post: journal entry week starting 16 December 2024

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+title: Finding My Joy
+date: 2024-12-16
+authors:
+  - practicalli
+categories:
+  - practicalli
+tags:
+  - clojure
+---
+
+
+In season 2, episode 2 of "The Big Door Prize" they talk about "Finding your Joy".  This seems like an inspiring new years resolution, or at least a theme I should focus on for 2025.
+
+You only live one life and you should take time out to enjoy it.  There were many aspects to 2024 that constrained my joy, so I will endeavour to may 2025 a most joyous year.
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+
+## GitHub statistics
+
+Earlier in 2024 I deleted many outdated repositories on GitHub that were not worth keeping.  However, this did take off over 600 contributions from my total.
+
+At the end of last week my GitHub contributions broke the 15,000 total again.
+
+![practicalli-johnny GitHub activity statistics - 15011 contributions](https://github.com/practicalli/graphic-design/blob/live/github/github-profile-activity-statistics-2024-12-17.png?raw=true){loading=lazy}
+
+I use the statistics only as a simple motivator to do something every day.  Most days it is a small task or updating the current journal entry to capture new things learned that day.
+
+Github tracker offers statistics about a repository.  I believe this is a community website and not an official GitHub website (as the logo uses a lower case h)
+
+[Github tracker for Practicalli Clojure repository](https://githubtracker.com/r/gh/practicalli/clojure){target=_blank .md-button}
+
+At the end of the year I'll generate some yearly statistics from GitHub.
+
+
+## Talk Idea - Communication Improbable
+
+A talk idea from many years ago, which seems very relevant today too.
+
+Talk Title: Communication Improbable
+
+Description:
+
+Given all the information we filter out and pass through our cognitive biases, its amazing we take notice of anyone.  
+Covering why communication is such a monumental challenge, we give tangible practices & tips to increase the effectiveness of communication to your audience (whoever that may be)
+
+Abstract:
+
+Communicating with anyone is a major challenge when even the simplest idea can be misunderstood.  By telling the stories across common situations we will help you develop your skills at effectively communicating.
+
+In our DevRel roles we need to get our message across to audiences large and small on subjects narrow and wide.  Underpinning all this communications is a level of trust, so without developing a trusted relationship you are much less likely to be heard.
+
+There is a delicate balance of enthusiasm and pragmatism when talking to the developer community (or any community that gets too much hype on a regular basis).  The way we talk is interpreted many different ways by our audiences internal cognitive biases, so a great deal of empathy and emotional quotient is required to get your message across.
+
+Putting the challenges an practices together, you will be able to greatly improve the effectiveness of your communication across different audiences.
+
+
+Notes:
+
+I was lucky enough to present the basics of this talk with Jessica Rose at Twilio Signal conference  and Salesforce Dreamforce.  We both received lots of great feedback and I have taken this talk further based on those ideas.  I've also make the content more specifically around the challenges faced by those in the DevRel community.
+
+This could be a keynote talk or just a usual 30 minute talk.
+
+---
+Thank you.
+
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