living drupal

my presentation at DrupalCamp Toronto 2012

Transcript

1. living drupal Saturday, 17 November, 12
2. surviving drupal Saturday, 17 November, 12
3. hi, i’m james Saturday, 17 November, 12
4. walkah.net @ Saturday, 17 November, 12
5. why am i here? Saturday, 17 November, 12
6. how did i get here? Saturday, 17 November, 12
7. a little story... Saturday, 17 November, 12
8. 2002 Saturday, 17 November, 12
9. terminus1525 http://www.flickr.com/photos/emenel/2975947713/in/ photostream/ Saturday, 17 November, 12
10. terminus1525.ca • > 10,000 lines of custom code (theme and modules) • entirely custom media handling • built and launched ~ 3 months Saturday, 17 November, 12
11. 2004 Saturday, 17 November, 12
12. drupal-world- domination.com Saturday, 17 November, 12
13. i'm pretty excited. i've really enjoyed getting involved in the drupal community, there are some outstanding folks involved, and the future is very bright. yay http://walkah.net/blog/walkah/drupal-world-domination-com/ “ ” Saturday, 17 November, 12
14. fun Saturday, 17 November, 12
15. exciting Saturday, 17 November, 12
16. invincible Saturday, 17 November, 12
17. Saturday, 17 November, 12
18. took drupal to new places http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/ Saturday, 17 November, 12
19. bryght • 1st commercial entity focused on drupal • presented at the 1st ever drupalcon (2005) • founding member of the security team and drupal association Saturday, 17 November, 12
20. hosted drupal Saturday, 17 November, 12
21. on-boarding Saturday, 17 November, 12
22. UX Saturday, 17 November, 12
23. Saturday, 17 November, 12
24. drupal training Saturday, 17 November, 12
25. on-boarding Saturday, 17 November, 12
26. 2009 Saturday, 17 November, 12
27. why i hate drupal.com Saturday, 17 November, 12
28. and now? Saturday, 17 November, 12
29. http://www.flickr.com/photos/esther-/1427629397/ Saturday, 17 November, 12
30. i have... • written code for core (thankfully most of it has been removed) • written and “maintained” dozens of modules • hosted thousands of drupal websites • given presentations around the world • trained thousands of new drupal users and developers • co-authored a book • made DVDs • worked on sites with millions of nodes, pageviews/month Saturday, 17 November, 12
31. there is a place for you Saturday, 17 November, 12
32. find your niche Saturday, 17 November, 12
33. survival guide Saturday, 17 November, 12
34. (1) let go of what it was Saturday, 17 November, 12
35. drupal is different now Saturday, 17 November, 12
36. ... and that’s okay Saturday, 17 November, 12
37. always changing Saturday, 17 November, 12
38. (2) accept what it’s not Saturday, 17 November, 12
39. lightweight Saturday, 17 November, 12
40. simple Saturday, 17 November, 12
41. a development framework Saturday, 17 November, 12
42. (3) embrace what it is Saturday, 17 November, 12
43. the best open source cms Saturday, 17 November, 12
44. huge, active, passionate community Saturday, 17 November, 12
45. capable of change Saturday, 17 November, 12
46. capable of change • D8 Initiatives • Symfony 2 component adoption • Drupal governance sprint Saturday, 17 November, 12
47. mantras redefined Saturday, 17 November, 12
48. don’t hack core Saturday, 17 November, 12
49. Saturday, 17 November, 12
50. please, hack core • understand how it works • learn how to use it better • help the core team Saturday, 17 November, 12
51. there’s a module for that Saturday, 17 November, 12
52. ...but it probably sucks Saturday, 17 November, 12
53. be careful Saturday, 17 November, 12
54. developers: don’t be afraid to write code Saturday, 17 November, 12
55. come for the software, stay for the community Saturday, 17 November, 12
56. come for the community. Saturday, 17 November, 12
57. thank you @walkah Saturday, 17 November, 12