Dev communities, with Rosie Sherry (Orbit)
Rosie Sherry with David Mytton on Console DevTools Podcast
https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk
Published on February 16, 2022
One of the best UX interview questions I can think of after hearing this interview is “How is the app helping you to reach your goals?”
Takeaways
- Community Discovery – research your market.
- People don’t always know what they want.
- Don’t focus on engagement for the sake of engagement.
- Use the tools your community is using.
- The foundation of community is good conversation.
Community is people having something in common and striving toward a similar goal. Three Ps of community: product, practice, play. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=3m50s
Community is not for selling products. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=5m54s
Do your community discovery. Research your market. Understand what’s out there, who you’re trying to serve, the goals you want to achieve. Build trust. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=12m14s
Members don’t always know what they want. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=19m2s
A healthy community is a distributable one. It’s not necessarily about the number of conversations. Don’t focus on engagement for the sake of engagement. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=21m57s
Use the tools your community is using or the tools that are trending. Discord is great for the audio features. Luma for event registration. Zoom for broadcasting. Butter.us for workshops. MailChimp for newsletters. Calendarly for calendaring. Notion for documentation. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=23m7s
The foundation of community is good conversation. https://pca.st/9qu5y8pk?t=25m25s
Things mentioned:
I listened to part of this interview on a layover in Amsterdam and I thought luma sounded cool and as I was checking it out I discovered The Offline Club, which is absolutely brilliant. And I am basically in love with luma’s design aesthetic. 😊