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Erin Mikail Staples

Erin Mikail Staples

Erin is a developer experience engineer, and stand-up comedian living in Brooklyn, NYC. She lives with her husband, living her dreams by helping folks find their "thing".

📍 brooklyn, nyc 🗽

Here’s the deal: The world is overhyped.

Momina, Mayuri and myself created a happy hour podcast talking about those things that society tells us we love, but we just can’t. Think about us like society’s Yelp review — open, honest, and to be taken with a grain of salt.

Building in Public with Arvid Kahl

Arvid wanted to share his journey — and his own writing experience and this became part of his process and his journey. He started with a blog and writing posts and guides about what people were doing.

The importance of language in gathering

In order to ensure not only the stability of industries experiencing rapid growth but also the stability of the individuals who planted the seeds for this growth – we must be precise in the language and terminology in how we gather.

Purpose of online play in human connection

Games, gaming communities, and other social means of connecting through play help foster relationships with others — especially for those for whom connection doesn't always come easily.

Hitting the panic button in an empathy role

With the rise of the empathy worker, we must also normalize the rise of caring for our colleagues, friends, and collaborators. Otherwise, we let the systems that have us reaching for connection, empathy, and kindness in the first place win.

The future belongs to makers.

The future belongs to makers! Now let's pump the breaks and think about our values as creators + fellow internet humans. A modest proposal for those of us on the internet.

Creator Beer Club at Evil Twin Brewing in Dumbo— Oct 13, 2021

And I'll kick it off — let's chat + get to know one another, just for the sake of getting to know one another — see you at creator beer club tomorrow night at Evil Twin Brewing.See you Wednesday Oct 13, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Evil Twin Brewing, Dumbo.

Moving beyond the Parasocial — Fandom Communities 003

Parasocial relationships drive you to buy that thing, influence you on the vacation of your dreams and even dictate trends, and evolve into businesses of their own. How can we dive past this?

Thinking about fan exploitation, exploring Web 3.0, and embracing my sense of skepticism

I'm learning to recognize that life, as much as we'd like it to be filled with rituals and routines, actually moves more as a tango, two steps forward one step back, with the rhythm of freeform jazz.

Creator Beer Club @ Other Half Brewing — Domino Park

See you Wednesday, Sept 28, 2021 at 7:00 PM at Other Half Brewing — Domino Park