Community Pulse

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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. Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guest: Jesse Davis.

Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Note Apologies for the sub-par audio levels on this episode. Mary, PJ, and Rain recorded together while onsite at Abstractions Conference and the microphone situation wasn’t ideal! Checkouts: PJ Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy by Cathy O’Neil DevOps Days Buffalo is coming up. Learn more. Rain Leander A beautiful reminder about inclusivity around mental health and diversity as well as ageism. Black Mirror - on Netflix Mary Thengvall Euphoria - on HBO. TW: drug & alcohol use, suicide, gender fluidity Sherrie Rohde Mellow.Doodles Mental health & self-care Instagram account The Art Therapy Sourcebook by Cathy Malchiodi Jason Hand MeetEdgar.com - Social Media service Azure Functions & SignalR Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Rain Leander and Sherrie Rohde.

Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

What happens when you change jobs and have to move from one community to another? When it’s time to look for a new job… do you stick with the same community? Or do you seek out a change of some type? Are there companies or brands that you can’t see yourself ever working for? Listen in as Jason and PJ chat with guests Alyss Noland and Joel Lord on these topics and more. Checkouts: PJ PSA from your buddy “peej”: Help, attend, host and speak at your local tech meetups! DevOps Days Buffalo is coming up. Learn more. PJ’s album of the day twitter feed - @PJAlbumoftheDay Joel Lord Check out this sweet Open Source Personal CRM Calculate your carbon footprint and learn ways to offset it. Alyss Noland Currently listening to The Knowledge Project from Shane Parrish and reading Never Split The Difference by Chris Voss and Tal Rahz Jason Rediscovering my record collection and updates to Discogs Datafactory on Azure Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Alyss Noland and Joel Lord.

Links: Event Scorecard Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

"Conference Season" used to be a definitive time of year -- the time when things were chaotic and everything revolved around travel, talks, sponsorships, and schedules. But these days it seems like the whole year is chock-full of conferences, big and small. So how can we help build an event strategy that's sustainable, not only for our team, but for our budgets? Amanda Gonser, Manager of Community Events and Content at PagerDuty, and Matt Auerbach, Event Director at Twitch and Co-founder of Confir, join Mary, PJ, and Jason to talk about all of these topics and more. Links Measuring Event Success: Entering the Matrix by Amanda Gonser Confir - The conference sponsorship tool that allows you to find the best conferences for your company, created by Matt Auerbach. Community Pulse Episode 33 - Lessons Learned from Organizing Tech Events What Ever Happened to the Meetup? - blogpost from PJ Hagerty The plural of Prospectus is either Prospectuses or Prospectus. Checkouts Amanda PagerDuty Summit is open for registration - San Francisco, Sept 23-25 Listen to the poetry book, Deaf Republic, on the BBC. Matt Twilio Signal - San Francisco, CA, Aug 6-7, 2019 DevCom - Cologne, Aug 18-19, 2019 FrontEnd Connect – if anyone’s familiar with the conference, let Matt know! Science & Technology section on Twitch – specifically CSharpFritz PJ DevOps Days Buffalo - Buffalo, NY, Sept 26-27, 2019 From Crimetown podcast - The Ballad of Billy Balls - hosted by Io Tillet Wright Wu Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men Mary Abstractions - Pittsburgh, Aug 21-23, 2019. Use discount code ChQ1Rs7bdZCwfJg for 10% off. CMX Summit - Redwood City (Bay Area), Sept 5-6, 2019. This link gets you 10% off. Jason Artists Works Car Hacks: Automatic + IFTTT + RescueTime Little Snitch - information on how to change your Comcast plan Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Amanda Gonser and Matt Auerbach.

Links Brene Brown’s Netflix special Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.

Banana Bread Recipes Bear: Preheat oven to 350. Sift dry ingredients together (honestly, dump in a bowl and fluff with a fork): – 1.5c flour – 1c sugar – 1 tsp baking soda – 1/2 tsp salt Mash 3 overripe bananas in a bowl. Beat in 1 egg. Add 1 tbsp melted butter OR canola oil. Mix wet ingredients into dry until just combined. Add 1c “stuff” - chocolate chips and walnuts in my case - just combine. Bake in a loaf pan 1h15m. Jeremy: Dry: 2c flour 1/2c sugar 1/2t baking soda 1/2t salt 2t baking powder Wet: 1c mashed ripe bananas 1 egg 1/4c butter 1t orange zest 1/3c orange juice Streusel: 2T butter 2T sugar 1/4c flour 1t orange zest Preheat oven to 400F. Combine the dry ingredients thoroughly, then the wet ingredients (separately), then add the wet ingredients to the dry. Put into a loaf pan (or muffin pans). Combine streusel and then liberally sprinkle on top of the mixture in the pan(s). Bake for 40-45 minutes. Checkouts PJ The Tyranny of Metrics by Jerry Z Muller Hunt-a-Killer Mary Relevant Experience Podcast Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh Zelda: Breath of the Wild video game Jason Devopsroadtrip.com Overcomplicated by Samuel Arbesman Bear No Hard Feelings by Molly Duffy and Liz Fosslien Jeremy BetterPractices.dev by Postman Radical Candor by Kim Scott The Indispensible Community by Richard Millington Enjoy the podcast? Please take a few moments to leave us a review on iTunes and follow us on Spotify, or leave a review on one of the other many podcasting sites that we’re on! Your support means a lot to us and helps us continue to produce episodes every month. Like all things Community, this too takes a village.Special Guests: Bear Douglas and Jeremy Meiss.