DrupalCamp
Alex, Tavish and I had a great time in the T Dot over the weekend at DrupalCamp Toronto. The camp was well-attended, there were lots of great presentations and BoFs, and we even came back with some very hardcore Druplicon touques (hats for you non-Canadians).
Whether we like it or not, testing takes a huge amount of time. Often a third of each web development project is spent testing, but it's not usually something that gets a lot of attention.
After 6 months of planning, DrupalCamp Montreal finally came together mid-September. We were all really excited for how this year would pan out. With a smaller, leaner organizational team, the core group of volunteers quickly secured a location, set up a website and selected keynotes. McGill University generously provided McIntyre Medical building as our venue, and we hosted a pre-Camp code sprint at the Notman House.
DrupalCamp Montreal brings together developers, themers, designers and business managers from across the east coast of Canada and the U.S. every Fall for a weekend of Drupal coding and networking.
With only a week to go, everyone at Evolving Web is getting ready for DrupalCamp Montreal. This will be our fourth Camp so far, and we’re proud to be Platinum sponsors of the event. The Camp will feature keynotes by Angie ‘webchick’ Byron and Jen Simmons, 26 sessions on topics ranging from open data to theming, and a multilingual code sprint.
Its often been said that the best way to get involved in the Drupal community is to dive in head-first and see where to help out. For the past year or so I’ve been nervous about giving my input on support forums and editing documentation. Always questioning my knowledge, I took the easy route by encouraging others to do so first. DrupalCon London was the first time I participated in a code sprint (well, documentation sprint), and I have to say that I’m a believer!
We're live! DrupalCampMontreal.com is now up and open for registrations to this year's Camp. Create your account now to propose sessions and BOFs. The success of the Camp depends on your participation, so please also sign up to volunteer and/or sponsor the Camp. You’ll find badges to spread the word about your attendance and sponsorship - show the Camp some love and post a badge on your site.
The entire Evolving Web team had a great time at DrupalCamp this weekend. Suzanne Kennedy gave a presentation on building bilingual sites, while Alex Dergachev and Logan Smyth gave a presentation on Apache Solr search.
This year is going to be my first DrupalCamp ever, and I have to say it's been amazing to watch the community pull together to make this happen!
We just launched the website for DrupalCamp Montreal 2009. We're hoping that the website attracts lots of new attendees this year, and that lots of great sessions get posted early-on.