Today one of my ongoing searches on community brought Chris Pirillo’s Geek Community Building project to my attention. I think we need to take notice. And you’ll probably enjoy yourself at the same time!
What makes his new community so outstanding? He started it four days ago & has over 2800 members. And he is inviting people to come, join & create groups within his community. Although as you browse the following links, you’ll realize that created new issues. :) One thing I noted & really appreciate is that Chris likes good grammar & spelling.
He has some great ideas here. The videos have more information in addition to the text. (I really appreciate having both, because I don’t watch videos much.)
And join the community if you want to watch it grow. I’m hoping to interview Chris & find out more about this project. But in the meantime I just joined it to experience it. :)
Finally, voyeurism has went to a whole new level! Chris has live video streaming from his home office space 24/7. Twitter makes it easy to keep up with where people are at & where they’re going, but I’m not sure that I would be comfortable with a video going all the time. I’ve had it open tonite while I browsed the links above & Chris stopped in to check on something. Someone was with him & they talked about the location of a monitor. Very trippy, but I suppose if you get used to it…
I attended this year’s Gnomedex and I was amazed with this community. It does not surprise me that Chris was able to muster up this community overnight. I love it. I am now a member and enjoying connecting with friends that I met at Gnomedex!
Thanks for this great piece. I would not have known that this new community existed.
Thanks for the comment. My coworkers were at Gnomedex & had a great time too!
Connie, great to see that Chris has had a good initial response.
I’d caution, though, that communities generally don’t develop overnight and really need to sustain themselves over time to be considered true communities. Otherwise, it’s just a part where people show up, say hello, and take off (one of the problems I found with most Facebook groups I joined, for example).
Do you have a post that I might have missed that describes the selection process for a community platform? When researching spots to plant seeds to build a community conversation I sometimes default to platforms that I am familiar with (Facebook groups, Twitter, etc.). But how do you determine the best venue to build the conversation?
PS – I am a former Minnesotan (Eagan south of Twin Cities) and I use your blog as a resource all the time. Thanks.