My developerWorks: 6 ways to build your technical skills and your professional network (developerWorks)

[Posted May 1, 2009 by ris]

IBM has launched My developerWorks, a social networking site. "It may look small at first: just sticking "My" in front of developerWorks. But what those characters represent is huge: You can now interact with developerWorks' how-to content and with your peers on a personal level—by personalizing and customizing your view of developerWorks content so you see just the information that's pertinent to you. My developerWorks makes it easy. It also gives you a window into the ways your peers are using, tagging, and contributing to the knowledge base, so you can learn from each other while building your skills and your professional network at the same time."

Corporations

Posted May 2, 2009 14:36 UTC (Sat) by davi (guest, #18853) [Link]

Corporation control. What funny!

My developerWorks: 6 ways to build your technical skills and your professional network (developerWorks)

Posted May 4, 2009 14:03 UTC (Mon) by christian.convey (guest, #39159) [Link]

I for one can't imagine anything going wrong with a would-be social networking sight run by a large corporation that...

(a) Could lose interest at any time.
(b) Might not like what gets written.
(c) Has administrative rights on the site.

I'll pass in favor or a site run by more disinterested parties, thanks very much.

Me developerWorks?

Posted May 4, 2009 21:44 UTC (Mon) by man_ls (guest, #15091) [Link]

Are we back to the 90s? Shall we start placing "My" in front of everything again, in a vain attempt to "personalize" the net? Still they have a certain merit: they have kept the horrid developerWorks looks while stuffing it with obnoxious content. And, believe it or not, it was all created with a Lotus component. Yay!