Greetings My developerWorks Enthusiasts, here's highlights this week - suggested activities, tips and things happening in My developerWorks .  1. Suggested activity of the week: Group discussion Do you read techie blogs? Name your top 2-3 technical blogs you like to read and why. (They don't have to be blogs on My developerWorks - just those you like to read). I'll be compiling this into a group wiki and blog post, to help My developerWorks bloggers get ideas for improving their blogs.   Share your answers here .   p.s. Don't forget to update... [More]

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  Greetings My developerWorks Enthusiasts, here's highlights this week - suggested activities, tips and things happening in My developerWorks .  1. Suggested activity of the week: Do you use Twitter?  Share your Twitter id to get added to the Twitter list of My developerWorks enthusiasts! If you don't use Twitter, that's okay!  Browse My developerWorks blogs this week and recommend and comment on some blog posts, and follow blogs you like.  Remember that you can search blog posts by tags in the left sidebar to find blog posts on topics that... [More]

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  Greetings My developerWorks Enthusiasts, here's highlights this week - suggested activities, tips and things happening in My developerWorks .  1. Suggested activity of the week: Take a fresh look at your profile on My developerWorks! Your profile says a lot about you.  Does it say what you want it to? Do you have a photo? Do you have a good bio or professional expertise section? Do you have tags? Do you have favorite links?  Ideas for favorite links include: Articles or books you've written; Your blog; Your Twitter account; Your group (s),... [More]

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  Greetings My developerWorks Enthusiasts, here's highlights this week - suggested activities, tips and things happening in My developerWorks .  1. Suggested activity of the week: Join the discussion Be a social butterfly this week in the My developerWorks enthusiasts group and practice participating in a group discussion!  We've posted a question for you here about how much time you spend social networking each week.  There is no "right" answer, so just share your point of view. 2. My developerWorks tip of the week: We've got two... [More]

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  Don't be this guy! Including a photo in your profile personalizes your dW experience.  It’s a creative outlet for members to pictorially express themselves with either a real image or a caricature of how they want their colleagues to view them.   It associates a real individual to the words on the screen giving them a presence in the community.  Your photo is associated with you everywhere you make a contribution in our community.   A well thought-out profile showcases who you are, what your technical interests are, and why you have joined... [More]

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 What are YOU working on right now?  Here's some ideas for answering that question when you're updating your status on your My developerWorks profile . A few tips to start with... Keep your status updates short and sweet. And if you provide a link, consider using a URL shortener such as bit.ly or ow.ly.  If you're hoping to connect with people in your country who speak your native language such as Japanese or German or Spanish, consider posting status updates in your native language.    Ideas for updating your status on My developerWorks 1.... [More]

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 Get to know some new faces on My developerWorks...  Brought to you by the My developerWorks enthusiasts group !  If you're a My developerWorks enthusiast, come join us. We want to introduce you to new people, groups and blogs on My developerWorks you might want to get t o know!  If you're interested in these topics or region, consider: following their blog commenting on their blog joining a group adding these people to your network writing on their wall Highlights from Brazil Thiago Sobral UNIX, Storage, SANs and other stuffs blog Software,... [More]

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 How often do you check your twitter friends' updates?  Your facebook wall?  Your RSS feeds?  I can almost anticipate the answer... quite frequently if you are anything like myself.   Well if you haven't already stumbled upon it... you have to check out My developerWorks updates.  It offers you one place to follow all your favorite technical experts, trending topics and My dW updates.  Honestly, I can't imagine what's better than that. Let's get started... Go to My home (I'd bookmark it if I were you), and let me walk you through all five tabs... [More]

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 I'm a HUGE fan of the new options available on My Home on My developerWorks . If you haven't already played around with it, here's a few tips to get you started... Click on Home in My developerWorks. You'll end up on the Updates tab, on Public updates.  This displays everything happening in My developerWorks as it happens.  You can narrow it down to just look at certain views if you want, by clicking on things like Blogs, Groups, or Forums.   You can also click on the My Updates sub-tab.  This gives you a smaller, more customized view of... [More]

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I'm excited to get to do a live demo of My developerWorks today for the East Region IBM Innovation Centers .  If you aren't familiar with IBM Innovation Centers, let me give you a quick description...  These centers provide a place where IBM technology, labs and training bring together developers, IT professionals, Business Partners and students. There are almost 50 centers around the world and they keep adding more each year.  In fact, just recently centers opened in Mexico, the Phillipines and Romania.  The people that work at these centers... [More]

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