While reading a cool blog post on cloud computing communities by Reuven Cohen, creator of the Elastic Vapor blog, I was reminded of some of the reasons I love getting together with like-minded people:
Communities are fun.
What's could be better than hanging out with a bunch of folks with with common interests to eat, drink, and toss around ideas? At meetups, you're bound to meet at least a handful of interesting and inspiring people. It's fun to see things from new perspectives, challenge others, and allow others to challenge you.
Two (or more!) heads are better than one.
Simply put, there's power in numbers. Collaborating, brainstorming, and innovating are all natural byproducts of getting smart people toegther in the same space -- whether that space is physical or virtual. Platforms like Wordpress and Joomla are excellent examples of the power of collaboration, and how communities can work together to create something much more powerful than could have come from an individual or team.
Communities are everywhere
Whether cloud computing communities congregate in person -- like at CloudCamp -- or online, finding cloud computing communities is simple.
Don't know where to start? You might find these helpful:
Communities are fun.
What's could be better than hanging out with a bunch of folks with with common interests to eat, drink, and toss around ideas? At meetups, you're bound to meet at least a handful of interesting and inspiring people. It's fun to see things from new perspectives, challenge others, and allow others to challenge you.
Two (or more!) heads are better than one.
Simply put, there's power in numbers. Collaborating, brainstorming, and innovating are all natural byproducts of getting smart people toegther in the same space -- whether that space is physical or virtual. Platforms like Wordpress and Joomla are excellent examples of the power of collaboration, and how communities can work together to create something much more powerful than could have come from an individual or team.
Communities are everywhere
Whether cloud computing communities congregate in person -- like at CloudCamp -- or online, finding cloud computing communities is simple.
Don't know where to start? You might find these helpful:
- Cloud Futures Community for cloud computing services
- IMB's Cloud Computing Community
- BlueLock's community for its vCloud Express users
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