The Elixir Community: A Preliminary Characterization

A preliminary characterization of the Elixir Community of Practice

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1. The Elixir Community:
   A Preliminary
   Characterization
   Adolfo Neto
   @adolfont
   UTFPR - Curitiba
   

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   Meetups
   Events
   Code
   Who is responsible for
   them?
   

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   THE COMMUNITY
   

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   Communities have “virtues” and “flaws”
   Closed or Open
   Receptive or Arrogant
   Competent or Marketer
   

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   It seems to me that everyone loves
   the Elixir Community
   

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   How is the Community structured?
   

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   Community
   

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    Community of Practice
    

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    Communities of practice are
    groups of people
    who share a concern or a
    passion
    for something they do
    and
    learn how to do it better
    as they interact regularly
    

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    Participant Observer
    

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    Concept Map
    

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    People
    

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    Roles
    

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    Achievements
    

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    Organizations
    

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    Non-profit organizations
    

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    Codamos
    

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    Erlang Ecosystem Foundation
    

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    Elixir School
    

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    Companies
    (for profit organizations)
    

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    Events
    

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    Coding Dojos
    

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    Meetups
    

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    Elixir CWB #2
    

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    Coderetreats
    

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    ElixirConfLA
    ElixirConfEU
    ElixirConfUS
    Large Events
    

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    Elixir Brasil
    Erlang & Elixir Fest 2019
    ElixirConf México
    National Events
    

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    Code BEAM
    Stockholm
    San Francisco
    Code Elixir London
    Code BEAM Lite
    Budapest, Amsterdam
    Regional Events
    

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    The Big Elixir
    Gig City Elixir
    Elixir Daze
    EMPEX (NYC, LA)
    Eventos Regionais
    

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    Can online events be
    called events?
    

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    Elixir Kenya Meetup
    Erlang Solutions Webinars
    

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    Artifacts
    

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    TEXT AND IMAGE
    

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    Books
    

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    Communication Channels
    

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    #elixirlang
    

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    Podcasts
    

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    Screencasts
    Recorded talks
    Live coding sessions
    

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    Exercism
    

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    Newsletters
    Online courses (Dave Thomas)
    What else?
    

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    My worries
    

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    Loss of Purity and Identity
    

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    Information Overload
    

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     Lack of Deep Work
     

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     Future work
     

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     Focus on specific parts of the
     community:
     ElixirForum
     Podcasts
     

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     Compare the Elixir community with the
     communities for:
     Erlang
     Clojure
     Kotlin
     ?
     

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     Recap
     

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     The Elixir Community
     

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     We are the Elixir Community!
     Contribute! (sometimes a translation is all we
     need)
     Use the artifacts. Treat well those who contribute
     (constructive and educated feedback).
     Organize Meetups, Talks, Coding Dojos.
     Give talks.
     Record a Podcast Episode
     

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