
Startup Founder
Sales/Marketing
Recruiter
@ladyleet
This matters for everyone

@ladyleet
You are moo-re effective if you know how to
co-moo-nicate with people you work with

@ladyleet
So, let me pour some knowledge on you

@ladyleet
About The Lingua Franca of Tech:
Social Media

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First off, you must understand…
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
JavaScriptLand is a hilarious place.

@ladyleet
It’s also very genuine and honest

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Our community is built on
meaningful and strong relationships
with people doing
really cool things.
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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But did you know
that is being enabled by one thing?
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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Social media.
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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The real question is…
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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Are you participating?
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
We’re going to focus on Twitter & Github

@ladyleet
There are a lot of amazing people here

@ladyleet
People you probably want to meet

@ladyleet
But who is everyone?
How do you meet them?
How do you get them to talk?

@ladyleet
How many people can
you INDIVIDUALLY
meet at this entire
conference?

@ladyleet
Look at these
anti-social scared baes.

@ladyleet
How many
meaningful relationships
can you build?

Material Design
Here’s a little secret
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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These people are on the internet
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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…and?
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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Introducing
The Tech Lingua Franca Playbook
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

Find people
Listen
Be a useful human being
How this beneﬁts you
Getting started
@ladyleet
The Tech Lingua Franca Playbook

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Where do I ﬁnd these internet people?
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

I found 49/54 AngularConnect speakers on Twitter
@ladyleet
https://twitter.com/ladyleet/lists/angularconnect-speakers

This is more people than you’d meet sitting here
@ladyleethttps://twitter.com/ladyleet/lists/angularconnect-speakers

@ladyleet
I also found 214 people talking about AngularConnect

@ladyleet
There are 328 contributors on angular & 65 members

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Remember, these are people you want to know
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
The familiar faces… sure

@ladyleet
But the unfamiliar faces are just as important

Material Design
Don’t discount people.
Get to know them.
Be inclusive.
Surprise yourself.
Let them surprise you.
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
Listen ﬁrst to understand the landscape

Material Design
Understand the interactions and behavior
between people
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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See where you might be useful
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

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What’s appropriate?
What’s not?
by andrew haskin
@ladyleet

Material Design
Chime in and help where you can.
But make sure you’re useful.
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
Examples of being a useful human being

Material Design
Ways you can be useful
Help people solve their problems
Be a nice person on the internet
Contribute your strengths to the ecosystem
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
The opposite of useful

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You might be thinking…
Being a useful human being sounds like
a lot of work.
…yep.
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
How this beneﬁts you

Material Design
We are more likely to work with people we trust
and have helped us in the past.
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

Material Design
Contributing to OSS can help you land jobs and
change your career trajectory.
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

Material Design
Being positive and contributing makes people
want to play with you.
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

Material DesignBe a badass like Caitlin Potter
by andrew
haskin
@ladyleet

@ladyleet
1. Find cool people related to things
you care about.
2. Get to know them by listening
3. Be a useful human being by
conversing on Twitter and
helping people on Github.

@ladyleet
Social media is the language
that our entire ecosystem is built on

@ladyleet
It’s where software is created and debated.
It’s where companies are formed.

Don’t take yourself too seriously
@ladyleet

Remember you are a human
@ladyleet

And we are all humans
@ladyleet

Be nice to each other
@ladyleet

Learning the New Tech Lingua Franca: Social Media

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