Being Nice is Nice

Programming is a social activity. An Open Source community is all about the interactions between multiple opinions. Trying to come at every interaction with a positive perspective is hard, but worth it.

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1. BEING NICE IS Design Dictator @ CocoaPods Head of Mobile @ Artsy @Orta
2. Design Dictator @ CocoaPods Head of Mobile @ Artsy @Orta ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁ ☁
3. Programming is social
4. DANGER MCSHANE
6. Being a jerk
11. Normal Person Anonymity audience + + = Total Jerkface
12. relatively Normal Person + perceived priv acy + yes people audience http://marocharim.com/2010/11/02/fuckwad-effects/ http://marocharim.com/2010/11/02/fuckwad-effects/ = Total Jerkface
13. Friction is easy
14. Friction gets followers
17. that’s not as funny/ smart as you think it is
18. Nice is HARD
21. […] I spent many hours with this and I will give up without your help. an email from a few days ago
22. Empathy
23. POSITIVE REINforcement
30. no-one is alw ays in a good mood Let’s not set the wrong expectations
31. I’m not alw ays in a good mood
32. Where can you get some good advice?
35. TLDR
36. People Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain. Give honest sincere appreciation.
37. ARGUMENTS Avoid at all costs Never say, “You’re wrong.” If you are wrong, admit it quickly.
38. Being A Leader Ask questions instead of orders. Praise every improvement. Give someone a reputation to live up to.
41. @orta