Have you taken the Twitter leap yet? The way I see it, there are three basic types of people when it comes to Twitter: 1. People who say "why not" and jump right in with no idea what you're getting into.  2. People who hesitate at first - it might be because you're not sure if it makes sense for you, you're not sure how to start, you're afraid to make a mistake, or you have unanswered questions.   3. And then there are the people who aren't on Twitter and never will be - hey, that's okay.  But you're probably not reading this blog... [More]

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When it comes to an online group, size isn't everything!  Having an active, meaningful group that provides value to group members is what matters.  But to get there, you may want to grow the size of your group - and not just by getting larger, but by finding people who are truly interested in what your group is all about.  Here are some ideas to help. Before you get started, be sure you have a clear picture of what your group is about and who good group members would be. Define any key words or key roles or attributes that you'd be looking for.... [More]

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If you're a group leader on My developerWorks and you're not emailing your group, it's probably dead.  Wait... did I just say that?  That was a little bit blunt.  But if you're a group leader I wanted to get your attention. My developerWorks offers some amazing features for groups (if you're not familiar with all of them, check out this sample group ). But one of the areas that can be challenging is notifications.  Today there is no simple way to sign up for email notifications for a group. So it's not easy to keep up with what's happening in a... [More]

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If you're like me, the first time you tried to upload a photo of yourself for an online profile - maybe on Twitter or here in My developerWorks, you might have had a little trouble.  Maybe the photo didn't look quite right - too big, too small, too distorted, etc. This can be so frustrating - especially if, like me, you don't have much experience with photo-editing. Well if that's a challenge for you I want to share a couple of simple tips for how you can use a simple, free photo editing tool to make your life much easier. Picnik is a free,... [More]

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If you are leading a group, or participating in one, on My developerWorks, and you're looking for a way to improve the group, consider how you can turn it into a knowledgebase. At a high level, there are several different values that a My developerWorks group can offer: Meet other people with similar interests   Collaborate/work with other people on a shared goal Provide information - knowledge, resources, best practices - to people on a topic of interest If you want your group to be more than a loose association of people, increase the value... [More]

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Happy 1st birthday, My developerWorks!!! Greetings My developerWorks Enthusiasts, here's highlights this week - suggested activities, tips and things happening in My developerWorks . 1. Suggested activity of the week: This week invite some new people to your network - introduce yourself - you don't have to know them already to make them part of your network. Who should you invite to your network? Some ideas... People who are from your region, share common interests, are new to one of your groups,  are new to blogging, or are new to the My... [More]

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  In honor of My developerWorks ' first birthday this week, here's a selection of 10 top tips to help you get more from My developerWorks: 1. Help! Three tips for getting help using My developerWorks 2. Don't be this guy! (the importance of having a photo on your profile) 3. Simple steps to a great profile 4. Ideas for updating your status on your My developerWorks profile 5. Electric teaspoons and the value of bookmarking 6. Best practices for starting groups or wikis 7. Five ways blogging can help your career 8. Five ways to... [More]

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There are many ways to use the tools available in My developerWorks .  Here are some specific ideas that could apply to user groups: Create a virtual group that corresponds to your user group.  See best practices for starting a group. Invite your user group members to join your virtual group - you can invite them by email from within your group. Message (email) the group with important information, such as upcoming meeting announcements. Link to other related user groups in bookmarks. Ask the user group to work with you to make your virtual... [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: Create bookmarks What you know is just the tip of the iceberg... That's one of the great things about collective wisdom shared in a collaborative environment. You get to go beyond what you know and uncover what other people know. You can help build that collective wisdom by creating and sharing bookmarks and tags on My developerWorks. And creating bookmarks is a... [More]

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