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Join My Reddit AMA – 30th August 2016 at 9am Pacific

by | Wed 17 Aug 2016

On Tuesday 30th August 2016 at 9am Pacific (see other time zone times here) I will be doing a Reddit AMA about my work in community strategy, management, developer relations, open source, music, and elsewhere.

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For those unfamiliar with Reddit AMAs, it is essentially a way in which people can ask questions that someone will respond to. You simply add your questions (serious, or fun both welcome!) and I will respond to as many as I can.

It has been a while since my last AMA, so I am looking forward to this one.

Feel free to ask any questions you like, and this could include questions that relate to:

  • Community management, leadership, and best practice.
  • Working at Canonical, GitHub, XPRIZE, and elsewhere.
  • The open source industry, how it has changed, and what the future looks like.
  • The projects I have been involved in such as Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, and others.
  • The driving forces behind people and groups, behavioral economics, etc.
  • My other things such as my music, conferences, writing etc.
  • Anything else – politics, movies, news, tech…ask away!

If you want to ask about something else though, go ahead! 🙂

How to Join

Joining the AMA is simple. Just follow these steps:

  • Be sure to have a Reddit account. If you don’t have one, head over here and sign up.
  • On Tuesday 30th August 2016 at 9am Pacific (see other time zone times here) I will share the link to my AMA on Twitter (I am not allowed to share it until we run the AMA). You can look for this tweet by clicking here.
  • Click the link in my tweet to go to the AMA and then click the text box to add your question(s).
  • Now just wait until I respond. Feel free to follow up, challenge my response, and otherwise have fun!

Simple as that. 🙂

A Bit of Background

For those of you unfamiliar with my work, you can read more here, but here is a quick summary:

  • I run a community strategy/management and developer relations consultancy practice.
  • My clients include Deutsche Bank, HackerOne, data.world, Intel, Sony Mobile, Open Networking Foundation, and others.
  • I previously served as director of community for GitHub, Canonical, and XPRIZE.
  • I serve as an advisor to various organizations including Open Networking Foundation, Mycroft AI, Mod Duo, and Open Cloud Consortium.
  • I wrote The Art of Community and have columns for Forbes and opensource.com. I have also written four other books and hundreds of articles.
  • I have been involved with various open source projects including Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Jokosher, and others.
  • I am an active podcaster, previously with LugRadio and Shot of Jaq, and now with Bad Voltage.
  • I am really into music and have played in Seraphidian and Severed Fifth.

So, I hope you manage to make it over to the AMA, ask some fun and interesting questions, and we can have a good time. Thanks!

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