Thursday, January 4 2007

After some discussion in IRC, it seems that there's definitely interest in having "lessons" here at the Dojo. Ideas range from HOWTO on specific features and topics to having creators of interesting sites lead the group in an under-the-hood tour. Really, the sky is the limit.

It is my intention to try and make lesson-time be a recurring weekly feature. To that end I will run the first few. Hopefully within a couple weeks we will have a format that works and other experts can step in/step up.

For our first lesson, we will try to cover the basics (ala Angie's lesson plan): drupal terminology and what it means, the basic module hooks, good coding style and best practices.

Since this is of high value to all dojo members -- and it's a lesson that could/should be repeated many times as new developers join -- we're also going to try and create good documentation out of this. A primer for new Drupal coders, so to speak.

(image credit: Squidster)

I am are here at Star buck KL Sentral with Mr. Azhar, the manager of drupalmalaysia.org.
We are working out how developers from malaysia can get a common platform for knowledge sharing and work together.

yeahhh

I'll be presenting an intro to Drupal on June 4th in Concord.

Directions to the meeting at http://www.centralug.org

Intro will consist of some basic Drupal points, and then some simple setting up and configuring modules.

(please note the Date change from May 7th to June 4th)

We will be getting together Wednesday, April 4th from 1pm - 5pm @ Bande-Passante for yet another meetup.

The difference this time is that you all have enough forewarning and have no good excuse not to show up. ;-)

The other difference this time is that we will structure the meeting in a "show and tell" format. After all, often one of the hardest things in Drupal is choosing which methodology is the most appropriate for any given task. So we'll discuss the challenges we have faced and the solutions that we have come up with resolve them. So while you still have the option of tooling around with your projects (e.g. the stuff you have to do for work), there will be tons of valuable stuff to learn.

Anyway, I hope to see you all there.

It's been approved for the LA Drupal Group to use the A205 computer Lab from 6-9pm on Tuesdays for the Month of May @
Roosevelt High School which is located at:
456 Mathews St. 90063

Host and school contact:
Kenneth Wyrick, is an Alumni of RHS Class of W'70 that is a member of the RHS IT Committee which will also be invited to these weekly session
Yes I will be there today soooo, come on down.

Ifra, the international technical organization for newspapers, is sponsoring a three-day summit/workshop on citizen media 2-4 July at the Park Royal Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia. The official description follows:

Meeting Canceled

Over a year ago we started an open source movement to develop software designed for PEG. This past year the project has been stalled, deadlines missed and things seemed to have gone down the wrong path BUT we're back on track and going International! The one thing we've been extremely successful at has been creating a community around the development so that we're all helping one another.

Join me on Tuesday the 4th and lets talk about the current state of the software, our next steps, whose involved now and where we're all headed!

Introdução ao CMS Drupal
Data: 4 de Setembro de 2007
Palestrante: Fabiano Sant'Ana
Local: Auditório do Centro de Computação da Unicamp
Horário: às 10h00

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