Uncommon in Common was an online community I created in 2012. It was a labor of love, not a startup,a neighborhood, not a network,a trampoline, not a rabbit hole.A human place for internet people.We set out to reimagine community online. Exhausted by social networks and their insatiable appetite for our time and attention, we created a site that was on your side. This mini-site tells the story of the community: https://bb.place/uncommon

Led product development of web and mobile apps for the Labs team. Tested ideas, created specifications and mockups, hired contractors, wrote marketing and UI copy, and managed design and development.In addition, served as the content strategist for the revamp of our consumer-focused site, applications, and privacy policy, and localization of products.

Led the content, community, and support teams for the location-based social network. Gowalla was acquired by Facebook.Managed a team of artists in the creation of thousands of art assets, working with brands like Disney and National Geographic. Also wrote app UI content, newsletters, blog posts, marketing materials, and help articles. Lastly, led development projects from requirements gathering to launch, including new user on-boarding and internal tools.

Led a team of designers and developers at one of the largest churches in the country to create and refine multiple websites. Managed projects from requirements gathering and prototyping to development, testing, and launch. In addition to the core sites, our team developed custom content management, e-commerce, chat, streaming and conference registration solutions.

Helped build an enterprise-level church management system, which now serves thousands of churches around the world. Responsibilities included IIS Server and SQL Server administration, including clusters and load balancing, .NET development, marketing, application testing, documentation, and user training.

"Brian Bailey makes two things crystal clear in this book: if you've got a church, then you need to spread your story. And if you need to spread your story, blogs are now an essential tool. Time to pay attention!"—Seth Godin, authorIn January 2007, my book, The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs, was published by Jossey-Bass. The Blogging Church offers non-profit leaders a field manual for using blogs to connect people and build communities in a whole new way. The book details the why, what, and how of blogging. The book includes contributions from many of the most influential people on the web, such as Robert Scoble, Dave Winer, Kathy Sierra, Guy Kawasaki, and Merlin Mann.After its release, The Blogging Church reached #3 on Amazon's Movers & Shakers list, #148 overall, and was one of the Top 10 Computer books for over two weeks. The book received over 25 5-star reviews has book has been blogged about by interesting people around the world.I have been interviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Dallas Morning News and Robert Scoble and Shel Israel for their book, Naked Conversations.