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Dhirender Nirwani
IBM developerWorks
February 2010
IBM developerWorks
NEED IT ? GET IT
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An Introduction to IBM developerWorkshttp://www.ibm.com/developerworks
IBM’s community of developers, IT Professionals & students
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What we offer IBM developerWorks is the
destination on the web for developers and IT professionals to stay on the cutting edge and develop their skills on open standards technologies and IBM products.
Delivers the deep technical code, content, and community you need and depend on to get answers to your tough technical questions.
Delivers unparalleled content in over 4 languages, including articles, tutorials, demos, events and more.
ibm.com/developerWorks/aboutdW
developerWorks: IBM’s community of developers, IT Professionals, & students
Key Statistics:
8 M Users
Over 1M skill activities per year
34 industry awards
Serves 200 countries
Various local language sites
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Developer & DBA
Project Manager
Tester
Student
Application support
AnalystArchitect
Consultant
developerWorks has a wide breadth of technical content and community offerings for many IT roles
The audience foribm.com/developerWorks
The audience foribm.com/developerWorks
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Need it? Get it with developerWorks
Hot topics:
• Web2.0
• AJAX
• Eclipse
• UML
• Java
• XML
Develop your skills Personalize, connect, and share
Stay abreast of technical trends Download & evaluate code
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The “Hall of Fame inductees are consistent winners, whose high quality has been proven and
maintained over time”- The Jolt award web site
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Technical events: Free face-to-face seminars & hands-on
learning sessions at a location near you.
Online interactive sessions with a live speaker
Download-on-demand replay of interactive sessions; available anytime.
On-demand demos: Build skills and awareness of IBM products
and technologies with short demos showing cutting-edge IBM solutions.
ibm.com/developerWorks/offers/techbriefings
Want to learn a new skill? Watch a demo or attend a technical event
developerWorks on-demand learningresources you need, in the formatthat suits your lifestyle
Example: Watch a demo to learnmore about Rational Jazz
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Product & technology tutorials: “How to” scenarios that walk a user through
a specific task Available in varying degrees of difficulty –
from novice to expert. Certification preparation tutorials
Skill kits:
Modules packaged up for easy download and available 24x7
ibm.com/developerWorks/training
Need to strengthen your existing skill set? Complete a tutorial or download a skill kit
Example: Complete a tutorial to learn how to develop a Facebook application with PHP and IBM products
Acquire today’s in-demand skills!
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Standard trial code downloads Online/hosted sandboxes Beta code Updates & fixes
NEW! IBM products are available on the Amazon Web Services Cloud.
Plus additional services to help you evaluate – demos, tutorials, forums, etc.
Need to evaluate an IBM product or technology? We’ve got you covered with trial code & more
Example: Try WebSphere Portal Express to see if it’s the best product to create a rich internet application
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Bringing developerWorks to you
Follow us on Twitter www.twitter.com/developerworks
developerWorks gizmos iGoogle, Yahoo, Netvibes
developerWorks iPhone app ibm.com/developerWorks/iphone
Mobile developerWorks wireless.ibm.com/developerWorks
• Learn more at ibm.com/developerworks/dwgizmos
• Download the Google desktop gadget
developerWorks on Facebook
www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=5663866319
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developerWorks has actively invested in developing relationships with the technical community since 2004
and now
My developerWorks is Leveraging the Power of Web 2.0
“My” is the keyword
Leveraging WEB 2.0
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I NEED A COMMUNITY where I can find answers and relevant content fast, form meaningful connections,
collaborate and innovate with others outside of my
immediate team or friends.
"We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.“
-Benjamin Franklin
Voice of Developer …
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• Hanging together …
World's Geekiest Social Network - My developerWorks
» Read Write web» http://www.readwriteweb.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt-tb.cgi/11300
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a professional network and knowledge base that connects the developer community worldwide to share and collaborate
My developerWorks…
My developerWorks runs on IBM Lotus connections.
Build a profile Add comments Personalize My home Connect with colleagues Join or create a group Tag, rate & recommend content
Start an activity Track bookmarks Contribute to a wiki Listen to a podcast Write a blog entry Post to forums
ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks
Join today!
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Delivering a platform for our audience, by our audience..
Facilitate Web as a platform
Harness the collective intelligence.Encourage participation and user contributions.
Offer a rich user experience
Align with Web 2.0 best practices. Improve findability, deliver personalization.
Encourage users to engage
Provide lower bar of entry, motivation to register.Promote collaboration among users.
Make meaningful
recommendations
Communicate the right message to the right users at the right time.Ensure the information is relevant to our user’s need.
Why My developerWorks?
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Build your own developerWorks persona
Connect and team with colleagues of similar interests, skills and roles.
Personalize your view of developerWorks artifacts.
Follow topic experts within the community or become one yourself.
Your opinion matters. Rate, comment, tag, and participate.
ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks
Want to be part of the community? Join My developerWorks today
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1. Be recognized as a topic expert
Showcase your skills and gain recognition with over 3 million visitors a month to the developerWorks web site. Start your own blog, add comments, make recommendations and provide feedback on technical content.
2. Gain valuable feedbackGet involved and learn just what users are saying about your products. What are real problems they face? What do they like and not like? What do they want?
3. Connect with your target audience Start a discussion or provide input about a specific topic. Start a group or get a team working collaborating in Activities.
4. Expand your network, build your skills Grow your network tenfold, both inside and outside IBM.
What’s in it for you and your team… Tons!
And this is only the beginning…*
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Unified profile across all community applications Surfaces more information Additional personalization features (roles, skills, interests, goals, and more) Add photos, favorite links, and tags Connect with colleagues
ProfilesPersonalize your profile
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Check out the latest blog entries, or your own blog posts
Toggle between the latest blog entries, and My blogs.
My home > Blogs
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My home > My Feeds
Customize the My feeds widget to display the latest developerWorks content on the IBM products and technologies you specify.
Example: Watch apersonalized feed todisplay all Cloudcomputing articles themoment they arepublished, alleviating theneed to search
Content matching your interests arrives right on your desktop as its published.
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Collaborate with others members to deliver on a common goal
Attach and share documents Assign to-do items Identify key days Track progress Add comments Share new thoughts Publish best practices
Have a group task? Set up an Activity
Example: Create an activity & outlinetasks to build a new My developerWorks group
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Teaming your thing? Join or start your own Group
Share valuable links Pull in feeds from other RSS sources Communicate with group members via the message board Send emails to group members or communicate individually one-to-one
Example: Start a group to share abest practices on Java.
Groups provide an outlet for peopleto interact, share ideas, addcomments, and tag content around asubject or technology they arepassionate about.
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What can you do? Join the community!
• If you lead a technical team - create a profile on My developerWorks and ask your team members to join
• Create groups related to the topics that you work on
• If you have any ideas for a widget, contact Branavan Ganesan
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• Because you matter …
– Form meaningful connections that matter to you… because your network matters
– Get the recognition you deserve among your peers worldwide … because your career matters
– Find what and who you need, fast ... because your productivity matters
Summary…
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Where do you get started? Right here!
Create your My developerWorks profile https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/profiles
Follow updates on Twitter http://twitter.com/developerworks
User RSS Feeds and Content Syndication on your Company’s Intranet Portal
Joint Communities (Make company centric communities)
Author Content, join the Authorship Recognition Programs
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developerWorks is a deep, technical resource and an online community of IT professionals and students around the world.
We are focused on making it easy for you to find the information you need, develop skills quickly, and collaborate with IBM and each other.
Get the most out of developerWorks and have your voice heard by creating your My developerWorks profile today!
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“As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously.”
- Benjamin Franklin
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