Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly - Issue 93
Developer Avocados 🥑 Weekly
📖Sharpen the axe with personas - Heidi Waterhouse shared a method to overcome writer's block, using personas, in the hopes that writing to this one particular person works better for you than “writing documentation” in the abstract.
📖Building a high-quality content ecosystem at scale - James Grafton wrote about the ever-evolving challenge of creating a platform that delivers quality content and innovation at scale.
📖Content at Salesforce - Gavin Austin went on the Knowledgebase Ninjas Podcast and talked about what goes on at Salesforce in terms of technical documentation.
📖I'm a Developer Educator now! 🥳 - Alejandra Quetzalli wrote about starting a new job as a Developer Educator for the Conversation Platform Developer Experience team at Expedia Group.
📖Life as a Developer Advocate, nine months into a pandemic - Robin Moffatt wrote a reflection on his life in the world of DevRel, despite the pandemic.
📖Five tips to make you a better presenter at virtual events - Elio Struyf shared his five tips for you to consider when presenting virtually.
📖Virtual Conferences Are Broken. Let’s Fix Them. - Philipp Sackl thought critically about how to deliver great guest experiences in the new medium that virtual events are.
📢 A Word From Our Sponsor - Moovweb 📢
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🗞Special Edition: DevRel For Startups🗞
📖The Community Playbook for Founders - Flybridge shared strategies and stories for founders building community-driven companies.
📖Hiring the first developer advocate - Patrick Mayr recently hosted a roundtable discussion with a group of founders that shared their thoughts and experiences on hiring and building developer relations teams.
📖Creating a DevRel Culture - Laka shared his journey for scaling a DevRel Program with a team of one and without increasing the headcount.
This newsletter is brought to you by two developer avocados: Julia & Laka