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Extreme Open Source Community Building Michael DeHaan

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At some point you may have an idea…

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So you start a project

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note - Projects are often better when it’s a problem you personally have

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Projects Are More Fun With Users

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GitHub, tell friends, now what…

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Initial Seed Audiences (How?)

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DOCS are VERY important

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Clean code is SOMETIMES important

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So you want to get big?

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Tests Are Going To Be Critical - Later

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Mailing Lists & IRC

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Decide What Your Community Focus Is

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Full-on-GitHub Is Required

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good README, PRs, Issues, No Offsite Tracker (unfortunately)

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meetup.com Effects

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Conferences? maybe not.

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15 minute rule (5 minute?)

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Perfect Is The Enemy of Good

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Take Users Along For Journey

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Get Lots of Feedback

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Surveys and Lists: Note Trends, Ignore Outliers

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Share Direction Frequently

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Don’t Completely Sell Out When You Sell Out

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Be Open About Focus

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Don’t Compromise On What Makes You You

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Users Make Projects Stronger

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? info: @laserllama / michael.dehaan@gmail.com