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Fibonacci Spirals and 21 Ways to Contribute to Postgres—Beyond Code at PostgresOpen 2019 Orlando

Postgres is growing like gangbusters: in popularity, in adoption, and in the size of the ecosystem. And over 400 developers contribute code to Postgres today: their expertise, design chops, and skill are big factors in the increasing popularity of Postgres. But what if you’re not a developer? Are there things you can do to help grow the usage and popularity of Postgres? And are these non-code ways to contribute to Postgres important? Valued? Will they make a real difference?

This talk is for everyone—whether developer or designer—who wants to help drive Fibonacci growth in the PostgreSQL community. If you love Postgres, join me as I walk you through 21 ways to contribute to the growth of Postgres—beyond code—including tips and resources to get you started.

Claire Giordano

September 13, 2019
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  1. @clairegiordan o Fibonacci Spirals & 21 Ways to Contribute to

    Postgres— Beyond Code Claire Giordano @clairegiordano @citusdata @microsoft
  2. @clairegiordan o 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21,

    34, 55, 89, … FIBONACCI SEQUENCE
  3. @clairegiordan o 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
  4. @clairegiordan o 9 Why ”Beyond Code”? What if… you’re not

    a developer? Source: Josh Berkus on Slideshare.net: 50 Ways to Love Your Project
  5. @clairegiordan o 10 Inspiration for this talk: Josh Berkus (2013)

    Source: Josh Berkus on Slideshare.net: 50 Ways to Love Your Project
  6. @clairegiordan o Attend conferences like this. Participate in the community.

    Learn—and share your learnings. 1 @clairegiordano
  7. @clairegiordan o Support local Meetups & User Groups, too. Attend.

    Give talks. Share learnings. Pay for food/drinks. Host in your company’s office space. @clairegiordano 2
  8. @clairegiordan o Support local Meetups & User Groups, too. Attend.

    Give talks. Share learnings. Pay for food/drinks. Host in your company’s office space. @clairegiordano 2
  9. @clairegiordan o Share your expertise—give a talk or tutorial at

    a conference. Meetups, too. Lightning talks, too. @clairegiordano 3 PGConf.EU 2019
  10. @clairegiordan o Post your slides online! Share them. Promote them

    # of digital pageviews can exceed # of people who attended in person! > speakerdeck.com > slideshare.net > github 4 @clairegiordano
  11. @clairegiordan o Post your slides online! Share your slides. Promote

    them # of digital pageviews can exceed # of people who attended in person! > speakerdeck.com > slideshare.net > github 4 @clairegiordano
  12. @clairegiordan o 4 @clairegiordano Post your slides online! Share your

    slides. Promote them # of digital pageviews can exceed # of people who attended in person! > speakerdeck.com > slideshare.net > github slideshare.net (acq. LinkedIn)
  13. @clairegiordan o If you do anything to promote Postgres, be

    proactive to enable discovery of Postgres by new people 5 @clairegiordano
  14. @clairegiordan o Write a blog. Publish an article. Share your

    learnings & expertise. Shine a light on value of Postgres. >>>>>> Build it and they will NOT come. You must promote & distribute. 6 @clairegiordano
  15. @clairegiordan o Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to increase reach of your

    blog posts. @planetpostgres promotes on Twitter, too. 7
  16. @clairegiordan o 7 Source: postgresql.org Syndicate to PlanetPostgres to increase

    reach of your blog posts. @planetpostgres promotes on Twitter, too.
  17. @clairegiordan o Use “Sketchnotes” to share your learnings. Effective way

    to capture & communicate big takeaways Engages through combo of words, font styles, color, some images 8 Source: Twitter @reverentgeek @clairegiordano
  18. @clairegiordan o Create User Stories! About amazing things do w/

    Postgres Recipe: Story, headlines, diagrams, metrics, pull quotes 9 @clairegiordano Source: citusdata.com/customers/mixrank
  19. @clairegiordan o Promote Postgres on Twitter <content, learnings, ideas, talks,

    meetups, TIL, QOTD, OH, how-to> 10 @clairegiordano
  20. @clairegiordan o 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. 11 @clairegiordano
  21. @clairegiordan o Use Video to show what Postgres can do!

    Some people learn better via video. 12 @clairegiordano Source: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cbT64D9KFk
  22. @clairegiordan o Use Video to show what Postgres can do!

    Some people learn better via video. 12 @clairegiordano
  23. @clairegiordan o Give teams & projects “Social Proof”, public validation

    > GitHub stars > GitHub follow > Twitter follow 13 Source: github.com/citusdata/citus @clairegiordano
  24. @clairegiordan o Support people trying new things to grow the

    Postgres community. Heck, try new ways to contribute yourself. @clairegiordano 15 Source: www.pgday.cl/2019/
  25. @clairegiordan o Support people trying new things to grow the

    Postgres community. Heck, try new ways to contribute yourself. @clairegiordano 15 Source: www.pgday.cl/2019/
  26. @clairegiordan o 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…) 16 @clairegiordano Source: Twitter @DevrimGunduz, FOSDEM
  27. @clairegiordan o Promote Postgres with stickers. (Promote your PG projects,

    too.) Stickers are a thing for many devs. Stickers can spark conversation. @clairegiordano Source: my laptop 17
  28. @clairegiordan o Do you speak a non-English language? Help with

    translations. Super-useful when Postgres content can reach people in other languages. Mailing list: pgsql-translators More info: babel.postgresql.org 18
  29. @clairegiordan o Start a community PGDay in your town. Single-track,

    one-day, local events > More affordable > Easy access > Conducive to building contacts: all together, same room, all day 19
  30. @clairegiordan o 20 Use your design skills. Graphics & visuals

    pull people in. Meet—the Citus elicorn.
  31. @clairegiordan o Use your design skills. Graphics & visuals pull

    people in. Meet—the Citus elicorn. Meet—Louise Grandjonc’s Owl. 20
  32. @clairegiordan o 1. Conferences 2. Meetups 3. Talks 4. Post

    Slides Online 5. Enable discovery 6. Blogs, articles 7. Syndicate to Planet Postgres 8. #sketchnotes 9. User Stories 10. Twitter 11. Say thank you 12. Bite-size videos 13. “Social proof” 14. Write a book 15. Try new things 16. University outreach 17. Stickers 18. Translations 19. Start a local pgDay 20. Design skills 21. Welcome people. 21 Ways to Contribute—Beyond Code
  33. @clairegiordan o 1. Please share any ideas/suggestions 2. If you

    are a +1, I would love to know! 3. Thank you for joining us here at PostgresOpen My Ask of You