Today, I am starting a new series! It will be all about websites that I recommend to Information Technology Professionals. I plan to start with the ones that I either read daily or subscribe to via an RSS reader.

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So where else on the web can you see the following all on the front page of the website?

  • “Life begins when you can spend your spare time programming instead of watching television.” — Cal Keegan
  • A story on growing Linux market share.
  • A link to Geek Christmas Cards.
  • News about Biometrics.
  • A discussion about Encryption Standards.
  • Along with an image of Bill Gates as a Star Trek Borg?

They were all on the lead page today for Slashdot This site has as their tagline “News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters” and I could not say it any better. Slashdot is my favorite daily scroll type site dedicated to technology and The Internet.

From their Frequently Asked Questions Page:

“Who does this?

Slashdot was originally created in September of 1997 by Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda. Today it is owned by Geeknet, Inc..

Slashdot is run primarily by me and a handful of other others, who post stories and wrangle the day-to-day affairs of Slashdot.”

What does their name mean?

“Slashdot” is a sort of obnoxious parody of a URL. When I originally registered the domain, I wanted to make the URL silly, and unpronounceable. Try reading out the full URL to http://slashdot.org and you’ll see what I mean. Of course my cocky little joke has turned around and bit me in the butt because now I am called upon constantly to tell people my URL or email address. I can’t tell you how many people respond confused “So do I spell out the ‘dot’ or is that just a period?”

I read this site daily, and I recommend it to you. While you cannot possibly keep up with them, nor be intimately interested in all of their content, the reading will be educational. I learn something new every day from there and cannot even measure the number of times that I have used their links towards my professional development or job performance. If you keep up with them, you will keep up with tech. I hope that you enjoy it.

What do you think about this topic?  Do you agree or disagree with me? Do you have a recommended website for next week? Please share your ideas below.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for December 9, 2009  by Scott Coughlin.

Image Credit: rapprint.co.uk

Special thanks to the team at Slashdot. I really appreciate your work at putting out such a terrific resource for the Information Technology Professional community.

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