DrupalEasy Podcast

Started in 2009, the DrupalEasy Podcast is a weekly review of new developments and announcements in the worldwide Drupal community with regular appearances by notable Drupal community contributors. Rotating co-hosts Andrew Riley, Anna Kalata, Kelley Curry, Michael Anello, Ryan Price, and Ted Bowman bring their collected experience and geeky obsessions to the virtual airwaves to enlighten, inform, and (sometimes) entertain Drupal hobbyists and professionals around the world. Subscribe in iTunes, Stitcher, directly from our feed, or your favorite podcast directory.

DrupalEasy Podcast 151: Shirtless at Drupalcon (Brett Meyer and Stephanie Gutowski - Drupal Watchdog/DrupalCon Los Angeles preview)

Brett Meyer, Director of Strategy at ThinkShout, and Stephanie Gutowski, Community Engagement Organizer/Manager at ThinkShout, join Ted, Ryan, and Mike to talk about video games. Specifically, Dragon Age: Inquisition. Seriously - Brett and Stephanie have an article in the upcoming issue of Drupal Watchdog where they relate content strategy in web sites to content strategy in content-heavy videos games. We also focus on DrupalCon Los Angeles including what we're looking forward to, if sessions are still necessary, community vs. business networking, and if it's possible to only pack a single shirt.

May 04, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 150: Ultracat (Cathy Theys - Drupal Code Governance)

Cathy Theys (YesCT), Blackmesh Community Liason and Drupal Community organizer extraordinare, joins Mike Anello and a hybrid Andrew Riley-Ryan Price on this 150th episode of the DrupalEasy podcast. We discussed Drupal code governance, Drupal Dev Days, Drupal 8 progress, DrupalCon Los Angeles, Drupal 8 page caching, and running testbot from the command line. We also brainstormed a new set of 5 questions, learned about Cathy's upcoming travel schedule, listened to Ryan perform the Zelda theme song, and wondered about some listener feedback.

April 23, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 149: Magnetic Pants (Erik Baldwin and Mike Herchel, Florida DrupalCamp 2015)

Erik Baldwin (BLadwin) and Mike Herchel (mherchel), two of the featured speakers for Florida DrupalCamp join Ted Bowman and Mike Anello to talk about their sessions, the other featured speakers, and the wide-range of other activities going on around this weekend's camp. We also pay our respects to Aaron Winborn, discuss content types and other entities, D8 Accelerate, and a host of other Drupal-related topics from the past few weeks.

April 07, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 148: 18 Minutes Later

WARNING: You have no idea what awaits behind that play button. Take 18 minutes, and call us in the morning. Not for the light of Drupal heart, expectant mothers, or those with liver, neck or back problems. Listen at your own risk.

April 01, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 146: Dries' Baby Bird (Acquia Certifications - Peter Manijak)

Peter Manijak, Director of Certifications at Acquia joins Ted, Ryan and Mike to get an update on the various Acquia Certification exams at the 1-year anniversary of the program. We learn about the four available exams, the exam creation process, as well as some exclusive info! We also talk about if a "site builder" does only "site building", Drupal 8 caching, and our picks of the week!

March 06, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 145: Route vs. Root vs. Roots (New Tech Cities - Steve Burge)

Steve Burge (steveburge), founder of OSTraining.com joins Andrew, Ted, and Mike to talk about a new blog post series about cities transforming themselves into tech-friendly places with smart investment and forward thinking leaders. We also dive head-first into Drupal.org's content strategy, the evolution of Drupal.org forums, and various ways to pronounce the word "route". Picks of the week includes some free videos, BackDrop on Pantheon, and DrupalCon India.

February 23, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 143: Scheming (Schema.org integration in D8 - Stéphane Corlosquet)

Stéphane Corlosquet, Sachni Herath, Kevin Oleary, Chris Wells, and Kay VanValkenberg join Mike, Ted, and Ryan for a look into Drupal 8's impressive integration with Schema.org. The RDF UI module is really the star of the show, it promises to provide a super-easy way to create a content type based on an existing schema. We also talk about Dries' 2014 Drupal retrospective, Twig syntax vs. tokens, and Mike's bad internet connection causes hijinx. Picks of the week include a font for demos, a lightweight alternative to a popular Drupal module, and Views changes in D8.

January 28, 2015

DrupalEasy Podcast 142: New Jersey (News Lightning Round)

...and we're back! After a holiday hiatus, Andrew, Ryan, Ted, and Mike are back for a guest-less news round-up. We set the timer and spent 3 minutes on over a dozen different Drupal-related news items from the past 8 weeks. Topics covered include Drupal 8, Drupal.org user personas, a major merger, someone gets a job, and several 2014 lists, along with our picks of the week.

January 09, 2015