I’ve been active in online developer communities throughout the past 10 years, so I’ve seen lots of changes (and caused a few of them.) There’s no question in my mind that the online world makes it radically easier for developers to locate and interact with others who share their highly focused and sometimes unusual interests. If it weren’t for the internet, then I doubt I’d ever have met even 10% of the many developers I have gotten to know over the years.

One of my personal hopes for the DZone Network is that our communities will help ever increasing numbers of developers locate one another and enjoy a friendly environment of knowledge-sharing among peers. That would make DZone a big success in my book.