#community#layoffs#discuss
The Impact of Tech Layoffs: A Personal Story
According to Lisa Cron, the writer of Wired for Story, our brains relate more to specific stories...
Christina Gorton6 min read
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Christina Gorton
Community, technical writing, developer advocacy, and instructional design. Courses on LinkedIn, Egghead, Design+Code, and Skillshare.
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Christina Gorton6 min read
#community#opensource#beginners
Building Thriving Communities: Strategies for New Community Managers
Introduction: Embarking on the journey of community management in spaces like open-source...
Christina Gorton6 min read
#opensource#haskell#tooling
Alex Biehl: Open Sourcing a Tool to Generate Haskell Server Stubs
Scarf Sessions is a new stream where we have conversations with people shaping the landscape in open...
Christina Gorton6 min read
#opensource#community#react
Tanner Linsley: Building Sustainable Open Source Projects
Scarf Sessions is a new stream where we have conversations with people shaping the landscape in open...
Christina Gorton6 min read
#opensource#community
Stefano Maffulli: An Exploration on Standards for Open Source Packaging and Distribution
Scarf Sessions is a new stream where we have conversations with people shaping the landscape in open...
Christina Gorton5 min read
#opensource#github
Encourage Community with a Good ReadMe
Community is important for the health of an open source project. During my time as an open source...
Christina Gorton5 min read
#opensource
A Different Approach to Measuring Open Source Community Health
What is Community Health? Community is important to the success of open source software....
Christina Gorton4 min read
#linux#tutorial#beginners
Root to Linux: Search Files with Grep
Introduction Grep is a commonly used command in Linux (or Unix) to search through 1 or...
Christina Gorton4 min read
#books#bookclub#documentation
Twitter Chat: Chapter 6 Recap
Cover Photo by Chris J. Davis on Unsplash We started a book club! Each week we host a Twitter chat...
Christina Gorton3 min read
#bookclub#books#documentation
Twitter Chat: Chapter 5 Recap
Cover Photo by Chris J. Davis on Unsplash We started a book club! Each week we host a Twitter chat...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#linux#tutorial#beginners
Root to Linux: Hands-on Commands Part 2
Introduction In part 1 of this guide, you will learned some of the basic Linux commands to...
Christina Gorton4 min read
#linux#tutorial#beginners
Root to Linux: Hands-on Commands Part 1
Introduction One of the most intimidating parts of learning Linux is working with the...
Christina Gorton4 min read
#bookclub#documentation
Twitter Chat: Chapter 3 Recap
Cover photo by Chris J. Davis on Unsplash We started a book club! Each week, we host a Twitter chat...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#bookclub#documentation
Twitter Chat: Chapter 2 Recap
Cover Photo by Chris J. Davis on Unsplash We started a book club! Each week we host a Twitter chat...
Christina Gorton2 min read
Twitter Chat: Chapter 1 Recap
Cover Photo by Chris J. Davis on Unsplash We started a book club! Each week we host a Twitter chat...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#linux#beginners#devops
Root to Linux: BIOS
At Forem a few coworkers and I have formed a Linux Club🤓. Joe Doss is leading us on this adventure...
Christina Gorton3 min read
#hacktoberfest#opensource#meta#digitalocean
Congrats on an Inspiring Hacktoberfest 2021 🎃
Another fantastic Hacktoberfest is in the books! We hope everyone who participated learned something...
Christina Gorton3 min read
#opensource#meta#twitch
October: Forem Twitch Events Roundup 👾
In October, Nick Taylor and I kicked off Hacktoberfest. We were also joined by 4 awesome guests...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#hacktoberfest#forem#opensource
Hacktoberfest Check-In & Forem Contributor Spotlight ⭐️
Hello, DEV Community! For those of you who are participating in Hacktoberfest 2021 as either a...
Christina Gorton3 min read
#twitch#opensource#meta
September: Forem Twitch Events Roundup 👾
In September, Nick Taylor and I were joined by 4 awesome guests! This is a round up of all the...
Christina Gorton1 min read
#web3#tutorial#beginners
Understanding and Using a Web3 Wallet
Introduction In this tutorial you will learn what a web3 wallet(digital wallet) is, why...
Christina Gorton5 min read
#hacktoberfest#opensource#meta#contributorswanted
Hacktoberfest 2021 is Here 🎃
Here’s how we’re celebrating open source this month and how you can join us!
Christina Gorton4 min read
#opensource#hacktoberfest
Have Fear and Contribute Anyway
Cover Photo by Tonik on Unsplash Background I am a mom of 4. When I was pregnant with my...
Christina Gorton5 min read
#discuss#opensource#hacktoberfest
Discuss: Open Source Contribution Pain Points and Success?
Hey!👋 I am Christina, a Developer Advocate at Forem who focuses on the open source community. As I...
Christina Gorton1 min read
#opensource#meta
August: Forem Twitch Events Roundup 👾
In August, Nick Taylor and I were joined by 4 awesome guests! This is a round up of all the wonderful...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#devbugsmash#opensource#forem#contributorswanted
Bug Smash is Back — Join In! 🐛
Bug Smash aims to surface issues in the Forem codebase that are particularly interesting! If you're looking for some open source issues to tackle, we'd love to have you!
Christina Gorton4 min read
#opensource#meta
July: Forem Twitch Events Roundup 👾
In July, Nick Taylor and I were joined by 8 awesome guests! This is a round up of all the wonderful...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#twitch#discuss#meta
DEV and Code School Twitch Q&A
This week @nickytonline and I are doing something a little different for our weekly Twitch...
Christina Gorton1 min read
#opensource#meta
June: Forem Twitch Events Roundup 👾
In June, Nick Taylor and I were joined by 3 awesome guests. This is a round up of all the wonderful...
Christina Gorton2 min read
#opensource#meta#devbugsmash
Looking Back on Our First DEV Community Bug Smash
In May, the Forem team launched our first DEV Community Bug Smash. This community-wide collaboration...
Christina Gorton2 min read