7 ways to contribute to the DB2 and Informix communities

The community surrounding DB2 is steadily growing, both within IBM and outside. Today is the first Online Community Action Day during which IBM invites IBMers, and information management product users in general, to actively participate more in the community.

Whether you use DB2 with Ruby, Rails or on its own, you too can get involved. And the same goes if you opt for Informix instead. Here are a few suggestions:

Head on over to ChannelDB2 and register;
Sign up for free with the IDUG or IIUG user groups;
Join a Facebook group for DB2 or Informix;
Take a moment to respond to even a single question in the developerWorks forums or on comp.databases.ibm-db2 (or comp.databases.informix
Send an e-mail to a couple of colleagues or friends and pass on links to ChannelDB2, PlanetDB2, Informix Zone, the XML Contest homepage (which went live today), or other community sites;
Find a blog post that you appreciated and take the time to leave a comment saying “thank you”.
If you are feeling ambitious, start your own blog about DB2 or Informix, sharing your experiences with the community.