Statement No. 01.
A lifelong developer advocate, community organizer,
and technology evangelist, I know with certainty that
Developers Change
the World—the Best
Will Write the Future.
I am honored to help engage, educate, enable, and energize this amazing group of creators—
they are digital heroes, influencers, change agents, kingmakers, and re-definers of our future.
Welcome! If we've never met, please let me make 3 statements (below) that get to the heart of WHY this matters.
Developers have world- changing superpowers.
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Developers are the most-important, most-valuable constituency in business today, regardless of industry.
Technologists newly empowered with tools, hyper-connected via specialized collaboration and communication networks, and increasingly aware of their own value are no longer content to be mere stage players. They’re taking an active hand at direction. That genie is out of the bottle, and will not be returned to it.
—Stephen O'Grady,
'The New Kingmakers'
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Statement No. 02.
Knowledge and ideas should be shared.
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We can learn more from each other when information is open. A free exchange of ideas is critical to creating an environment where people are allowed to learn and use existing information toward creating new ideas.
In a meritocracy, the best ideas win, and everyone has access to the same information. Communities are formed to create beyond the capabilities of any one individual. It multiplies effort and shares the work. Together, we can do more.
—opensource.com,
'The Open Source Way
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Statement No. 03.