On today’s show Nadia and Mikeal are joined by Eric Holscher to discuss non-code contributions, how they are regarded in open source culture, their value, and how to incentivize this type of work. They also talked about how Read the Docs grew a documentation community, contribution guides, and why this work matters.

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Featuring:
<ul><li>Eric Holscher &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/ericholscher" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/ericholscher" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a>, <a href="http://ericholscher.com" rel="external ugc">Website</a></li><li>Nadia Eghbal &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/nayafia" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/nayafia" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a></li><li>Mikeal Rogers &ndash; <a href="https://twitter.com/mikeal" rel="external ugc">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://github.com/mikeal" rel="external ugc">GitHub</a></li></ul>

Show Notes:
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<li><a href="https://readthedocs.org/">Read the Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.writethedocs.org/">Write the Docs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jacobian.org/tags/great-documentation/">Writing Great Documenation</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/">Lawrence Journal-World</a></li>
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