My developer works

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Unveiling the Power of My developerWorks
Veneatra L. Reid
[email protected]

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Session Agenda
•Introducing My developerWorks
•Exploring the features of My developerWorks
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Profiles
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Groups
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Activities
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Blogs
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Files
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Wikis
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Bookmarks
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My Home
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iPhone connectivity
•Best practices
•Getting started with My developerWorks

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•IBM developerWorks is the destination
on the Web for developers and IT
professionals to stay ahead of the latest
trends in open standards, develop
skills, solve problems, and collaborate
with peers.
•Maximizes productivity through
targeted technical resources, connects
peers, and provides career-building
recognition.
•Delivers unparalleled content in 8
languages, including articles, tutorials,
demos, events, and more.
ibm.com/developerworks/aboutdW
Key Statistics:
4M Unique Visitors per month
30,000 items in our technical library
34 industry awards
Serves 195 countries
8 local language sites
developerWorks
IBM’s community of developers, IT professionals & students

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2000: Java, Linux, and XML Zones
2001: Software Evaluation Kit for Linux
2002: Web services zone
2003: Grid and Autonomic computing zones
2004: Cloudscape and related resources available
2005: PHP project resources
2006: Web development zone and Ajax Resource
Center
2007: developerWorks wins Jolt Hall of Fame Award
2008: Cloud computing, Green IT, and Smarter Planet
2009: My developerWorks launches as the "World's
Geekiest Social Network"
Over ten years of launching resources that
put our users on top of the latest trends:
Spurring innovation and furthering the goals of
open standards development worldwide
developerWorks
Over a decade of growing developer skills on open standards
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My developerWorks is everything and
everywhere our users can contribute, connect
with others and engage with developerWorks.
How did we do it?
My developerWorks runs on IBM Lotus Connections 2.5.
Profiles, My Home, Blogs, Groups, Bookmarks, Activities, Files and Wikis
Build a profile
Personalize your experience
Connect with others
Voice your opinion - tag, rate
and recommend content
Join or start a group
Join forum discussions
Write a blog
Upload a file
Add a bookmark
Create a wiki
Start an activity
Watch real-time activity
for a specific topic or user
Follow a blog
Listen to a podcast
Connect to Facebook and
promote your activity
Follow Twitter
Syndicate content
outwards via "share this"
What is My developerWorks?
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Search for skills and expertise
Message colleagues through their profile
Publicize your status from your profile
Recent activity to include Forums,
Downloads, Tagged articles, forums,
spaces
Social networking apps integration –
Facebook, LinkedIn
Edit your profile (inline); allow users to
decide which fields to display publicly
Identification of a person’s skills, interests,
education and professional background
Profiles give you your own identification,
allowing users to communicate outward
and interact with each other.
Profiles
Public profile – Persistent display of status updates, “The
Board”, Tabs, Interests, Colleagues, Links, Facebook

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Profiles
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Profiles are automatically created for a user when they register or log into
developerWorks. A user must have a profile to be able to utilize My developerWorks.
A user’s profile can contain both private and public information. A user can choose to keep
mandatory information private except: Full name, and display name
Edit profile – Contact info with collapse sections.
In-line editing; show/hide

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Associate blogs, bookmarks, activities, files
and wikis with a group
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Search capabilities – search specific groups, all groups
or your own groups
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Message board
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Communicate with group members
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Highlight important messages by pinning them to
the top of the message board
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Members’ widget to manage group members’
privileges
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Highlight important bookmarks
Groups
Groups are micro communities that can be public or private. They have a lot of
valuable features for allowing users to create an enriching collaborative environment.
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vailable roles for group members are owner and member:
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Any owner can email the entire group*
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Any owner can invite non-registered members to join*
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Any owner can invite other dW users to join*
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Any owner can change a member’s role
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Any member can access blogs, bookmarks, activities, files or wikis
associated with the group
Groups
Option Description
Private:
Hidden and restricted to a particular set of users.

This group is not accessed via search or other group listings.
It is only recommended for groups that are sharing confidential
content or have a business critical need for a gated community.
Open:
Publicly available and anyone can join and
contribute.
A public group has a low barrier to entry, encouraging
participation.
Public groups are a great marketing and communication vehicle
to the external IT professional audience.
* Varies based on the group’s access level.
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Activities
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bility to associate with your group
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tems appear as a To Do list
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ssign a due date for any item
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ssign people to the item
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rack the progress
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ttach files and important information
to the item
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ake work items private
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end notifications for work item
updates
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ublish checklists or best practices
Activities are To Dos items for managing projects, or work items.

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Blogs
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Blogs provide the ability to announce news,
information and important updates to your
group.
Announcement widget at the top of the My dW blogs
landing page
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bility to “Follow this blog” for notifications
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ustomization: add polls, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, colored
themes, and more
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omments available for discussing postings
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log author widget displays a photo of author(s)

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Files
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Files provide the ability to upload your
files to be public or private. Files can
be organized into libraries for easier
management.
Upload and share files
Browse files uploaded by others
Add comments and recommend files
Upload new versions of the file
Get notifications of file revisions
See the # of times files are
downloaded
Any file type up to 200 MB can be uploaded.

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Wikis
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Wikis are for easy creation and
collaborative content for your group.
Supports basic wiki functions
Wiki editor has html source, rich text
and preview tabs
Page history
Notifications on wiki page updates and
comments
Tags, comments, attachments and
recommendations

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Bookmarks
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Bookmarks are favorite links that are
associated with the group and available to
everyone.
Ability to associate with your group
Any URL can be used such as a RSS
feed, search results, etc.
Add bookmarks to other My
developerWorks features (i.e. Activities)
Identify significant bookmarks as
important for increased visibility
Add the “Bookmark This!” button to your
web browser for one-click bookmarking

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My Home
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Public updates: What's happening, as it
happens, across My developerWorks
My updates: What your network contacts are
doing in My developerWorks, and how the entire
community is responding to your contributions to
My developerWorks
My watchlist: Your personal view of updates
related to the people/topics of interest; as well as
specific recommendations that match your
interests
My notifications: All the notifications that you
have sent or received
My saved items: Any items you saw anywhere in
My developerWorks and selected to return to later
•Customize your view of developerWorks to
find what you need quickl.y
Watchlist – scope by tags & profiles, inline recommendations

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View activity on developerWorks, as it’s
happening
Dig deeper into My developerWorks via the
iPhone web browser
Search and find other people and activity
View a web-friendly user profile
Update status
Post to a user’s board
Indentify user’s interests and skills
iPhone connectivity
Take advantage of a real-time stream of developerWorks community activity to allow users
to keep up with their developer colleagues on-the-go.
It’s free and available on iTunes.
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Message Board
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Use if you wish to initiate a discussion (as opposed to making a statement)
Activities
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Use for all "mini projects" that require you to assign tasks, to do's, discussions therein and/or file-sharing
Blogs
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Use to post an announcement, share some news or sharing static documentation
Files
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Use to share a file (or updated version thereof), not related to an Activity
Wikis
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Use to collaboratively create or publish a document that is referenced (and updated) frequently
Bookmarks
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Use to share important or commonly utilized URLs
Mail Group
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If all else fails, group owners can mail the entire group by utilizing the “Mail Group” functionality. When
doing so, always refer to materials that exists on your group to facilitate communication.
General best practices
Preferred browser for using My dW:
Discover how My developerWorks can help you
Before sending out an email, consider the many ways to use the My dW platform instead:
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“I am a product team lead who wants a very quick way to get
information on our PMRs and patches out to the technical
audience.”
Recommended My developerWorks offerings:
Use Groups and Wikis
Scenario #1

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“I am a program manager for a product. My team wants to find
a way to grow a community around our new product that is
going to GA in four months. We want to aggregate content
from outside and inside and be able to talk to the people who
are using the product. ”
Recommended My developerWorks offerings:
Use Groups, Wikis, Bookmarks and Files
Scenario #2

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“I am an event strategist and want a Web page to point clients
to with details on the event and resources to look at beforehand.
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Recommended My developerWorks offerings:
Use Wikis and Files
Scenario #3

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At a glance
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Register with My developerWorks
Registration is a cinch! Less than 10 required fields stand between you and your My developerWorks
profile. (In fact, you may already be registered. It’s the same login as your IBM account.)
REGISTER:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/dwwi/DWAuthRouter?m=reg&d=http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/overview&lang=en
SIGN IN:
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/dwwi/jsp/WSLogin.jsp
Update your Profile
When you register, your profile is automatically created. Now its up to you to fill in the real details. The
more information you provide, the easier it is for others to find you and connect with you.
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/profiles/
Join a group or create a new group
If you’re creating a group, assess your needs to determine whether a private or public group is right for
you. Also, consider the features to associate with the group and various ways to customize it to ensure a
more rich and meaningful experience.
Get active in your group
Getting started with My developerWorks
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Questions?
Veneatra L. Reid
Senior I/T Specialist, IBM developerWorks
Email: [email protected]
My dW Profile: https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/profiles/user/LadyVee

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