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Unveiling the Power of My developerWorks

Veneatra L. [email protected]



Who am I?

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Veneatra L. Reid aka “Lady Vee”


Unveiling the Power of My developerWorks 3

Session Agenda

• Introducing My developerWorks• Exploring the features of My developerWorks

– Profiles– Groups– Activities– Blogs– Files– Wikis– Bookmarks– My Home– iPhone connectivity

• Best practices• Getting started with My developerWorks



• 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

developerWorksIBM’s community of developers, IT professionals & students



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

developerWorksOver 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



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



Associate blogs, bookmarks, activities, files and wikis with a group

Search capabilities – search specific groups, all groups or your own groups

Message board

• Communicate with group members

• Highlight important messages by pinning them to the top of the message board

Members’ widget to manage group members’ privileges

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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Available roles for group members are owner and member:

• Any owner can email the entire group*

• Any owner can invite non-registered members to join*

• Any owner can invite other dW users to join*

• Any owner can change a member’s role

• 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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Ability to associate with your group

Items appear as a To Do list

Assign a due date for any item

Assign people to the item

Track the progress

Attach files and important information to the item

Make work items private

Send notifications for work item updates

Publish checklists or best practices

Activities are To Dos items for managing projects, or work items.



Blogs

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Blogs provide the ability to announce news, information and important updates to yourgroup.

Announcement widget at the top of the My dW blogs landing page

Ability to “Follow this blog” for notifications

Customization: add polls, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, colored themes, and more

Comments available for discussing postings

Blog author widget displays a photo of author(s)



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.



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



Bookmarks

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Bookmarks are favorite links that areassociated with the group and available toeveryone.

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



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



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• Use if you wish to initiate a discussion (as opposed to making a statement)

Activities• Use for all "mini projects" that require you to assign tasks, to do's, discussions therein and/or file-sharing

Blogs• Use to post an announcement, share some news or sharing static documentation

Files• Use to share a file (or updated version thereof), not related to an Activity

Wikis• Use to collaboratively create or publish a document that is referenced (and updated) frequently

Bookmarks• Use to share important or commonly utilized URLs

Mail Group• 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. ”


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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Use Wikis and Files

Scenario #3



Discover how My developerWorks can help youAt a glance

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Register with My developerWorksRegistration 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 ProfileWhen 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 groupIf 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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