Renewing my roots.

I recently renewed my ACCU and ACM memberships after letting them go for a couple years. I feel like I've done myself a disservice by letting these lapse. Both of these organizations provided me with countless hours of information and insight as a younger developer and I attribute their journals and usergroups to helping me become the programmer I am today. These organizations promote growth and learning and both have the goal of making people do what they do better. Easier, smarter, more efficient. I think any programmer who cares about their craft and improving their abilities should seriously look at joining one or both of these organizations. If you're a past member who has let their subscription lapse it might be time to look in to renewing it, it will pay for itself many times over.

• ACM - http://www.acm.org (a Plone site! Yes, seriously)
• ACCU - http://www.accu.org (member count seems thin, but content is still great)