Fostering Community

I shared this in our Slack this morning and wanted to share it here because this is the type of community we’re trying to foster.

Hey all! Hope you’re doing well. Thanks so much for being here; it really means a lot to us.

You’re likely here because you signed up for our courses, and we have our course-specific Slack channels to discuss and share around those specific topics.

BUT! While work is important, we’re also passionate about building a community for good human beings to connect, get inspired, share cool/fun/funny/random things, receive & give advice, and other activities to help live a positive, creative, and fulfilling life.

So in addition to the work-related channels, we have a bunch of other Slack channels we’d love you to check out and join if it floats your boat. Here’s a roundup of most of those channels:

#advice-welcome – A safe and helpful place to receive life advice from good human beings. For work-specific stuff, consider posting in #career-development

#career-development – A supportive place to talk career growth. Share wins and struggles, get resume/portfolio/website feedback, swap resources, and get/give advice!

#funny – A place to share funny things: links, stories, jokes, stand-up, comedy, and anything else that makes you laugh. We can all use some more laughter in our lives!

#inspiration – What do you find inspiring? A place to share beauty, nature, motivation, art, quotes, and other things to inspire and motivate others.

#job-board – A place to share job openings, job seekers to share their enthusiasms/skills/work. As always, no spammy stuff please!

#music – A place to share what music you’re digging, concerts you’re seeing, artists you think more people should know about, music you’re making, how music makes you feel.

#pets – SHOW US YOUR PETS!

#random – Weirdness welcome!

#useful-links – Share helpful resources! Could be about digital stuff, but also not. Did a video help you fix your sink? A blog post that articulates a helpful perspective? If you’ve found something useful, share it here!

We’re all here for a short time; so might as well make the most of it! If you have any suggestions, ideas, feedback, or more, don’t hesitate to reach out to me and Ian! And be sure to check out our community guidelines too; they’re here to make sure everyone has a good time.

Thanks again! We’re so incredibly grateful for you being here.

We want to

For now, the ticket for joining our community is purchasing one of our online courses on AI & Design Systems, Atomic Design, and Design Tokens. That said, we’re just getting started on the community front and have some really huge ambitions that we’re slowly-but-surely working towards. But whatever the shape, form, or status, we’re working hard to foster good community for good people.