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Rand Fishkin @randfish.bsky.social Cofounder of SparkToro, Alertmouse, & Snackbar Studio. Geraldine's husband.
Simon Tomes @simontomes.com Music Explorer | 💿 HiRes Digital Album Lover | Drummer | 🥁 #DrumsForWellbeing | Community Professional | Writing about Community Confidence simontomes.com | Bluesky User #383 since Feb 23 | he/him | Not active here for testing stuff, I use LinkedIn.
Michael Hall @mhall119.bsky.social Community Manager, Developer Advocate, creator of @gettogether.community and @savannahcrm.com @mhall119@fosstodon.org (he/him)
Tweets are my own. I knew @aliafonzy.bsky.social before she was Cartoon Gatekeeper Girl 😂
Derek E. Weeks @weeks.bsky.social Founder, Unfair Mindshare | Author | x-CMO LinuxFoundation | x-VP Marketing Sonatype | Co-founder @AllDayDevOps 🚀 
Rynn M (they/them) @cyberynn.bsky.social Community, oss, dev rel, cloud native.
Disability justice. Paraclimbing. Classical tenor, bad drummer, karaoke nerd. Hellthread survivor.
@fabianhtml @fabianhtml.bsky.social Cultural designer. Community builder. Conference crafter. Curator. Remote & distributed work. Founder 9punto5.cl
👉 https://fablab.blog
Evan Hamilton @evanhamilton.bsky.social Community builder and customer experience professional. HubSpot, Reddit, UserVoice and more. Musician, comic book geek, dad.
Kt McBratney @k-to-the-t.bsky.social ⚡️disrupting the status bro ⚡️
community builder. dot connector. former founder turned VC. non-binary babe. future ghost.
Matt Mecham @mattmecham.com Founder Invision Community. Two kids and 10 pairs of running shoes.
Nikki Thibodeau @nikkithibodeau.bsky.social 
Sonali @sonali.bsky.social Community Builder x Dog Nerd x Sleep deprived parent
Jan Schenk (they/them|he/him) @jansche.bsky.social Momma of the Engineering Orcas (OEEEO and their friends), Engineering Community Lead at E.ON, T1D, lost optimist.
Rosie T @rtparty.bsky.social 💚 Games Bundle Person
👾 Game enthusiast
🧶 Crochet Hobbyist
🎤 Ex Podcast host
🌎 Patron @ Safe In Our World
🔬 Advisory Board Member at iGGi
🧠 Mental Health Advocate
💛 GIBiz Game Changer ‘23
🌿 Plant based
linktr.ee/rtparty3
Geoff Roberts @geoffroberts.bsky.social Co-founder of Outseta.
www.outseta.com
Peter Bhat Harkins ✔️ @push.cx Programmer by day, programmer by night.
Blog: https://push.cx Bootstrapping: https://recheck.dev
I run https://lobste.rs and stream office hours Mon+Thu: https://push.cx/stream
For people migrating, I was @pushcx on Twitter. I use he/him.
Daniel Prindii @danielprindii.com Content Strategist. Community Designer.
Art historian of Italian Renaissance.
Metalhead. Avid reader. Photographer.
Cluj, RO/Bassano DG, IT
On #EuroSky
Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social People first, organisation consultant. Author of Building Successful Communities of Practice and creator of the Team Onion.
Londoner in Merseyside.
Blog at emilywebber.co.uk
Biz at hellotacit.com
Other websites and projects at ewebber.co.uk
Ale Murray @alemu.bsky.social Director of Community @ Confluent 
Jennifer Robin @jenniferrobin.bsky.social Serial Community Builder
Musician, Healthcare, Clubhouse, Cats 💙
#Booksky
Connect 👉 https://instagram.com/msjenniferrobin
Natasha Malhi @natasha.bsky.social International Consultant for Community, Content, Creator prev. at Clubhouse (Frl)
CM for Web3 Projects
Rug Radio Dao Counsel
Superspreader of Kindness
Artist/Actress
TypoQueen
Instagram/Twitter: @1stnattasha
Regina Walton @reginawalton.bsky.social Community Director and Customer Advocacy Pro | SFTech4Good, Director | Former Expat 🇰🇷 | Type1 #diabetes | J.D., M.A. |Sometimes I paint 👩🏾🎨🎨🖼️ | Happy Adoptee | ✈️🍜🍵
https://linktr.ee/reginawalton
jocelyn @jocelyn.bsky.social community person | obsessed with my corgi, boba, and indoor plants | she/her 🇹🇼
Laura Langdon @lauralangdon.io Open Source Community Manager | Professional Generalist | Team Neurodivergence | Black Lives Matter | SF Bay Area native but also a citizen of 🇨🇦 | Optimizing all the things and raising The Goblins with @brandonlangdon.bsky.social
lolagoetz (purple hair, don’t care 💜) @lolagoetz.bsky.social
I build community stuff
Wesley Faulkner @wesley83.bsky.social Wesley Faulkner is a first-generation American and public speaker. He is a staunch supporter of racial justice, workplace equity, and neurodiversity. Wesley co-hosts the developer relations focused podcast Community Pulse. 
Hot Girls Hate Fascism 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🇵🇸 🏳️🌈 @techlorax.bsky.social Dissent. Resist. Rebel. “When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.”
BekahHW @bekahhw.com I write: Code. Screenplays. Blogs. Books. | College English Teacher ➡️tech | Community Creator & Podcaster: @VirtualCoffeeIO | Keynote Speaker | momx4 | ADHD
matty stratton @matty.wtf I have friends everywhere
Chicagoland area
Dogs > people
he/they
Contact info: https://links.mattstratton.com/
#DevRel #DevOps #Weightlifting
simon balmain @simonb.tv ai for the people, by the people 🟧
community lead at rabbit inc (creators of r1 and large action model) ✨
former senior community manager at twitter 🐦
past: sphere messenger, monzo, bbc
vegan, fan of funk music, travel, prince and michael jackson. 
Swanny @swanny.bsky.social Quality Engineering Manager. Award winning Tech & Gaming blogger. Content Creator. Tea drinker. ADHD Warrior.
Media Enquiries: hello@techherout.co.uk
https://www.techherout.co.uk
Alex Jones @axjns.dev AWS principal engineer
https://sympozium.ai
Valerie Phoenix @digitalblkhippy.bsky.social Fractional CTO for startups @ Phoenixing
→ Idea → production in months
I build compliant, human-centered systems in AI, healthcare, fintech, and fast-growth apps. From architecture to first customer.
🎨 Artist | 🧠 Psychology | 🌴 Your Local Cali Hippie
Brian Saetre @briansaetre.com I think a lot about human behavior and modeling other minds.
I'm also into:
★ Building companies (Huncher.com, TaskOS, ArtworkIQ)
★ Software development (Laravel, Vue)
★ Building better IRL communities
★ Helping the victims of narcissists get justice
Taylor @tay.zone Community and Influencers at Twitch Rivals. I like pro-wrestling, ice cream, kindness, and vlookups
Pauline P. Narvas @pawlean.com Developer Experience at OpenAI, prev Vercel.
→ pawlean.com
taylor desseyn @tdesseyn.bsky.social building a community of 100M technologists | vp of global community @torc.dev
follow along for the journey--> linktr.ee/taylordesseyn
Amy Egan @amyegan.dev 👩💻 Staff DX Engineer, Community ▲ @vercel.com
💡 The views expressed by my employer do not necessarily reflect my own, and vice versa
Rebecca Marshburn @beccaodelay.bsky.social Lover of words. Believer in poetry. Community at Common Room: www.commonroom.io and ponderer of Americana: https://www.thisamericanalife.com
tierney cyren @bnb.im developer advocate. girl rave dj. nyc.
they/them. queer. poly. adhd. 1312.
one of the organizers of @atproto.nyc, threw up @upvote.at + @atmo.sh.
currently: let’s talk past: @recurse.com, @twilio.com, @azure.microsoft.com, NodeSource
Jeremy, the patronizing Saint of DevOps 🇺🇦 @jerdog.dev #DevRel, #DevEx, #Community, #Opensource things. Ex CircleCI, Auth0, etc. #DevOpsDays KC Organizer. @jerdog@hachyderm.io on 🐘.
FDT. Fuck ICE.
#BlackLivesMatter
#AbortionIsHealthcare
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Website: jmeiss.me
sabine 🐫🦀 / "use ocaml"; @sabine.sh OCaml developer advocate, 🐫 OCaml.org maintainer, RFC 3339 dating coach, web developer ✨
twitch.tv/sabine_sh
github.com/sabine
Bernie J Mitchell @berniejmitchell.bsky.social 🌐 Coworking Strategist & Creator | I help coworking spaces go from undiscovered to unstoppable – Follow to see what works! 👻
🇬🇧#coworkinglondon
Coworking Community Builder - Daily - https://berniejmitchell.com/
Serena Snoad - Good Community @serenas.bsky.social Passionate about connection, culture, and carbs.
Building online communities since 2008. Founder of Good Community: https://goodcommunity.co.uk/links
Fond of London, literature and liminal spaces.
Be excellent to each other.
(Image: SewCream Studios)
BuddhaCat @ Hytale @buddhacat.bsky.social Community Manager | he/they ❤️😸✌️
| Community Manager for @hytale.bsky.social! (+ the occasional consultation work)
Roberth @robstr.dev Cloud Native & Platform Engineering @ Sopra Steria.
Microsoft Azure MVP & CNCF Ambassador.
Co-chair, TAG App Delivery.
#ADHD #CommunityMatters #OpenSource #MVPBuzz #CloudNativeAmbassador
🌈 Missy @adorablecyb.org A walking study in demonology. AuDHD fairy cosplaying as a human. Older than you think.
Community Manager @ the @openhomefoundation.org - check out our FOSS projects like @home-assistant.io & ESPHome
Opinions my own. Free Hawaiʻi 🌸 she/fae/they
Jillian B @jillianbenbow.bsky.social Digital community expert. Lover of dogs, mountains, and FAFO. 
Tony Bacigalupo @tonybgoode.bsky.social I publish zines and rage against machines. I believe movements of local community gatherings can help us escape our addictions to screen heroin. Head of Community at Scalepath.
Lux in the Bronx @rlux.nyc Caffeine powered, opinionated Jewish New Yorker with a spouse, cats, an MBA, a devrel job, and a deep interest in yarn crafts. Also coffee, photography, baseball (go Mets!), hockey (go Rangers!), and travel. 🇺🇦🇮🇱
Marjorie Anderson @marjorieayyeee.bsky.social Community building professional and proud ISTJ. Believer in the Oxford comma. Nonchalantly chalant. Aspiring rich auntie. Opinions are my own. #BLM
David DeWald - Community Expert | AI & Digital Marketing @handle.invalid David’s been in the community profession for over 25 years, starting way back in the late ’90s, and he’s seen just about every stage of building, growing, and sustaining online spaces.
Rachel Happe @rhappe.bsky.social I enjoy the absurdity of humanity. Perfect is boring. Things to say about communities, tech, culture, leadership, L&D, and social dynamics.
Writing a book titled Control Is for Amateurs.
Founder of Engaged Organizations. Prior, The Community Roundtable.
Adrian Speyer @adrianspeyer.bsky.social VP Marketing at MatchPoint. Author. Speaker. Marketer. Community builder. AI enthusiast. Proudly 🇨🇦
Website: https://adrianspeyer.com/
Samantha 'Venia' Logan @venialogan.bsky.social I go by Venia and I teach the social science of online community, anthropology and culture. Subscribe to the YouTube channel and join us in the community Discord! https://scms.me/youtube
Spencer @spencervail.bsky.social Dad/Husband | Community & Engagement lead @ a website | Unorthodox Mormon | Hobby Writer | Somewhere in NC | Jazz/Seahawks |
Nicola Earle @nicolaearle.bsky.social - T TimeTogether @timetogether.bsky.social
Travis Street @travisstreet.com Building since 2011
👥 https://consult.now
📅 https://siliconmingle.com
🔗 https://joi.st
💬 https://founder.clinic
📰 https://links.supply
📦 https://product.now
🏠 https://travis.st/reet
Karuana Gatimu @karuana.bsky.social #Community leader, business #solutionarchitect and great #cook. Producer #CoffeeintheCloud & #SpinFreeZone. Mom of 2 rescue dogs. Wife to amazing husband. Believer in freedom, inclusion and action. Director, Customer Advocacy AI & Collab
Daniel Hunter @codenprose.bsky.social code & prose // building → indiethinkers.com
Jeff Gargas @jeffgargas.bsky.social 💚 COO: @teachbetterteam
📖Co-author: “TeachBetter”
📈 Entrepreneurship Coach/Consultant
Angela Jin @angelasjin.bsky.social Traveler, changemaker, lifelong learner, leadership coach. Motivated by curiosity and ice cream. she/her
https://angelasjin.com/
Rosie Hare @rosiehare.bsky.social Community professional and former librarian working for Jisc. People, education, edtech, collaboration. All opinions my own.🍉
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rosiehare/
Wayne Sutton @waynesutton.bsky.social Startup Programs at Convex + Head of Community & Events at @convex.dev. Connecting developers & startups to build faster with Convex. / 🏍 Adv Rider / 🦋 
Piper Wilson @piperwilson.bsky.social Community Strategist | 2024 CMXer of the Year | CMX Summit 2022 Speaker
I’m a unique blend of purple hair, Marine Corps grit, and community magic with many years of experience.
Milly Tamati @millytamati.bsky.social founder @ generalist.world
TheHotdish | Devan 🔜 ur ma @thehotdish.bsky.social 💚 she/her | queer
✨ i work with creators at @starlight.org
⚒️ twitch partner
🥔 gaming | anime | diy
🪴 https://twitch.tv/thehotdish
➡️opinions are my own⬅️
Anna McAfee @annamcafee.bsky.social Writing a new manifesto for networking. Community Strategist. LinkedIn Trainer. Permaculture Practitioner.
markgrimes @markgrimes.bsky.social Do. Be. Do. Be. Do. Be kind, honest & optimistic. Purpose & meaning. Positive social impact. NeD, fusion of Mondragon, YC, Awesome Foundation, Grameen Bank, Kiva, Ashoka & Acumen
kiva.org/lender/markgrimes
Lizzie Lacour @dizzylizzzie.bsky.social 🇺🇸 in 🇪🇸. Global Community Lead at https://adplist.org/ 🍝 Will travel for pasta.
💭 Co-founder at withmindfulmeans.com
🍜 Founder of Good Soup (coming soon!)
V2Blast @v2blast.bsky.social I'm awesome. // Mod for @DnDBeyond.com, generally modding everything // Former Senior CM for Stack Overflow, Former CM for Nova Drift, former Livestream Chat Mod for Rooster Teeth
James Arthur Cattell @jacattell.bsky.social Bring us together,
make things better.
@janethughes.bsky.social's husband (-:
Senior delivery manager at @tpximpact.com
https://www.cattell.com
Patrick O’Keefe @patrickokeefe.bsky.social 💼 Online community management, content moderation, trust and safety, policy, product
🏗️ Built: D2C, membership, streaming products
🏢 Past: CNN, Warner Bros. Discovery
📚 Author: Managing Online Forums
🎙️ Host: @communitysignal.bsky.social
📍 Hollywood
Community Signal @communitysignal.bsky.social A podcast for online community professionals, hosted by @patrickokeefe.bsky.social. communitysignal.com 
@georgesiosi @georgesiosi.bsky.social digital wayfinder | 💼 fCxO (community/ops/tech) @ faiacorp.com | 🗿 exploring conscious tech/ancient wisdom | 🚀 3x founder, last investor: @timdraper | 🏗️ building consciousstack.com | 🤖 hosting monthly #ai sprints
Cat Johnson @catjohnsonco.bsky.social The best coworking spaces are coworking communities.
🧪 Founder of the Coworking Creators Lab for community-focused spaces
🔆 Host of Coworking Convos
https://catjohnson.co
Geert Theys @geerttheys.com Tech Lover and motorcycle builder/rider.
- Visit 🏠[my website](https://geerttheys.com)
- Subscribe to my 📧 [newsletter](https://buttondown.com/refer/geert)
Jay Acunzo @jayacunzo.com Public speaking advisor & keynote speaker, trusted by entrepreneurs, experts, Disney & Salesforce. Host, Why They Resonate. Author, Break the Wheel.
🐥pdrm🐣 @pedramnavid.com chief dashboard officer at dagster, professional birdwatcher, certified vibes analyst
Camille Fournier @skamille.themanagerswrath.com she/her. Author, manager, distributed systems engineer, etc etc, my latest book Platform Engineering is available now! https://amzn.to/4eUz5zB
Senior PowerPoint Engineer @ryxcommar.bsky.social Senior document signer @ Docusign, prev: lead risk manager @ Alameda Research
Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com Minimalist
Zara @xara.one neuroscientist. all things data and offsec
x: https://x.com/xedseraph
blog: https://www.xara.one/
Sean J Taylor @seanjtaylor.com Data Science, Causal Inference, Economics, Statistics and Machine Learning
Two joys in life:
[1] Learning something interesting about the world
[2] Telling people about it
Model Measurement @OpenAI
Jacob Matson @matsonj.com excel lover & data enthusiast.
writing at dataduel.co
working at motherduck.com
Julien Le Dem @julien.ledem.net Principal Engineer, Founder, Angel, Advisor, OSS.
LFAI&data: OpenLineage, Marquez, ASF: Parquet, Arrow, Iceberg, 🐖
he/him.
Me: https://julien.ledem.net/
Blog: https://sympathetic.ink
Emily Riederer @emilyriederer.bsky.social Here for data, data science, analytics engineering, rstats, books
Gunnar Morling @gunnarmorling.dev Technologist @ Confluent · Ex-lead of Debezium · Spec lead of Bean Validation 2.0 · Creator of Hardwood, kcctl, JfrUnit, MapStruct · Java Champion · morling.dev · 🚴
Josh Wills @spite.vc Forward Deployed Angel Investor
https://github.com/jwills
Chris Albon @chrisalbon.com 
James Kirk @jiminykirket.bsky.social ML/AI @ Electric Plant Co, prev ML/RecSys at Spotify. A nervous little punk boy.
Hilary Parker @hspter.bsky.social Data Science advising / consulting. Formerly startup CTO, Data Science Biden 2020, Stitch Fix, Etsy. PhD JHU Biostar. Co-host Not So Standard Deviations podcast. 🥳😴🧘🐈⬛
Abe Gong @abegong.com geek dad with a clipboard
founder @ Katabase and Great Expectations
operating advisor @ Bessemer VP
data, ai, startups, dev tools, systems thinking
storytelling, community, creativity
blog.abegong.com
Charlie Marsh @crmarsh.com Building Astral: Ruff, uv, and other high-performance Python tools, written in Rust.