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“Great to meet you, what do you do?”

November 22, 2023

“Great to meet you, what do you do?” This past weekend we hosted an event in our home for a large group of people. I

Interview with Community Life

May 1, 2023

Yurii Lazaruk and I had a great time talking about … well… me. Yurii’s belief is that it’s important to understand the people behind the work.

Interview: Community Hour

November 22, 2022

I had a great conversation with my ol’ friend, Blake Ethridge of the The Community Hour show about community, the early days, and all the

Home Game: The web comic for Community Managers

March 30, 2020

I’m proud to announce the launch of a new Web comic that Community5 CEO, Jake McKee and well-known comic artist, Greg Hyland have collaborated on:

Free Zoom Virtual Backgrounds For Download

March 19, 2020

As we all transition to more Work From Home (WFH) scenarios, we’re all learning how to improve our virtual meetings. One great technique to improve

The Community Signal podcast welcomes Jake McKee to talk about his experience building community with the adult LEGO fans. Listen here: http://www.communitysignal.com/lego-wasnt-always-open-to-your-ideas/

7 ways to support an emotional bond to a product

Humans do something really odd; we form emotional bonds with physical objects. The coffee mug we use every morning gives us a sense of comfort

March 8, 2012

Job Board Update: 7 New Jobs

If you’ve not checked out the Community Guy Job Board yet, head on over. There are currently 7 open (and very tasty) community-oriented job openings.

September 25, 2007

Job Board Update: 4 New Jobs

The Community Guy Job Board has had several new positions posted. Yahoo! has added 3 new positions and an unnamed startup has added 1 position.

September 12, 2007

Let NBC know how you feel. Politely!

From a TechCrunch commenter on the topic of NBC jumping ship on iTunes: Feeling shafted by NBC’s proposed $4.99 an episode price hike that got

September 3, 2007

SXSW Panel Concept: Can I count on your vote?

Last year I had an absolutely fantastic time running the “Community Ecology: Finding balance when working with fan groups” session at SXSW. The panel was

August 22, 2007

Want to know more about LEGO Universe?

As you may know, I’ve been working with LEGO on their LEGO Universe project, helping drive and implement strategy for community relations. It’s all highly,

August 16, 2007

Drupal Designer Needed

I have a project for a designer who also knows their way around CSS, specifically for implementation into the Drupal system. Know anyone? Ping me!

June 25, 2007

Common Internet Morality?

If you haven’t noticed the rush of comments here on the blog lately, let me apologize on behalf of the spammers. That’s right, despite my

May 7, 2007

Females can invade personal space too

I almost hate to post about this because I don’t want to continue the discussion… so just consider this a vent of a quasi-political nature.

April 26, 2007

I've been everywhere, man…

A fun activity – here’s all the states I’ve visited. I’m bound and determined to visit the rest!

February 27, 2007

The Dawn of My Music

Had Kurt Cobain lived, he’d have turned 40 this week. He died when he was 27. Ouch. I suddenly feel really old. Cobain’s death still

February 22, 2007

OK! We get it!

OK, OK! We get it, Saint Anna Nicole Smith’s death is a tragic loss for all of mankind. Without her here to guide us through

February 15, 2007

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