Oracle Community Update

The social network for Oracle people OracleCommunity.net was launched on January 31, 2008. Since then, it has had a tremendous growth. We went from 1 to 2,445+ members in 8 months. Existing features have been enhanced and new features have been added. Features like chat, events and the iPhone version did not even exist when the network was created.

Here is a summary of features currently available to all OracleCommunity.net members:

• Member Profiles: Each member has a fully customizable profile with their photo, basic information and everything they’ve contributed to the community.

• Event Listings: Schedule events, invite community members, and keep track of who’s attending.

• Interest Groups: Create groups inside the community around hobbies, interests, affinities, geographical locations and more.

• Real-time Activity Stream: Keep up with the members of the community. Find out what members are saying, how they’re interacting and what they’re sharing.

• Discussion Forum: Start a discussion on any topic and watch other members respond with posts, photos and attachments.

• Blogs: Create your own blog hosted on OracleCommunity.net and potentially have all community members as your blog readers.

• Custom Video Players: Upload original footage or share videos from popular video services like YouTube, Google Video and Vimeo.

• Photos & Slideshows: Post photos and organize them into albums. You can show off your photos in galleries or slideshows.

• Message Center: Send/receive messages and review pending friend requests.

• Chat: Chat with other members of the community in real time.

• iPhone interface: Sleek, compact, and easy to navigate, this new iPhone/iPod touch version will enable you to take your network with you wherever you go.

New features are constantly being added. Wait for a big one next month.

Here is a screenshot of OracleCommunity.net on the iPhone:

OracleCommunity.net the Social Network for Oracle People

I pre-launched OracleCommunity.net as a private, invite only social network this morning. If you follow me on Twitter, you probably got the scoop first.

Now, I’m officially launching OracleCommunity.net and making it public and available to everyone in the Oracle community. If you are an Oracle developer, DBA, customer, employee, or just interested in Oracle databases, Oracle applications and related technologies, feel free to join. There is no invite needed, however, you can always invite your friends once you become a member.

As a member, you’ll meet new people, make new friends, help and get help from fellow community members, socialize, stay up to date with the latest happenings in the Oracle community and even start your own blog.

Here are some of the features available to you as an OracleCommunity.net member, in no specific order:

• Create your own blog.
• Manage blog posts and moderate comments.
• Choose the option to publish blog posts in the future.
• Add photos, files, and widgets to blog posts.
• Upload photos and videos from a computer or mobile phone.
• Embed videos from any video service on the web.
• Add photo and video comments, ratings, tags, locations, favorites, and share via email.
• Start and tag a discussion.
• Create public or private groups.
• Add group descriptions, images, discussions, and members.
• Customize the appearance of your profile page.
• Add widgets to your profile page.
• See which members of the community are online now.
• Embed Photo slideshows, video players, and OracleCommunity badges anywhere on the Internet.
• Set different privacy settings for every photo, video, group, or blog post.
• RSS feeds are enabled for all features, such as members, discussions, photos, videos, and blog posts.
• And much more…

Even though OracleCommunity.net is not affiliated with Oracle, I believe that it is a great addition to Oracle Mix and the Oracle Wiki.

Let’s make OracleCommunity.net grow and be a great place to hang out, have fun and learn a few things.