Code
Community Building
Virtual Coffee
Creator and Maintainer
I (accidentally) created the tech community Virtual Coffee in April of 2020, and initiated the vision that supports 700+ developers at all levels with weekly events, slack, monthly challenges, a newsletter, podcast, and larger initiatives.
Podcasts
The Virtual Coffee Podcast
Co-host and co-producer, featuring members of the VC Community telling their stories and what they've learned.
Selected Guest Appearances
- CodeNewbie
- EMPower
- This Old App
- Getting Apps Done
- Polyglot Podcast: Coffee & Community – Building with Intention with Bekah Hawrot Weigel
- The Undefined Podcast
Conferences
- Keynote Talk: The Power of Storytelling
- Mid-Atlantic Developers: The Coder's Journey: Community and Gatekeepers
- From Trauma to Tech: a person-centered approach
- Mission Impossible Prep: Testing with Cypress
- The Joy of Dev Life: A Bob Ross Approach
- How to Apologize
Selected YouTube Videos
- Audience v. Community
- How to get started in Community
- Four Ways to Give Good Feedback
- Open Source: 5 reasons to Contribute
Selected Livestream Appearances
- Virtual Coffee - An Intro to Hacktoberfest and Open Source
- The Practical Dev - Walkthrough Wednesday: Preptember with Virtual Coffee
- Learn with Jason - Let's Learn TensorFlow.js!