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What do Fibonacci spirals have to do with
contributing to Postgres?
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Source: Reddit
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@clairegiordan
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Hi, I’m Claire Giordano—and
I’m a Principal PM Manager
at Microsoft, by way of the
recent Citus Data
acquisition, where I was
VP of Marketing.
21 Ways to Contribute
to Postgres—
Beyond Code
@clairegiordano
& drive Fibonacci growth
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Why ”Beyond Code”?
What if… you’re not a developer?
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@clairegiordan
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Right before I submitted talk proposal…
Source: Josh Berkus on Slideshare.net: 50 Ways to Love Your Project
DISCOVERED: Josh Berkus - similar talk in 2013
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@clairegiordan
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Attend conferences like this.
Participate in the community.
Learn—and share your learnings.
Create a place where newcomers can
learn.
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Lots of ways to support local
Meetups & User Groups, too.
Attend.
Give talks.
Share learnings.
Pay for food/drinks.
Host in your company’s office space.
@clairegiordano
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Lots of ways to support local
Meetups & User Groups, too.
Attend.
Give talks.
Share learnings.
Pay for food/drinks.
Host in your company’s office space.
@clairegiordano
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@clairegiordan
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Lots of ways to support local
Meetups & User Groups, too.
Attend.
Give talks.
Share learnings.
Pay for food/drinks.
Host in your company’s office space.
@clairegiordano
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Share your expertise—give a talk or
tutorial at a conference.
Meetups, too.
Lightning talks, too.
Most conference organizers
WELCOME first-time presenters.
@clairegiordano
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Post your slides online!
Share them.
Promote them
# of digital pageviews can exceed #
of attendees!
> speakerdeck.com
> slideshare.net
> conference websites…
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Start a local PGDay in your town.
Single-track, 1-day, local
> More affordable
> Easy access
> All together, same room, all day
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@clairegiordano Source: 2020.pgday.paris
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@clairegiordano Source: www.pgday.cl/2019/
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Start a local PGDay in your town.
Single-track, 1-day, local
> More affordable
> Easy access
> All together, same room, all day
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Write a blog.
Publish an article.
Share your learnings & expertise.
Shine a light on value of Postgres.
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Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to
increase reach of your blog posts.
@planetpostgres promotes on
Twitter, too.
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Source: postgresql.org
Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to
increase reach of your blog posts.
@planetpostgres promotes on
Twitter, too.
@clairegiordano
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Write Books that make it easier for
newcomers to use Postgres
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@clairegiordan
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Write Books that make it easier for
newcomers to use Postgres
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Create User Stories!
About amazing things do w/ Postgres
Recipe:
Story, headlines, diagrams, metrics,
pull quotes
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@clairegiordano Source: citusdata.com/customers/mixrank
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Use Video to show what Postgres
can do!
Some people learn better via video.
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Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbT64D9KFk
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Use Video to show what Postgres
can do!
Some people learn better via video.
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Title
Thumbnail
Description
Bookmarks
Links
Don’t forget to post videos with
good metadata!
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If you build it, they will NOT come.
Promote, promote, promote.
Whether blog, video, user story, talk,
or book!
Help people discover.
How to reach beyond inner circle?
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Promote Postgres on Twitter
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Say thank you.
If you like someone’s work, praise it.
Privately. Publicly. Both.
Including junior people. New people.
Not just luminaries. Not just friends.
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Do you speak a non-English
language?
Help with message translations.
Help Postgres content reach people
in other languages.
Mailing list: pgsql-translators
More info: babel.postgresql.org
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Report bugs with Postgres!
When you find a bug with PostgreSQL
we want to hear about it.”
Your bug reports play an important
part in making PostgreSQL more
reliable.”
@clairegiordano
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Source: postgresql.org
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Report bugs with Postgres!
When you find a bug with PostgreSQL
we want to hear about it.”
Your bug reports play an important
part in making PostgreSQL more
reliable.”
@clairegiordano
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Source: postgresql.org
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Submit corrections to documentation!
Clarify.
Disambiguate.
Better help newcomers understand.
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Source: postgresql.org
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Submit corrections to documentation!
Clarify.
Disambiguate.
Better help newcomers understand.
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Source: postgresql.org
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Promote Postgres with stickers.
(Promote your PG projects, too.)
Stickers are a thing for many devs.
Stickers can spark conversation.
@clairegiordano Source: my laptop
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Use your design skills.
Graphics & visuals pull people in.
Meet—the Citus elicorn.
@clairegiordano
Source: Citus Data “sharded” elicorn
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Use your design skills.
Graphics & visuals pull people in.
Meet—the Citus elicorn.
Louise Grandjonc’s Crocodile.
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Source: www.Instagram.com/zimmoriarty/
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Use your design skills.
Graphics & visuals pull people in.
Meet—the Citus elicorn.
Meet—Louise Grandjonc’s Owl.
Meet—Postgres Activity Book.
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Use “Sketchnotes” to share your
learnings.
Effective way to capture &
communicate big takeaways
Engages through combo of words,
font styles, color, some images
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Reach out to evangelize at your local
university (or alma mater).
Offer to give a talk and share your
learnings about the tricky problems
you’ve solved by using Postgres
(instead of…)
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Source: Twitter @DevrimGunduz, FOSDEM
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Reach out to evangelize at your local
university (or alma mater).
Offer to give a talk and share your
learnings about the tricky problems
you’ve solved by using Postgres
(instead of…)
What will it take to make Postgres
the de facto database taught in
universities?
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Source: Twitter @DevrimGunduz, FOSDEM
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Make people feel welcome
Being “welcoming” is 1 step further
than being “open”
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1. Attend Conferences
2. Meetups & User Groups
3. Give a Talk
4. PostSlides online
5. Start a PGDay
6. Blogs&articles
7. Syndicate to Planet Postgres
8. Write a book
9. User Stories
10. Bite-sized videos
11. Promote
12. Twitter
13. Say Thank You!
14. Translations
15. Report Bugs
16. DocFeedback
17. Stickers
18. Design skills
19. #sketchnotes
20. Universityoutreach
21. Welcome people in
21 Ways to Contribute—Beyond Code
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Thank You
@clairegiordano | @citusdata | @microsoft
Ideas/Suggestions? +1 or -1? Let me know :)
PGConf.EU 2019