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Microformats in Drupal group formed

Chris Messina — Sun, 26 Nov 2006 02:27:45 +0000

In a very promising step, it looks like that venerable CMF Drupal is beginning to take on the process of becoming microformatted with the creation of the Microformats in Drupal group.

The original use of microformats came in the Upcoming.org module (I believe) but now it seems clear that there are many more places throughout Drupal that could benefit from microformats, including on the content creation side.

With word that OpenID support will be added to Drupal Core in version 6 (a module is already available for 4.7), if we see the addition of hcard for profiles and XFN for representing social relationships in Drupal, we may finally be moving towards a more decentralized, open-source network of socially adept web properties.

Events that you should be at

Chris Messina — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 03:56:24 +0000

In Valleywag style, here are events that you should go to (though no, sorry, they’re not all Valley-centric):

Aug 25-27 (this weekend!): BarCampEarth and locally BarCampStanford — the one year anniversary of the original is upon us
Sept 9-10 @ Bunker Hill Community College: PodCamp Boston
Sept 13: The Future of Web Apps — for a crisp $295, you get to hob-nob and prognosticate with the luminaries du jour
Sept 22-24: WineCampFrance — the ad-hoc un-conference, set in Chambolle-Musigny, Burgundy, France.
Sept 21: GovCamp Brussels — for governments and other public institutions to share social and technology solutions to turn them into Government 2.0.
Sept 22-23: DrupalCon — part of tour-de-force in Brussels, Belgium
Sept 28-30: CopyCamp — not free there are subsidies and is sure to offer some fascinating conversations

Add these to your calendar.

Hacking for Good in October

Chris Messina — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:16:37 +0000

If you can make it to Austin in October, check out David Geilhuffe‘s and the League of Technical Voters’ Hacking for Good event, whisking 100 developers away for the weekend to do some real hacking for good.

Drupal founder coming to San Francisco

Chris Messina — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:36:31 +0000

Dries has announced a trip to San Francisco from June 25-30. Surely we’ll have to make sure he gets to meet all the fine folks in our community while he’s in town!

Out of Towner Meetup: Teh Boris & ClaimID

Chris Messina — Tue, 02 May 2006 16:58:24 +0000

Everyone’s favorite hand waver, Boris Mann of Bryght is here as well and Fred Stutzman and Terrell Russell of ClaimID for Startup School and IIW and are huuuuungry!

It’s last minute, I know, but if you can make it to tonight’s Out of Towner at Osha Thai at 7:30pm you can expect some great food and very captivating conversation!

…specifically:

Identity 2.0
Drupal
Microformats
NP Tech
Coworking
Open source
…other yadda yadda!

Ok, c u there. Kbai!

Dries takes on the old guard

Chris Messina — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 01:34:34 +0000

Dries, on meeting with the Flemish Radio- and Television Network (VRT), who will be using Drupal:

I’m going to tell them that traditional media has no choice but to move forward. I spent the last 5 years of my life developing software that enables individuals to publish and share content on the internet. Soon, amateur content providers will have very powerful tools to compete with traditional media. I’m going to tell them that we are reshaping the future of news, information and journalism, and that, if they want to avoid getting left behind, they have to position themselves at the forefront of citizen journalism, take part in it, and embrace new internet technologies.

Drupal Camp coming to the Bay Area

Chris Messina — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:21:17 +0000

The first Drupal Camp is being organized for April 1-2 and will take place at Compumentor in San Francisco. Less a camp than a hands-on seminar, the event will cost $500 for each trainee and feature training by Jeff Robbins of Lullabot.

Drupal Camp NYC is looking for a venue

Chris Messina — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 22:46:15 +0000

Another offshoot of Bar Camp, Drupal Camp is looking for a venue in NYC. As Amit can attest, finding a venue, especially in NYC, is the hardest part of organizing a camp.

So, if anyone has ideas for May 13-14 — Node 101 folks? — please let Noel know on the wiki. More details on their planning page.

technorati tags: DrupalCamp, drupal, DrupalCampnyc, civicspace, barcamp

GoodStorm looking for a GoodDesigner

Chris Messina — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 05:29:33 +0000

In case you were on the prowl for an important job doing open source interface and design work, boy have I got the opportunity for you.

GoodStorm (host of the meager FactoryCity store) is looking for a GoodDesigner to help improve their brand new open source store (which is built on Drupal).

Drop Marc) a note and tell him I sent you!

Found: Rainmaker for Hire

Chris Messina — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 07:32:26 +0000

So my buddy Will Pate is lookin’ for a new challenge.

I’m moving on from Raincity Studios, because I’ve done my part in getting this startup off the ground and now it’s time for me to take on my next challenge. In just one year we’re now recognized as the best Drupal design firm in the world and one of the best web 2.0 professional services firms in the world. I hit over 170k worth of sales in 2005 and 230k already in the first quarter of 2006 (this could rise before I leave). We’ve almost tripled our staff to meet client demand.

As part experiment, part case study, I’m asking my friends in the blog world to give me some link love. The best opportunities will come from getting my name out there. Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out.

Web Marketing Prodigy and Sales Rainmaker Seeks Awesome Job | Will Pate