Posts

Sep 6, 2021
Rewriting a Git repository : How we stopped making everything worse
Aug 29, 2021
Prototyping with shell scripts
Aug 24, 2021
Rewriting a Git repository : Unlimited growth (in a bad way)
Aug 19, 2021
Starting a new community
May 14, 2021
Installing PostgreSQL the hard way
Apr 30, 2021
I'm joining EDB as a Developer Advocate
Apr 27, 2021
Reading the tea leaves at Stack Overflow
Apr 23, 2021
Finding a community manager job in 2021
Apr 12, 2021
Carcassonne: Bridges, Castles and Bazaars (Expansion 8)—Surprisingly subtle expansions
Apr 6, 2021
Hosting Discourse for free!
Mar 27, 2021
How are minds changed?
Mar 23, 2021
Ask not what a community is worth . . .
Mar 18, 2021
My year at College Confidential
Mar 11, 2021
Creating Discourse permalinks with shell commands
Mar 3, 2021
Munchkin—Optimized for very specific people
Feb 28, 2021
5-Minute Dungeon—My kids love it. Me? Not so much.
Feb 28, 2021
5-Minute Dungeon: Curses! Foiled Again!—Makes the base game a bit more palletable
Jan 31, 2021
Review of Unacceptable
Jan 23, 2021
Catan: Junior—Simple but not immature
Jan 8, 2021
Wisdom scaled
Jan 3, 2021
Chess—How to enjoy chess again
Dec 31, 2020
Catan—The hobby has moved on, but owes a debt to Catan
Nov 22, 2020
Scythe—A user interface triumph that reminds me of Settlers
Oct 18, 2020
My answer about using preferred pronouns
Sep 26, 2020
Star Realms' leveling system
Sep 24, 2020
Ignoring others for community peace
Sep 15, 2020
Moderating on Discourse
Aug 29, 2020
How to simplify Google Form attendance taking
Jul 26, 2020
Tinkering with my blog as procrastination
Jul 9, 2020
Bohnanza—The game about (trading) beans
Jul 8, 2020
Responding to reader mail
Jul 3, 2020
Aeon's End: Legacy—Building decks and characters for fun and the defense of Gravehold
Jul 2, 2020
Q•bitz—Competitive puzzling that looks more interesting than it is
Jul 2, 2020
Reacting with 'thanks'
Jun 22, 2020
Does the 2020 survey show Stack Overflow made progress on its welcoming initiative?
May 29, 2020
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival—A gracious game of tile laying and set collecting
May 26, 2020
Ticket to Ride—A classic that needs expansions
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
Carcassonne—Why Carcassonne has a permanent place on my game shelf
Mar 25, 2020
College Confidential's costly theme
Mar 21, 2020
Plague Inc: Evolved—Not Recommended
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
Jan 4, 2020
Azul—Finely crafted strategy and satisfying interactions
Dec 30, 2019
Color Brain: Disney Edition—Color trivia levels the playing field
Dec 29, 2019
Wingspan—Best if played quickly
Dec 11, 2019
Founders
Dec 3, 2019
Slay the Spire—Recommended
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
Aug 9, 2019
Almost There: The Platformer—Recommended
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 20, 2019
Ironclad Tactics—Recommended
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 19, 2019
Just Cause 3—Recommended
Apr 9, 2019
Unicorn Meta Zoo #1 : Why another podcast?
Dec 20, 2018
UBERMOSH—Recommended
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
Oct 12, 2018
Anomaly Warzone Earth—Not Recommended
Oct 1, 2018
Kitsune Kitchen—Not Recommended
Sep 25, 2018
Tank Battle: Normandy—Recommended
Sep 21, 2018
Tank Battle: East Front—Recommended
Aug 24, 2018
The Plan—Recommended
Jul 31, 2018
Tank Battle: 1945—Recommended
Jul 20, 2018
Steam comments
Jul 10, 2018
Tank Battle: Blitzkrieg—Recommended
Jun 29, 2018
Tank Battle: North Africa—Recommended
Jun 27, 2018
Tank Battle: 1944—Recommended
Jun 24, 2018
Amazeing Lemons—Not Recommended
Jun 20, 2018
What can we do to encourage (or discourage) a second question?
Jun 13, 2018
Wasted Pizza—Not Recommended
May 1, 2018
Is Stack Overflow really racist/sexist?
Mar 23, 2018
The Puppet Race : Asking a question and getting comments
Mar 6, 2018
Aviary Attorney—Recommended
Mar 4, 2018
Holy Potatoes! We’re in Space?!—Not Recommended
Feb 26, 2018
Chaos Reborn—Recommended
Feb 24, 2018
Overgrowth—Recommended
Feb 22, 2018
TIMEframe—Recommended
Dec 8, 2017
The Puppet Race : Learning Ruby by Writing Documentation
Nov 25, 2017
Hand of Fate—Recommended
Sep 8, 2017
Dead6hot—Not Recommended
Sep 4, 2017
CLASH - Legacy Pack—Not Recommended
Sep 2, 2017
Rituals—Not Recommended
Aug 17, 2017
The Puppet Race : Documentation was no PED
Aug 1, 2017
Sunsetting Documentation
Jul 28, 2017
The Puppet Race : Get set
Jul 26, 2017
The Puppet Race : On your mark
May 2, 2017
So Many Cubes—Not Recommended
May 2, 2017
CLASH—Recommended
Apr 30, 2017
Project Starship—Recommended
Apr 30, 2017
Fall of Civilization—Recommended
Apr 26, 2017
Desolate Wastes: Vendor Chronicles—Not Recommended
Apr 25, 2017
Outrage—Not Recommended
Apr 25, 2017
City of Chains—Recommended
Apr 11, 2017
Radical Spectrum: Volume 1—Recommended
Mar 31, 2017
Why don't we keep public records of suspensions?
Mar 31, 2017
Purgatory—Not Recommended
Mar 29, 2017
State of Anarchy—Not Recommended
Mar 29, 2017
Hero Quest: Tower Conflict—Not Recommended
Mar 28, 2017
Dungeon of Zolthan—Recommended
Feb 28, 2017
Thirty Flights of Loving—Recommended
Dec 2, 2016
MASSIVE CHALICE—Recommended
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.
Jun 14, 2016
Cibele—Not Recommended
May 26, 2016
Door Kickers—Recommended
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?
Nov 6, 2013
Hide trivial comments
Mar 16, 2010
The problem with extrinsic motivation