Drupalcon Planet

Plan your DrupalCon adventure by picking the sessions you want to attend!

Because DrupalCon is such a large event, and the time flies by so fast, I always recommend you put together a list of the sessions you really want to go to and keep it handy. You can start doing this now by going to the session schedule and adding sessions to your personal schedule. By signing up you'll be able to see what sessions are on what day and at what time, and come to the unfortunate realization that you can't be in three places at once.

The voting is over and the Drupal Con San Fran sessions have been posted. I'm proud to say there will be a number of sessions featureing folks from Zivtech and the Philly area:

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/contractor-shop-how-make-leap

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/panel-many-flavors-drupal-t...

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/state-drupal-web-applicatio...

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The results are in, and it looks like Palantir will be all over DrupalCon San Francisco, which kicks off in just under five weeks.  Nine of us will be on hand to spread the Drupal love (and some great swag) everywhere from the stage to the Birds of a Feather (BoF) room to the hallway. Here's the low-down on the Palantir track:

The preliminary DrupalCon San Francisco session schedule was released yesterday, and I wanted to get an overview of all of the sessions and so I created the following graphic:

As with every year, the schedule is bound to change a bit between now and the actual DrupalCon as there are still some conflicts and sessions to be confirmed, but this will at least start to give you an idea of some of the sessions that will be happening.

For more details on these, then be sure to check out the full schedule here.

The preliminary DrupalCon San Francisco session schedule was released yesterday, and I wanted to get an overview of all of the sessions and so I created the following graphic:

As with every year, the schedule is bound to change a bit between now and the actual DrupalCon as there are still some conflicts and sessions to be confirmed, but this will at least start to give you an idea of some of the sessions that will be happening.

For more details on these, then be sure to check out the full schedule here.

The list of selected sessions has been posted for DrupalCon San Francisco. We're frantically working on ironing out a few last conflicts in the schedule and confirming a few last speakers, but you are welcome to view our selections now.

In a few days we will be allowing everyone with a DrupalCon ticket to create a personal conference schedule. You will be able to 'Sign Up' for your favorite sessions and design your ideal conference experience. If you haven't bought your ticket yet, Register now before ticket prices go up!

Here at DrupalCon planning headquarters, we are getting really excited about the event. We are getting double digit increases in registrants daily and excitement is building. As we look at our schedule it looks like the programming is going to be awesome too! It will be the biggest DrupalCon so far, in a beautiful city.

As we get closer to the conference, we have noticed that a number of you are members of the site, but have not yet bought your conference ticket. Ticket prices go up to $220 on the 26th of March, so make sure you complete this step!

CommonPlaces is thrilled to announce that Michelle Lauer has been selected by the Drupal community to present “Views Examples: Using Arguments and Relationships” at DrupalCon San Francisco, which will be held from April 19-21. You can read our press release here.

In her session, Michelle will share a repeatable strategy for using arguments and relationships with Drupal Views to display specific subsets of content. Here’s the session description, from the DrupalCon SF site:

Views are a powerful way to display specific subsets of your content. From a simple list of all nodes in a single content type to a complex collection of related information, each step will be explained so you can easily repeat the strategy in your own views.

You still have a week before you can personalize your conference schedule, but the time to sign up for one of the DrupalCon pre-conference events is now. This year, we have added all-day trainings to the already robust DrupalCon offerings.

Drupal's "premier conference" is quickly approaching. This Drupal conference is known as DrupalCon and will be held in San Francisco from April 19-21, 2010. As with previous years, the unofficial theme of the conference is to "learn about all things Drupal". If the conference sessions aren't enough, the schedule is also packed with plenty of development, documentation, and training events that are being held the days prior to and following the conference.

Presently over 1500 people have signed up to attend the conference. The price of attending a DrupalCon has always been reasonably priced which is one of the reasons this conference always sees a high turnout rate. If you plan on attending the conference, I would urge you to buy your tickets to DrupalCon now. Procrastinators like me have been known to wait too long to register for this conference only to find out that the maximum number of available tickets for the conference has already been reached.

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Well, 2010 is here, and so is March, and my blog has been pretty quiet for a while because of an insane amount of contract work that has left me with minimal time for anything outside of paid work. Drupal freelance has been VERY good to me over the last 4 months since leaving my full time employment. It was no doubt a very scary situation to be in again, but everything worked out for the best. Even the FT job that I ended up not getting that I was completely sure I wanted ended up falling apart for a reason.

Freelance Consulting/Contract work is a touchy business, and not for everyone, but for me, it really is a great way to be. What mainly attracts me to it is the ability to work from home, set my own hours, and oddly enough, make a lot more money than most full time opportunities. My days of commuting to ANY office are in the past, and while I will/am still considering FT positions that allow 100% telecommute, there's no reason for me to ever want to get out of my jammies and deal with office drama again.

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Those of us at 3281d Consulting are excited about DrupalCon San Francisco 2010 and looking forward to a great conference. Today is your last day to vote for the sessions we've proposed -- we'd love to share some of our experiences and expertise with the rest of the community:

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We received over 400 session submissions for DrupalCon San Francisco! And we need your help in deciding which of those sessions will be included in the conference program. So, please go review the list of sessions and vote on the ones you’d like to see most.

Voting ends TODAY, Monday, March 1st at 23:59 PST (UTC-0800). Or, for places east of California: voting ends EARLY TOMORROW and you’re probably going to forget so you’d better do it now anyway!

The TNT team will be at DrupalCon in full force! Most importantly, we’d like to show you how to build more flexible themes faster, without reinventing the wheel — with Fusion. If you want to see this session at DrupalCon, vote today!

We’ll also (hopefully) be co-presenting two great sessions:
Conversion Rate Optimization (CRO) for Drupal
Monetizing Drupal

Quick demo of what we are going to discuss
Original session was posted here
With launch of iPad and NexusOne - iPhone/Android application market can't be ignored. Both these technologies has great potential to use our existing web based tools such as drupal. You can totally use drupal to manage/update your iPhone/Android native application.
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Over 400 session submissions have been submitted for DrupalCon San Francisco, which will be held April 19-21, 2010. We need your help in deciding which of those sessions will be included in the conference program. Please come review the list of sessions and vote on the ones you'd like to see most.

Voting ends Monday, March 1st at 23:59 PST.

DrupalCon is a community-driven event. You've shared with us a vast array of exciting new ideas, proven recipes for success, case studies, best practices, new solutions to old problems, and other gems of knowledge. Now help us narrow down the selection. Your opinions are what shapes what happens at DrupalCon. Remember, every vote counts!

If you're a business, organization, or individual interested in helping to sponsor DrupalCon San Francisco, opportunities are still available. Contact us via the Web site, via e-mail at fundraising@drupal.com or phone at 415-894-9320 today!

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Time is flying by. There is now only 7 weeks to go to DrupalCon San Francisco! I'm really looking forward to it I have to admit. Although I've visited the US a fair bit, I've never been to the west coast, not to mind say San Francisco. Dermot is coming over with me this time, and we're planning on taking an extra week to travel around and do some sightseeing. We're also going to visit a good friend of mine, Aimee, in LA, and then travel back up to Sacremento to visit other friends.

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Ryan Price and Mike Anello from DrupalEasy will be at DrupalCon San Francisco this April with a (hopefully) full agenda.

Workshop: Intro to Theme Development

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Acquia is excited to once again be a Platinum Sponsor of Drupalcon San Francisco. Its amazing to think the conference is right around the corner. It seems like just yesterday we just finished the Drupal Gardens preview session in Paris. At the same time, so much has happened between then and now.

jQuery for Designers and Themers is a fun interactive session on getting started with jQuery. It is targeted at designers and themers but is suitable for anyone with a decent understanding of HTML and CSS — no programming experience is necessary. It doesn't include any PHP, and only basic programming concepts are introduced.

If you want to see this session at DrupalCon San Francisco you'll need to vote on it here.

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