Nelson Abalos Jr.Pixel Geek / San Diego, CAThe journal
Working notes from workshops, livestreams and community rooms. Mostly about teaching people to build on the web, occasionally about the craft of doing it in public.
- 01
Teaching While You’re Still Confused: Why Experts Are Terrible Teachers
Think you need a decade of experience to teach? Wrong. You just need to be exactly ten minutes ahead of the person behind you. Here's why your 'beginner brain' is actually a superpower.
- 02
Staring Into the Void: How to Talk to a Camera Without Feeling Like a Robot
The camera lens is not a judge; it’s just a piece of glass. If you stop trying to 'announce' and start actually talking, your audience might even stop multitasking for five seconds.
- 03
Stop Talking and Let Them Break Things: A Workshop Manifesto
If your 'workshop' is just you talking for two hours while people check their emails, you're doing it wrong. Let's get hands on keyboards before the first coffee break.
- 04
The Post-Launch Hangover: Why Your Community Isn't Dead, Just Bored
Every community is a party on week one. By month seven, the chips are stale and everyone’s left. Here’s how to build a room people actually want to stay in long after the confetti is swept away.
- 05
The 'Please Don't Let Me Fail' Site Checklist
Nothing kills a demo faster than a form that ghost-ghosts your client. Here are six tiny things I check so I don't have to apologize for a broken layout while sweating on a Zoom call.
