Meetups

At the November 11th Drupal NYC meetup we will have a Drupal installfest, so bring your laptop and learn how to get a working Drupal install. There are also still a couple presentation slots open, so post your ideas.

The October 14th Drupal NYC meetup is a day before the end of the Drupal 7 code slush, so we obviously are going to have a small code sprint. But this doesn't mean we can't have a wonderful design talk about beginner Drupal theming and grid patterns! There are still some open discussion slots available, so please submit your ideas.

Join us on September 16th for a cool-down of what was talked about in DrupalCon Paris and a discussion of what has to happen during Drupal 7's code freeze.

When?

September 16th, 2009, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where?

7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor (Mansueto Ventures)

Directions?

http://tinyurl.com/mansuetoventuresdirections

Plans?

1. Who are you? What do you want to get out of this?
2. DrupalCon: What happened?
3. Uberpos sales case study
4. Services discussion with Great Brewers Beer Cloud
5. Drupal Drinks and Drupal Fun at Dakota Roadhouse

Hi everyone. I think it would be a good idea for us to have a documentation sprint in NYC. How many others would be interested in participating and what do you think is the ideal location/date and time? Oleg (litwol) has said if not somewhere else, we could meet at our usual monthly meet-up location at Mansueto Ventures. add1sun from the Drupal doc team has said she will help flesh out a task list and make postings so that others from the doc team will be online to help answer questions etc..

theresaanna and I were recently discussing the idea that it would be cool to have some kind of Drupal coworking day. The specifics and format are certainly up for discussion, but the basic idea is that it would be somewhat akin to the recent Drupal NYC Hackathon but take place during the workday.

What is DrupalCamp?

DrupalCamp Hudson Valley will be a 1 day "no-holds-barred discussion, workshop/code-a-thon involving the Free Software content management system Drupal." Here you can learn about what drupal is, what it can do, and how to setup your own drupal website for yourself or your group. If you've already been using drupal it is a great opportunity to get answers to your questions from drupal experts and find out about new modules and the state-of-the art of drupal. There will be breakout rooms as well for those looking to discuss specific topics and collaborate on projects.

We'd like to invite you to CodeWorks 2009 (http://cw.mtacon.com), a series of two-day conferences for PHP developers and IT managers organized and run by the publishers of php|architect Magazine.

Each two-day event includes a day of in-depth tutorials and a day of conference talks arranged across three different tracks, all presented by the best experts in the business.

If PHP is your work, your passion or your hobby, CodeWorks is a great way to learn and connect with the greatest community of professionals in the world—and with prices as low as $99 and a generous discount program, a uniquely affordable opportunity for everyone.

Remember, each event is limited to 300 attendees and prices increase the closer we get to each event. Get your tickets today before we run out or the price goes up! Early bird pricing will end July 31, 2009.

For more information, visit http://cw.mtacon.com. Hope to see you there!

Join us on Sunday, August 16th for a Drupal Hackathon in New York. We will split up into a number of different groups to work on:

OAuth: Polish the distributed authentication of the Services module with OAuth.

• Rob Loach
• zroger (Roger López)
• Jingsheng Wang (skyred)

Performance: Pre-generation of content, taking security into consideration.

• litwol (Oleg Terenchuk)

Media: File and image handling

• Drewish (Andrew Morton)
• Darrel O'Pry (Dopry)

Theming: Advanced Techniques

• John Zavocki (johnvsc)
• Nikki Henninger (nikkiana)
• Jacine Rodriguez

DrupalCon Paris is coming up quickly, so August's Drupal NYC meet will consist of mental (and physical) preparations for DrupalCon through a discussion of our favorite Modules For That, and a performance tuning discussion with litwol.

When?

August 12th, 2009, 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM

Where?

7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor (Mansueto Ventures)

Directions?

http://tinyurl.com/mansuetoventuresdirections

Plans?

1. Who are you? What do you want to get out of this?
2. Case Study: Poverty's Demise by Darryl Penrice (details)
3. There's a Module for That: discussion of the little known module gems.
4. Advanced Performance Tuning discussion with litwol - Click for more info (anchor)
5. Drupal Drinks and Drupal Fun at the classic Dakota Roadhouse

Homework?

Create a list of all your favorite modules and be prepared to talk about its use. Rules people, we expect a demonstration!

Is there any Drupalcamps or Drupal meetups planned in New York this coming winter?