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DrupalEasy Podcast 85: Out of Our League
Lin Clark (linclark on Drupal.org) leaves Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello speechless with her vast knowledge of RDF, microdata, and the semantic web on this episode of the DrupalEasy Podcast. Lin talks about how she favors microdata (check out her new Microdata module) over RDF, her super-cool Web Taxonomy module, and a bunch of other things that demonstrates why she’s one of the Drupal community’s brightest minds. Other topics covered include Zen 5.0 and Google’s “recommendation” of responsive design.
Five Stories
- Lin Clark interview - Web Taxonomy module, IBM Developer Works article, Drupal Documentation Web module, Microdata module, Search Engine Rich Snippets (via the Google)
- Google “recommends” responsive design
- Why Web Development is Like Building a House
- Drupal.org Project Retention, Download to Usage by Scott Reynen
- Zen 5.0 announcement
Picks of the Week
- Mike - 25 jQuery Plugins to help with responsive design blog post by Paul Andrew at SpeckyBoy.com
- Andrew - Commerce Kickstart v2
- Ryan - BEAN API by Neil Hastings (indytechcook on Drupal.org). Example is Relevant Content BEAN by Sean Larkin
- Lin - WSCCI will be implementing two different content export formats to see which fits the use case better: http://groups.drupal.org/node/237443
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Site of the Week
The new Drupal Association Store! https://association.drupal.org/store
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Listener Homework
Try out Lin’s Microdata module.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 84: Jake Who?
Jake Strawn (himerus on drupal.org), fearless leader of the Omega base theme, joins Andrew Riley, Ryan Price, and Mike Anello for a best practices discussion for responsive theming with Omega. They tackle commonly confusing questions including "what's with all the CSS files?", mobile navigation, advertising images, and "what the heck is the Delta module supposed to do?" Other news-y stories discussed include the DrupalCon Code of Conduct discussion, Views in core, and the “Spark” prototype.
Five Stories
- Omega base theme best practices, http://www.drupal.org/project/adaptive_image, http://www.drupal.org/project/delta
- Views in Core effort: http://www.angrydonuts.com/help-fund-views-in-core, http://www.angrydonuts.com/chaos-world-tour-12
- The Kernel has landed - first bits of WSCCI merged into Drupal 8
- DrupalCon Code of Conduct
- Drupal core inline editing distribution prototype (“Spark”)
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Taxonomy Manager by Matthias Hutterer (mh86 on drupal.org) - makes it easier to manage large, hierarchical taxinomies.
- Andrew - Installing multi-core Solr on your Mac, installing homebrew
- Jake - MailChimp module by Lev Tsypin and Brandon Lee - powerful integration to http://mailchimp.com mailing list management services. Recent updates including additional Mandrill module (also by Lev Tyspin) to deal with transactional emails in Drupal.
Sponsor
WebEnabled.com - http://webenabled.com/try-drupal
Site of the Week
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Listener Homework
Go fix all the CSS in all the Omega subthemes you’ve ever created.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 83: Climbing the Drupal Ladder
Bryan Hirsch (bryanhirsch on drupal.org) and Kay VanValkenburgh (kay_v on drupal.org) join Andrew Riley and Mike Anello on this week’s episode of the DrupalEasy podcast to talk about the Drupal Ladder, a community project they started to help train future Drupal core contributors.
Five Stories
- The Boston Initiative, DrupalLadder.org, related Drupalize.me videos.
- Drupal Association Community Cultivation Grants available
- David Rothstien added a Drupal 7 maintainer
- Improved session selection process for DrupalCon Munich
- The second rate citizens of DrupalCon
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Bundle Copy by Kristof De Jaeger (swentel on drupal.org)
- Andrew - Views Bulk Operations by Bojan Živanović (bojanz on drupal.org) and Karim Ratib (infojunkie on drupal.org) - screencast
- Kay - Examples module by Randy Fay (rfay on drupal.org)
- Bryan - https://github.com/opengovplatform/opengovplatform-DMS/wiki
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Site of the Week
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Listener Homework
Complete the first 3 rungs of the Drupal Ladder by the next podcast.
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DrupalEasy Podcast 82: Mapping Middle Earth
Brandon Morrison (Brandonian on drupal.org) joins Andrew Riley and Mike Anello on the first post-DrupalCon Denver edition of the podcast to talk about all things Geo in Drupal 7. Brandon is one of the maintainers of the GeoField module and is an active member of the Drupal Geo community.
Five Stories
- GeoField, GeoCoder, GeoPHP, TileMill, and Geo office hours
- Blog post by Greg Dunlap - How to use the Drupal 8 configuration management system
- Drupal.org Upgrade Sprint Kicks Off
- Book review: Drupal 7 Views Cookbook
- Drupal CXO Vienna event
Picks of the Week
- Mike - mediaqueri.es - design and inspiration for responsive designs - via Evan Willhite
- Andrew - External Links by Nathan Haug (quicksketch on drupal.org).
- Brandon - CartoDB.com - PostGIS (geospatial database) as a web service
Sponsor
WebEnabled.com - we heart them!
Site of the Week
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Listener Homework
Download and checkout TileMill - you’ll thank us later.
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DrupalEasy at DrupalCon Denver: Krazy with a K
The last of our series of batched interviews from DrupalCon Denver 2012, we talk to Ryan Szrama of the Drupal Commerce project, Colleen Carroll and Robin Barre from Palantir talking Workbench, and last but not least Dan Reif from Black Mesh.
News Stories
- DrupalEasy Training in South Florida recap
- Black Mesh interview with Dan
- Drupal 7 Field Modules Poularity by Lin Clark
- A Case Study of Workbench session by Colleen and Robin
- eCommerce any way you need it session by Ryan
Links Mentioned in this Podcast
- Hilary Mason, Chief Scientist of Bit.ly in Orlando May 6th
- Real World Performance Analysis talk with Narayan Newton from Denver
- I just want to edit a Node core conversation
- Migrate module (see also Andrew Morton's talk from Denver)
- Entity Reference Module (see also OG7: Pride and Prejudice by Amitaibu from Denver)
- Nate Haug on Modules Unraveled
Picks of the Week
- Andrew: Commerce Price Savings Formatter by recrit
- Ryan: Webform.com by Nate Haug (quicksketch)
- Mike: Flood Control by Dave Reid (...drink!)
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- @blackmesh
- @caroltron
- @robeano
- @ryanszrama
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DrupalEasy at DrupalCon Denver: Florida Drupal Empire
In our continuing series of batched interviews from DrupalCon Denver 2012, you will hear how HP is entering the cloud with Matt Butcher. Then we introduce you to two awesome ways to get Drupal News - Drupal Sun from Evolving Web and the Weekly Drop newsletter by Bob Kepford. Guest host Joe Moraca.
News Stories
- DrupalCon Denver ReCap including Dries' Keynote, Core Conversations, and Drupal in Education Unconference
- HP Cloud - Developer Experience (with a module, see this blog post)
- Distribution packaging on Drupal.org
- Drupal Sun interview with Willem from Evolving Web
- The Weekly Drop interview with Bob Kepford
Links Mentioned in this Podcast
- Julio Distro for education
- Core Conversation: Five things we need to create an awesome experience for content creators
- Session: What's New in the Panels Universe?
- Core Conversation: Status of the Configuration Management Initiative
- Matt Butcher's Drupal 7 Multisite Configuration Book
- Read a blog post about the Drupal Car Entertainment System
- Quoara boards about Drupal
- Session: eCommerce any way you like it
Sponsor
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- @drupaleasy
- @andrewmriley
- @liberatr
- @ultimike
- @webenabled
- @joemoraca
- @technosophos
- @sweetyams
- @kepford
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DrupalEasy at DrupalCon Denver: Drupal Times Three
This is a "power hour" of three heavyweight interviews from DrupalCon Denver 2012 - first up is Josh Koenig from Pantheon, followed by Matt Cheney from Chapter3 - you won't believe the last two interview guests until you hear it (and drink!). Guest host Steve Edwards.
News Stories
- Pantheon is open to the public, and redesigns their dashboard
- Chapter Three releases Open Academy and Panoply
- DrupalCon US 2013 will be in Portland, OR in May
- Drush 5 is released
- Drupal 8 Blocks and Layouts Everywhere Initiative (Scotch)
Links Mentioned in this Podcast
- Panels Everywhere, Panels In Place Editor (IPE), Panelizer
- DrupalConnect
- Acquia Podcast
- Fast and Beautiful Maps
- Taxi Cab Confessions
- Media Module
- Views Bug Squad
- Mustache Module
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- @andrewmriley
- @liberatr
- @ultimike
- @webenabled
- @wonder95
- @outlandishjosh
- @populist
- @rodney_the_cat
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DrupalEasy at DrupalCon Denver: Dani Nordin and Ken Woodworth
This is a design-related batch of interviews from DrupalCon Denver 2012 - we have two interviews, one with UX pro and OReilly author Dani Nordin, followed by the designer of the DrupalCon Denver website, Ken Woodworth. Guest host Johan Falk.
News Stories
- Freepager Module
- Rules Mastery training at DrupalCon Denver
- Four Weeks of Drupal (check the sidebar)
- Dani's Drupal books for designers at O'Reilly
- Ken Woodworth's DrupalCon Denver designs on Dribbble
Links Mentioned in this Podcast
- Dani Nordin
- Ken Woodworth
- Johan (Itangalo) Falk on Drupal.org
- CHX and the Render Arrays of Doom
- The Lean Startup
- Aten Design Group
- jParallax for jQuery
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DrupalEasy at DrupalCon Denver with MortenDK and DamienMcKenna
This is our first batch of interviews from DrupalCon Denver 2012 - first we get a quick word from Nate Hill of San Jose Public Library, then we hear from Damien McKenna and MortenDK about their hopes and dreams for DrupalCon and their projects. Cameo appearance by Steve Edwards.
News Stories
- Social Library Websites from the 2012 Public Library Association conference in Philadelphia
- Metatag module for Drupal 7 nears a final release
- Front End United Conference, 20-22 April, 2012, Amsterdam
Links Mentioned in this Podcast
- Nate Hill's SXSWi talk: Making Stories: Libraries & Community Publishing
- Damien's Menu Minipanels, Nodewords, and Metatags Mini-Sprint
- Morten's session HTML 4 S - While We're Waiting for the Revolution
- Mothershipthe.me
Sponsor
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DrupalEasy Podcast 76: Rooftop Party
Chris Strahl from the office of the CTO at Acquia joins Ryan and Mike to talk about Acquia’s new Large Scale Drupal Initiative where some of Acquia’s largest clients are working together on enterprise Drupal issues and contributing all of the results back to the community. Other topics include Commerce Guys’ funding, more bluecheese, Drupal’s "Experience Gap", and Configuration Management in core!
Five Stories
- Large Scale Drupal - Large Scale Drupal Project and Plans. Chris Strahl’s presentations at DrupalCon Denver: It’s more than pushing out data - personal sensors and data collection with mobile devices, Building and securing government Drupal sites in the cloud
- Commerce Guys secures $5M in funding
- New groups.drupal.org theme (bluecheese) now in testing
- Configuration management system committed to Drupal 8
- Drupal’s Experience Gap
Picks of the Week
- Mike - Join.me - free, multi-user screen-sharing
- Ryan - Jeff Linwood’s Drupal/PhoneGap ebook, Jeff's appearnce on the Modules Unraveled podcast
- Chris - Trello.com - online task tracking tool
Sponsor
Site of the Week
DoggCatcher - DoggCatcher is a podcast player for Android. The site gives info about the app, and has a useful FAQ and Forum.
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Listener Homework
Find Andrew.
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