by Jono Bacon | Jul 27, 2016 | Bacon Roundup
In my work I tend to create a lot of material both on my website here as well as on other websites (for example, my opensource.com column and my Forbes column. I also participate in interviews and other pieces. I couldn’t think of an efficient way to pull these...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 26, 2016 | Community, Community Management
Incentive plays an important role in communities. We see it everywhere: community members are rewarded with extrinsic rewards such as t-shirts, stickers, gadgets, or other material, or intrinsic rewards such as increased responsibilities, kudos, reputation, or other...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 25, 2016 | Audio, Community, Community Management, Interview
Last week I was interviewed by the wonderful Eric Wright for the GC On-Demand Podcast. Over the years I have participated in various interviews, and this was a particularly fun, meaty, and meaningful discussion. I think this could be worth a listen, particularly if...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 21, 2016 | Clients, HackerOne, Jono Bacon Consulting
As some of you will know, recently I have been consulting with HackerOne. I just wanted to share a new competition we launched yesterday called Hack The World. I think it could be interesting to those of you already hacking, but also those of you interested in...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 18, 2016 | Ideas
This weekend I dropped Erica off at the airport. Driving through San Francisco we saw an inventive billboard designed to reduce texting and driving. Driver distraction is a big problem, with a 2012 study suggesting over 3,000 deaths and 421,000 injuries were a result...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 14, 2016 | Community
A while back Mako introduced me to Mitchel Resnick, LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab. Mitchel is a tremendous human being; warm, passionate, and terribly creative in solving interesting...
by Jono Bacon | Jul 8, 2016 | Clients, HackerOne
Recently I started doing some work with HackerOne and I thought many of you would find it interesting enough for me to share. A while back my friend Mårten Mickos joined HackerOne as CEO. Around that time we had lunch and he shared with me more about the company....
by Jono Bacon | Jun 20, 2016 | Jono Bacon Consulting
A little while back I shared that I decided to leave GitHub. Firstly, thanks to all of you for your incredible support. I am blessed to have such wonderful people in my life. Since that post I have been rather quiet about what my next adventure is going to be, and...
by Jono Bacon | May 23, 2016 | GitHub
Last year I joined GitHub as Director Of Community. My role has been to champion and manage GitHub’s global, scalable community development initiatives. Friday was my last day as a hubber and I wanted to share a few words about why I have decided to move on. My...
by Jono Bacon | May 18, 2016 | Community
On Friday last week I flew out to Austin to run the Community Leadership Summit and join OSCON. When I arrived in Austin, I called home and our son, Jack, was rather upset. It was clear he wasn’t just missing daddy, he also wasn’t feeling very well. As the...
