Upcoming San Diego DUG meetup on 2009-06-10

We might have a new home! If all goes well, our DUG can meet in the Balboa Park Hall Of Champions this month. I'll be checking it out on Friday for parking and projection and stuff. If they have a soft serve machine, we'll take the space! ;) Hooray! [UPDATE: We got the conference room space, it seats 40, has a projector + screen, parking, and it's Teh Awesome! Thanks Rich, Heather, and James!]

Last Month

At the May meetup, Karl Scheirer's Site Demo peeled back the layers of the newly revamped http://sitv.com site built by Achieve Internet. Thanks Karl! Then, Andrew Root's Developer & Themer Secrets showed an overview of the Views 2 module and how it can be leveraged to build web pages and blocks containing customized sets of data. Cool, thanks Dru!

This Month

We have a new addition to our agenda this month; Lightning Talks!(30min) For the first half hour of our evening, everyone should come prepared to present a recent Drupal thought, observation, or experience that takes five minutes or less to talk about. You can expound on a cool module that you just discovered. Or why you shouldn't float absolutely everything on the page to the left out of habit. Or how Drupal can do X and you didn't even know it till yesterday! The only rule for Lightning Talks is that you're going to be stopping at five minutes whether you're done or not. Other than that's it's fair game, so have fun!

Site Demo (15-20min) Torg would love to show us what's under the hood of his http://rifftrax.com site when it comes to Ubercart and online sales. This presentation will show off some intricate methods of getting Ubercart to do audio and DVD sales in a meaningful and friendly way.

Developer & Themer Secrets (30min each) We're running a poll again in order to determine what people would like to hear about for this month's topics. Up for grabs are Drush.module, Aggregator.module, Rules.module, Theming A Page.tpl, and Top 10 Drupal CSS Tricks. Go vote, and help us pick which two topics will help you learn the most about building your next Drupal site! The Themer's Secrets topic will be Top 10 CSS Tricks For Making Your Site Behave, and the Developer's Secrets topic will be Drush, Install & Upgrade Modules Via Command Line. These two topics will run back to back for ~30min each.

Networking + in depth Q&A (30+ min)
We're going to go for 2.5 hours this time instead of our regular two hour meetup. The last 30+ minutes of the meeting can be spent in socializing, networking, and Drupal Q&A. If you heard something in a Lightning Talk that intrigued you, seek that person out and get more details! If you have a vexing Drupal Dilemma that just can't be solved by mere mortals, ask someone to assist you with finding a solution. Need to hire some Drupal talent? This would be the place to ask. And if you are a "Drupal Talent" break out your business cards and start networkin'!

Meeting Location & Map

Hall Of Champions Sports Museum 2123 Pan American Plaza San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 819.5143 [Upstairs to 2nd floor, then conference room on right] See more pics map this location

Next Month

Site Demo We need a volunteer to present a 15 to 20 minute talk on a website that you're either currently working on or have just launched. Tell us why it's cool, how you did it, and point out any special features that might be different from a regular old DOOB site. (That's Drupal Out Of Box for you uninitiated folk). Volunteer your site in the comments below!
Developer & Themer Secrets We'll run the poll again next month and let you choose a different topic of learned interest. If you have a suggestion to add to the poll, send it to my contact form.