
Community Pulse
Community Pulse is the spot for Developer Relations and Community professionals who are looking for information on building technical communities. Community Builders and DevRel veterans Jason Hand, Mary Thengvall, PJ Hagerty, and Wesley Faulkner interview experts in the field of Developer Relations and Community Leadership on a broad range of topics related to building community.
Latest episodes

Mar 24, 2020 • 26min
After Pulse: The Ethical DevRel
PJ, SJ, and Mary chat further on the subject of ethics following Episode 45. Tune in to hear more from their own unique perspectives once the guests have left.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 46min
The Ethical DevRel (Ep 45)
Events have a code of conduct. Projects often have rules of behavior for those who participate. There are expected rules we follow when creating content, from adhering to MLA style to ensuring ideas are delivered in a succinct way with value to the consumer. But when it comes to DevRel, there is no specific rule set or guidelines for practitioners. Beyond the external rules we need to follow as generally good humans, there is nothing to show how to be an ethical DevRel practitioner. So where does that leave us? Coraline Ada Ehmke and Don Goodman-Wilson join us to discuss this difficult topic.</p
Checkouts
PJ Hagerty
Personal Record Club - A spotify API consuming way to share your album choices socially (based on the @PJAlbumoftheDay twitter account)
A Drop of Midnight - Jason “Timbuktu” Diakité’s memoir on growing up African-American in Sweden and what finding his roots really means.
SJ Morris
Burnout Index: A quick pulse on how work is affecting you
This tweet of an otter playing with an iPhone set to Careless Whisper
Mary Thengvall
Geekbot - asynchronous standup bot on Slack for distributed teams
Don Goodman-Wilson
Andrew L. Russell’s Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks
Coraline Ada Ehmke
Title of Conf - A joyful new musical conference showcasing the brilliant talent thriving the tech community.
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Feb 14, 2020 • 17min
After Pulse: Finding the DevRel in You
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Jan 28, 2020 • 36min
Finding the DevRel In You: Common characteristics of developer relations professionals (Ep 44)
Checkouts:
SJ Morris
Microsoft OneNote
Feals - CBD subscription service
PJ Hagerty
Lost in Space - Netflix show
Alexisonfire - Season of the Flood
Amanda Folson
User Stories Applied by Mike Cohn
Geertjan Wielanga
Tweets from Venkat Subramaniam: On burnout. On listening.
Review of “Developer, Advocate”
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Dec 5, 2019 • 51min
2019 Closing Thoughts (Ep 43)
Checkouts:
PJ Hagerty
OSMIHelp.org is part of Amazon smile - donate today!
Mary Thengvall
Care/Of - personalized vitamins based on geographic location, goals, habits, etc
Jason Hand
Ignite and the Tour content and demos
SJ Morris
Good American Jeans
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Nov 26, 2019 • 17min
After Pulse: What's After DevRel?
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Nov 19, 2019 • 50min
What's After DevRel?: Job fluidity, career paths, and new roles (Ep 42)
Check Outs
PJ Hagerty
Rage Against the Machine Reunite in 2020
Modern Love Season 1 (Amazon Prime) - Especially the Anne Hathaway episode (Episode 3)
OSMIHelp.org will be at Kubecon 2019 in San Diego
Mary Thengvall
Space: An Invitation to Create Sustainable Rhythms of Work, Play, and Rest by Manda Carpenter - There’s a Christian devotional slant to it, but the information and messages are valuable no matter what religion you do (or don’t) practice
Harley Merlin and the Secret Coven series by Bella Forrest
Songland - NBC show on Hulu
Jason Hand
Dog Monitor (iOS)
Microsoft Ignite Tour (watch for the videos and tutorials)
SJ Morris
free-for.dev: super handy list of free tiers for myriad of developer products
Short Path Distillery in Everett, MA
Shannon Burns
William Larson’s An Elegant Puzzle - a really interesting and useful book on the intricacies of engineering culture, organization and leadership challenges.
The Heavyweight Podcast. It’s just nice to have something heartwarming to listen to instead of getting depressed by the news ;)
Lauren Cooney
Redshirts by John Scalzi
Twitter’s Statement around political ads
Fascinating number of people joining RedHat! Keep an eye on that space.
Matt Broberg
TLDR command-line utility. Plain-Rnglish explanation of complex tools.
Rhythm & Flow on Netflix. A really authentic version of The Voice but for rap, with Cardi b, T.I., Chance the Rapper.
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Oct 28, 2019 • 9min
After Pulse: Audience Segmentation
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Oct 18, 2019 • 47min
Audience Segmentation: Why finding your core community is an integral piece of a successful devrel strategy (Ep 41)
Checkouts:
PJ
Leslie Odom Jr’s new single - Under Pressure
The Untitled Goose Game
Mary Thengvall
Prusa i3 MK3 kit 3D Printer
A reminder to make time for yourself. For me, that’s been waking up 20-30m early (when I can convince myself to do so!) and reading while drinking my coffee instead of being on my phone or computer right after waking up. Taking a moment to breathe & start the day off right.
SJ Morris
Currently reading Jia Tolentino’s Trick Mirror: a collection of essays from one of my fave journalists (on the New Yorker staff, formerly of Jezebel), on navigating our senses of self online, offline and through a feminist lens in this surreal global political moment.
Jesse Davis
As an outdoor enthusiast and a father of 3 boys, I’ve recently become fascinated with the idea of Nature Deficit Disorder. The idea that as our society becomes more connected we lose touch with those things that we need most of all: fresh air, peace and quiet, and uninterrupted connection with other humans in a natural setting. I’m working on ways to build that within my tightest community, my wife and kids, by doing more hiking, fishing, and campfire time.
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Oct 2, 2019 • 17min
After Pulse: Open Source Community Management
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