Posts

May 16, 2020
The Power of Story
May 6, 2020
Netlify as a hosting option
Apr 28, 2020
Heroku as a hosting option: Or how to avoid lock-in
Apr 3, 2020
My one-sided retrospective of Stack Overflow's pronoun affair
Mar 30, 2020
Sourdough and the art of tending a culture
Mar 25, 2020
College Confidential's costly theme
Mar 9, 2020
Remote Communication: A Field Guide
Feb 7, 2020
Parable of the rose garden
Feb 4, 2020
Misunderstanding Meta
Feb 2, 2020
2019 in Review
Jan 17, 2020
Why I left Stack Overflow
Dec 11, 2019
Founders
Nov 27, 2019
Control and Agency
Sep 24, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #9: How do we handle problem users?
Sep 3, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #8: What does leadership look like in our communities?
Aug 13, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #7: Interview with Nicolas
Jul 23, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #6: Interview with Catija
Jul 2, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #5: Interview with Cesar M
Jun 22, 2019
The value of Disneyland's mission
Jun 11, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #4: What makes for a healthy community?
May 21, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #3: How do we grade questions?
May 20, 2019
The meristocracy theory of community
May 15, 2019
Master of my own domain
May 2, 2019
What is a Community Product Manager?
Apr 30, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #2: What is the role of moderators?
Apr 24, 2019
The Token Economy of Stack Overflow
Apr 9, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1: Why another podcast?
Dec 17, 2018
The Tony the Pony problem
Dec 12, 2018
If 95%+ of comments have been rated as "fine", does the site deserve its reputation of "unwelcoming"? Do we still need to focus on it?
Oct 24, 2018
Chaos, lost trust, grief and restoration
Jul 20, 2018
Steam comments
Jun 20, 2018
What can we do to encourage (or discourage) a second question?
May 1, 2018
Is Stack Overflow really racist/sexist?
Mar 23, 2018
The Puppet Race: Asking a question and getting comments
Dec 8, 2017
The Puppet Race: Learning Ruby by Writing Documentation
Aug 17, 2017
The Puppet Race: Documentation was no PED
Jul 28, 2017
The Puppet Race: Get set
Jul 26, 2017
The Puppet Race: On your mark
Mar 31, 2017
Why don't we keep public records of suspensions?
Aug 25, 2016
Long Tail Documentation
Jul 28, 2016
What, exactly, is Documentation?
Jul 13, 2016
Why do people answer questions on Stack Overflow?
Jun 30, 2016
How to conduct hallway usability tests without any hallways.
Feb 29, 2016
Building a customer support system: Automated responses
Feb 20, 2016
Fair Elections and STV
Feb 19, 2016
A review of Hermeneutics: Questions and Answers
Jan 15, 2016
If at first you don't succeed . . .
Oct 11, 2015
My Adventure with Late Answers
Jul 21, 2015
How to vacation like a community manager.
May 18, 2015
Empathetic criticism
May 15, 2015
How can we make the most of our upcoming site self evaluations?
Apr 22, 2015
Computer Science and women
Apr 8, 2015
Building a customer support system: Adding a honeypot
Apr 6, 2015
Building a customer support system: Tickets are people too
Mar 31, 2015
The yolk's on us
Mar 23, 2015
Building a customer support system: Training
Mar 13, 2015
Building a customer support system: Moving from email to Zendesk
Mar 11, 2014
How big is the Fastest Gun in the West bias?
Mar 16, 2010
The problem with extrinsic motivation