Well, for most of last year (plus) most of us over at lullabot spent sleepless nights putting together Using Drupal. It went to press in early December, and is indeed on amazon and even on shelves.
I’m personally pretty proud of the book. It’s the first Drupal book by O’Reilly and the first to take a comprehensive look at building a “real” Drupal site with heavy emphasis on CCK, Views and the rest of drupal contrib.
I have to say, too, that O’Reilly was a lot of fun to work with. There’s a reason they have a reputation for having the top tech books. If you missed it, @eaton and I did a live webcast with O’Reilly which was their biggest ever. Kool-aid for everyone!
If you don’t have a copy yet, what’s wrong with you? ;-)
]]>Since it was a work trip, I didn't get to see nearly as much of Australia as I would have liked. No kangaroos. No dingos. No koala bears. But the people of Australia were awesome enough that I am just going to have to go back someday. Thank you all!
]]>Worst. Website. Ever.: Aside from being a who's who of the internet famous, it was an awesome format, completely hilarious and really well presented. I'm inspired to bring it to a future DrupalCon :-)
A Critical Look At OpenID: It was nice to watch other OpenID experts field the same questions I tend to - and give similar answers. Mostly, I hit this panel because I hadn't yet met David or Simon. We had lunch together after... I should really get myself out to more identity events. IIW 2008?
CMS Roundup: Obviously, I went to support fellow 'bot, Jeff Eaton, but was blown away by the packed audience (for a 10am session) and the overwhelming Drupal love!
Otherwise, it was great to hang out with friends like Colin and Andy, seeing TorCamp friends everywhere, and meeting a whackload of new people. Looking forward to next year already!
]]>If you missed the announcement, we're going to start things off on Thursday with the Toronto Drupal User Group meetup - for regulars, please remember we're at 215 Spadina (4th floor) this month and on Thursday (not Tuesday).
Friday night through Saturday night we'll be taking part in the Ontario Linux Fest. We've sponsored a welcome party on Friday night (and, yes, the location is so secret I don't even know where!). Angie is speaking Saturday morning and we'll be hanging out, probably in the Drupal BoF room (check the schedule). There's still space, so register now!
Come on out and say "hi"!
]]>It may be old news to some of you, but it's at last officially official. I'm a full-time lullabot!
When I left Bryght at the beginning of the summer, I wasn't sure what the future would hold. But when Matt approached me about potentially collaborating more on workshops and seminars (as we'd done in Sunnyvale), I had a great feeling about it. After spending the summer working with the 'bots and loving the summer workshop series, I was pretty sure I'd found a new home.
My primary role at Lullabot will be to continue to grow and expand the workshop/training end of the business. We've been throwing around a bunch of really exciting ideas that you'll be hearing all about soon. Until then, join us in Providence for our last workshops of 2007!
Team Lullabot is amazing and I'm proud to be a part of it.
]]>I'd also like to point out a couple of events that you should attend. The first is a session I have proposed on OpenID called: OpenID : In Drupal core and your CMS too. While I'll mostly be covering the implementation for Drupal, I think it has significant relevance for all content management systems. Now that Microsoft and AOL are behind OpenID, the project is definitely gaining momentum, but the more content management systems that support OpenID the better for the long term success of the protocol as a dominant force in the Identity 2.0 space. So, vote for the session, and come on out :)
The other event is actually not part of the conference itself, but Dries and I are teaming up with the Lullabots and Civicspace to present what should be a very informative session on Drupal Performance and Scalability. It's not a free event, but highly worth it for anyone running a large Drupal installation, and all the proceeds will go back to the Drupal project.
Get yourself signed up and see you there!
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