Northern VA Users Group

DC Doc sprint

add1sun — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:16:53 +0000

As some of you may know, I've been neck-deep in Drupal's Doc team work. The doc sprints that we have had at the last two Drupalcons have been a ton of fun and very productive. I'd like to run a local sprint down in DC sometime before the end of the year. The basic idea that I am thinking right now is to find a location that will let us camp out with wifi for about 4-6 hours on a weekend. I'd be there the entire time but others could just drop by as they had time. I'd be there to help folks get situated, find docs tasks that they find interesting and generally answer questions.

I don't have a date/venue yet. This post is for two purposes right now:
1) gauge the interest to get a sense of the size of venue to find
2) see if anyone has space they would donate or recommendations of where we could go (I'm assuming in the 10-20 people range right now)

In terms of venue needs, the basic requirements would be chairs and tables/desks for people to work comfortably and free wifi access. I'd also like to be able to bring in snacks and drinks. Something that is easily accessible on metro would be great. That's about it really.

Note that you don't need to know how to write well to help with docs. We have tons of things that need help that don't involved writing at all. We even have coding work we need, so devs can play too. ;-) People who are new to Drupal or do not speak English as their first language are particularly valuable and highly encouraged.

So, please feel free to discuss, volunteer or ask questions to help me get a better sense of what to plan. This'll be my first time planning a stand-alone sprint like this so all thoughts and ideas are welcome. :-)

Pittsburgh and Southwestern PA

Slides posted from last night's event

jwalpole — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:02:16 +0000

Everyone, the slides from last night's event are posted on Meetup.com

http://drupal.meetup.com/21/

While you are there, make sure to sign up for our group. We find it is a great way to spread the interest in the group.

Info on next month's meeting coming soon.

Thanks,

Jeff

Northern VA Users Group

Front-End Web Developer | D.C. United

dcunited — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:39:50 +0000

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Front-end Developer at D.C. United will be a professional who possesses knowledge of each browser's quirks and is able to create websites that appear and work well on equipment ranging from a Mac computers to Windows-based PCs to mobile devices.

This person will be responsible for assisting the Senior Web Developer in creating new websites, applications and widgets. This person will also be responsible for the daily care and feeding of the public portals and will play an essential role in developing cutting edge web sites as part of United’s new digital media platform.

Apply for this position using our website.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Produce clean, error-free code for public-facing website, web applications, or widgets.

• Completes assigned work on-time.

Other:
Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established by D.C. United from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position. Employees with irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

Due to the nature of the sports industry, employees are required to work varying schedules, including evenings and weekends, to reflect the business needs of the company.

Upon employment, all employees are required to fully comply with D.C. United rules and regulations for the safe and efficient operation of company facilities. Employees who violate these rules and regulations will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS:

In addition to performance of the essential functions, this position may be required to perform a combination of the following supportive functions, with the percentage of time performing each function to be solely determined by the supervisor based upon the particular requirements of the company.

• Work seamlessly with the communication department co-workers that oversee media relations, community relations and broadcasting functions.

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

The individual must possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation, using some other combination of skills and abilities.

• Professional and courteous demeanor.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Spanish language fluency preferred.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

Education:

• Four-year college degree preferred.

Experience:

• At least two years as front-end developer, working in a deadline-driven environment producing websites or web applications.

• Demonstrated expertise in creating cross-browser user interfaces using HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript and XML (plus using them together as AJAX).

• Strong working knowledge of open-source WCMS, especially Drupal and Movable Type.

Apply for this position using our website.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Senior Web Developer | D.C. United

dcunited — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:36:17 +0000

POSITION PURPOSE:

The Senior Web Developer at D.C. United will be a gifted coder who has mastered current front-end and scripting web standards, especially with front-end development and unobtrusive scripting. This person must also maintain mid-level working knowledge of selected back-end technologies.

Successful candidates will be eclectic professionals that are imaginative and creative problem solvers. They should also actively follow new trends and techniques. This position will play an essential role in developing cutting edge web sites as part of United’s new digital media platform.

Apply for this position using our website.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Produce clean, error-free code for public-facing website, web applications, and widgets.

• Act as the team's tech-lead during requirements gathering and solution building.

• Participate in creating documentation or presentations to help explain technical ideas and plans to front office principals.

• Complete assigned work on-time.

Due to the nature of the sports industry, employees are required to work varying schedules, including evenings and weekends, to reflect the business needs of the company.

SUPPORTIVE FUNCTIONS:

• Work seamlessly with the communication department co-workers that oversee media relations, community relations and broadcasting functions.

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Professional and courteous demeanor.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Spanish language fluency preferred.

QUALIFICATION STANDARDS

Education:

• Four-year college degree preferred.

Experience:

• At least four years as a web developer working in a deadline-driven environment, producing websites or web applications.

• Demonstrated expertise in HTML, DHTML, CSS, Javascript and XML (plus using them together as AJAX).

• Demonstrated experience with PHP 5 and MySQL.

• Strong working knowledge of open-source WCMS, especially Drupal and Movable Type.

• Mid-level working knowledge of application architecture, development methodologies and frameworks.

• Mid-level working knowledge of streaming multimedia techniques.

Apply for this position using our website.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Drupal Developer | RCK

RCK_KG — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:22:15 +0000

We are looking for a full time/contract onsite Drupal/PHP developer to help our Washington, DC client to convert legacy web pages to Drupal, as well as to continue support client’s sizable web property.

Ideal candidate will have Drupal installation and maintenance experience, mySql knowledge, as well as understanding of integration with back office systems. If you have a limited Drupal experience, but are proficient with PHP and have other open source platform experience, we would be happy to consider your CV as well.

Please send compensation requirements and resumes to kgirkhovskiy@rckcorp.com, or contact me through this site.

Thank you.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Drupal Developer/Themer | xTuple

bixwilson — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:22:55 +0000

xTuple, a software development company based in Norfolk, Virginia is looking for a Hampton Roads based Drupaler to lend a hand with a web-site conversion project. Hours are negotiable. In particular, we'd like someone who can help integrate 3rd party applications with Drupal to share a single-sign-on. Please email bc (at) xtuple (dot) com for more info.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Changes to the venue, format, and topics of future NOVA meet-ups

jwalpole — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:15:57 +0000

Hi All, I wanted to share the results of the feedback we've received from the group about changes to the venue, format, and topics of future NOVA meet-ups.

After collecting a lot of feedback and having several discussions with our friends at WorthPoint, who organized our first meet-ups and have provided us with most of our topics and leadership to date, we have decided to try some new things. Going forward, we are entertaining the creation of two co-operating groups:

1) This group becomes more of traditional Drupal Meet-up format that focuses heavily on Drupal related technology and implementation topics.

2) A soon to be formed forum that will address "How Drupal meets the needs of companies from start up to Fortune 50". More on this second exciting development will be announced later this week by Marc and Andy.

Here are the proposed ideas. Please give us your feedback!

Venue

We have received a lot of feedback that the TeqCorner , while very amenable to a large formal presentation format, does not provide a fully accessible location for the current (or potential) membership of this group. Also, several people have advocated a more casual location that offers food/drink for sale on-site. We would like to make the following recommendations culled from group sentiment and now ask for more feedback:

* Suggest that meetings be held at a metro accessible location.
* Suggest that meetings happen in a more central location such as Arlington, which is central to DC & NOVA (i.e. Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria, Tysons)
* Suggest that meetings be held at a public location with food/drink.
* Suggest that meetings be held the first Wednesday of every month (to accommodate conflicts already identified).

A series of venues are being explored and contacted now along Wilson/Clarendon blvds on metro stops (i.e. Rosslyn Courthouse, Clarendon, and Ballston) We would like the next meeting to be held Wednesday, October 1st so this really should be nailed down soon!

Format

Format is critical to having a good meet up and our group clearly wants a balance between one large topic that lasts 1-2 hours and micro topics (of 5 minutes). Both formats have pros and cons, but we want to try something that balances the two for this particular group. There has been a lot of debate about the pressures of coming up with a single topic that can draw and hold the attention of a diverse group. Also, the pressure to make sure there always is a strong, well prepared topic changes the dynamic a bit and does hurt sustainability and group participation. The DC meet-ups have always countered these issues with lots of informal, very short topics usually of a very technical nature. We were hearing interest in something in between for the future. So here is an idea...

* Try to gather volunteer speakers in advance to cover 2 - 3 topics per event @ roughly 15-20 minutes per topic
* Each topic includes a short presentation (roughly 15 minutes) followed by Q&A (strongly encouraged)
* We rotate topics b/w ones that appeal to different audiences so no one sits through something that is too long and also not applicable (more on that below).

Topics

Again, we are seeking a balance that helps to grow this group (hopefully to several hundred this year) and to speak to the diversity of our group. We want to have a range of topics that will attract Current Drupal Users, Potential Drupal Adopters, Drupal Developers/Implementers, etc. This should be a place where these groups feel they can co-exist, collaborate, and learn from one another.

We got an idea from the way conferences are planned to try "tracks". Here is a proposal for those...

Track#1 - Use Case Topics

This track satisfies the users and potential adopters of the Drupal platform. They want to know what can be done with Drupal, what others have done, and have learned about best practices in implementation. Example topics of interest to this group might include ways to do things with Drupal such as:

* Using Drupal for Multi-site CMS's
* Using Drupal to Build Blogs    
* Comparing Drupal to other alternative CMS's (Joomla, Plone, WordPress , etc.) 
* Using Drupal to Build Social Collaborative Apps
* How non-tech users can be taught to easily use a CMS
* Syndication 101
* Successful ways to create community building around sites

Track #2 - Tech Topics

This track satisfies the developers on the Drupal platform. They want to know what can be done (technically) with Drupal, what others have developed, what modules to use, and how to make things work.

* Hot Modules - what we like to install and users love to use
* Searching in Drupal using Apache SOLR
* Web statistics and analysis for Drupal
* Tuning Drupal/LAMP for performance and scalability
* CiviCRM  what is it and what can you do with it?
* Unit testing in PHP
* OO practices for PHP
* Javascript Tools & Scripts

Track #3 - Dev Process Topics

This track satisfies the professional implementers of the Drupal platform. They have concerns about how to make Drupal an efficient, scalable, secure, enterprise CMS platform that can be developed according to a professional methodology. They might be in the business of implementing sites using Drupal for other organizations or the CTO, CIO of a large organization relying on Drupal. Example topics of interest to this group might include:

* Iterative builds and development with Drupal
* Doing great site documentation for Drupal
* Content Conversion: Moving legacy data to Drupal 
* Project management best practices
* Creating UI for Drupal using wire framing
* Lessons learned from recent projects
* Testing and quality assurance processes
* High-level architecture modeling

Again, we are eager hear your thoughts and ideas and really want to improve our membership through the best possible topics/participants we can attract.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Northern VA Users Group October Meet-Up

jwalpole — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:51:15 +0000

Hi folks, per my other post, we are looking for secure a SAVE THE DATE for this time and venue/agenda will be announced shortly.

We would like to cover 2 - 3 topics @ roughly 15-20 minutes per topic. Each topic includes a short presentation (less than 15 minutes) followed by Q&A (strongly encouraged)

Topics that have been discussed include:

Using Drupal for Multi-site CMS's [Phase2]
Tuning for Drupal Performance and scalability [BlackMesh]
TBD

Northern VA Users Group

Internet Strategist | Trellon, LLC

techsoldaten — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 15:47:39 +0000

Trellon is an Internet strategy and development firm. We are seeking qualified Internet Strategists to join our elite Drupal development team. Please direct all inquiries to jobs@trellon.com. Please include a cover letter, resume, and statement of salary requirements.

What This Job is About

Internet Strategists are part of a cross-functional team charged with crafting the strategy to meet the needs and business objectives of our clients. Here's what we expect them to do.

Set the strategy for web development projects. You will be taking part in developing proposals and budgets and working closely with other players in the delivery process to ensure a common understanding of goals and requirements.
Interact with clients to analyze requirements and ensure the delivery of optimal solutions. The idea is to validate our approach through thoughtful, timely production of project materials, which includes conceptualizing and developing user experience plans including taxonomies, site mapping, information architecture and wireframes.
Identify, understand and exploit innovations and new technologies to enhance Trellon's solutions. Basically, we want you to be aware of what is going on and speak up when you see opportunities for us to improve the kinds of solutions we deliver.
Take responsibility for the ongoing development of Trellon.com through contributions of original material about the company, our solutions, and our activities as a company. This includes managing contributions to the company blog, creating original materials for the website at the direction of company leadership, analyzing web metrics and recommending strategies for new development.

Who We Are Looking For

The proposals, strategy and tactics we deliver are a big part of what distinguishes Trellon from other firms out there. There are some characteristics we are looking for on the part of our Internet strategists:

Knowledge of common strategies and tactics in Web 2.0, social media and open source technology. Our clients are primarily non-profits and it is important to understand how groups are using technology to advance their organizational missions (and why they would want to). This includes being knowledgeable about other common technology platforms such as DIA, Kintera, Joomla, Ning, etc.
Strong reading and writing skills, and the ability to execute in a timely fashion. Your technical writing skills are not as important as being able to pick up on what a project is really all about and thoughtfully put together a plan to address it that tells the story about why this approach will be successful. The word 'boilerplate' makes us antsy.
The ability to interact with clients in the collection of requirements, review of staged deliverables, modification of scope, and ongoing discussions about project strategy. New challenges inevitably arise during the delivery process, and Internet Strategists are changed with understanding how it all fits together.
The ability to interact directly with affiliated communities through the publication of blogs and other content on Trellon.com as well as attendance at various community events. Internet Strategists at Trellon are expected to maintain a high profile and be conversant in a variety of subjects.
The ability to work without direct supervision, to make use of automated project management tools, to diligently record your hours in the timekeeping system, and to keep others aware of your schedule for planning purposes.

We will give special consideration to people with the following:

Demonstrated ongoing expertise in social media and open source. If you keep a blog, run workshops, attend industry events, or otherwise participate in the industry in a big, visible way, we want to talk to you.
Experience running a large social media website for a non-profit or online publisher. Many of our best ideas are based on years of experience working with clients and helping them through the challenges they encounter day-to-day.
Public speaking and presentation skills. While this is not a marketing position, an ideal candidate is someone who actively participates in the open source community on behalf of the company.

Why People Like to Work at Trellon

Trellon does things a little different from other companies...

You work from home on your own schedule. Trellon is a virtual company, there's no boss looking over your shoulder telling you to turn off Oprah.
You get to make the world a nicer place. Our clients include non-profits and other worthwhile organizations who are looking to do all sorts of great things.
You get to learn something new. We have a fantastic team of smart people, all of whom enjoy sharing their knowledge, and our projects tend to be cutting edge affairs that involve unique, sophisticated technology challenges.
You get to attend community events throughout North America and Europe to talk about your great ideas. We find lots of ways to help people stay at the top of their game.

How to Apply

Please direct all inquiries to jobs@trellon.com. Please include a cover letter, resume, and statement of salary requirements.

Who We Are

Trellon is an Internet strategy and development firm specializing in advanced web 2.0 and social media solutions that include web portals, desktop widgets, facebook applications, mobile applications, CRM systems and strategic consulting solutions. Our solutions take the form of content management systems, online communities, contact management applications, social networks, e-commerce portals, and specialized 'niche' applications.

Trellon has built a reputation for delivering robust solutions on tight timeframes. We help groups align their social media strategies with their organizational goals, articulate the plan for how to achieve optimal results, and deliver cost effective, sustainable solutions on open platforms. Founded in 2004, we have deployed a whopping 200+ web sites over the past 4.5 years, ranging in size from small regional concerns to high traffic, national web presences. Our clients include non-profits, NGOs, political campaigns, socially responsible commercial concerns, and media.

Trellon has a strong history in the open source and social media communities. The founders were key players in the Draft Clark movement and Clark for President campaign, online efforts to elect a presidential candidate primarily leveraging the Internet for support. We developed advanced social media strategies to engage millions of grassroots supporters nationwide and still draw from these experiences in every project we deliver. Trellon has a tradition of giving back to the communities we serve, and devotes over 10% of company development time each month contributing back to the Drupal and CiviCRM platforms through patches, code releases, publications, evangelism, webinars, and direct support of new users.

In terms of corporate philosophy, Trellon believes in the immense value of open source software and open standards. Nothing is worse than being locked into a particular platform primarily designed to protect a business model instead of engaging in true innovation. Portable information that can be consumed by multiple devices independent of platform and flexible, extensible methods for publishing / accessing content offer better solutions for the way people use technology today. These characteristic features of open systems provide the basis for building an economy of knowledge, allowing people and systems to 'talk' in unique and meaningful ways while building value through their interactions. Our work as a company is an expression of this philosophy.

Washington, DC Drupalers

September Meeting

marcbenton — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:38:20 +0000

I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer as it comes to a close. Time, especially during the summer months, has a way of flying by. Its already time for our September meetup.

Its been an especially busy and exciting month at WorthPoint with three major events capturing our time and attention in the IT department:

We teamed up with the American Presidential Experience by co-sponsoring a booth at the Democratic National Convention. This was a highly successful event that presented us with our highest site usage to date.
WorthPoint announced it's plans to acquire GoAntiques. Like any acquisition it entails a massive amount of planning on both ends to integrate platforms, memberships, databases and all the other details that crop up.
Heritage Auction Galleries, the world's largest collectibles auctioneer and third-largest auction house, announced that they have selected WorthPoint as a data-publishing partner.

To get to the point though (sorry, I didn't mean to create a WorthPoint press release here :D ), as you can see we've been swamped in August and let this week sneak up on us. We have not been able to coordinate or plan a presentation for this month's meeting.

If anyone would like to offer a presentation then please let me know and we'll do what we can to assist. We can try to get space at TeqCorner for Tuesday but it may not be the large conference room.

If no one responds then we'll see you in October.

Thanks,
Marc....

Northern VA Users Group

Web Developer/Programmer | Americans for the Arts

techart8 — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:41:32 +0000

ABOUT THE JOB

Do you love developing/managing 2.0-powered websites and want to put your skills to use for a meaningful cause? Like tinkering with open-source technology (esp. Drupal), and want a job that pays you to do it full-time? Do you have a vision of how social networking can bring communities of advocates together to champion a cause? Would you like to be on the ground floor of a growing web team striving toward innovation in their web development projects? If your answer to any of these questions is YES, we have a full-time position (with GREAT benefits) for you.

Americans for the Arts Web and Technology Services team is on the cusp of reinventing all of its organizations online services. We envision the redesign of our entire website offerings that will utilize Web 2.0 concepts and innovative technologies as well as full integration of a new organizational database (AMS) and an overhaul of our e-commerce solutions. Our goal is to bring arts professionals and supporters together through innovative services, shared resources and inspiration, and strategies to improve their own lives and work through the arts. We are looking for a Web Developer/Programmer to take a leadership role in this exciting new venture.

What You’ll Do

• Manage and maintain organization’s online services which include seven (7) websites, a collection of social networking sites, e-commerce services and web components integrated with the organization’s database (currently in selection phase of database development)
• Development of new websites and website redesigns that utilize innovative and open source technologies (esp. Drupal)
• Utilize your programming skills in PHP, SQL, JavaScript, XML, AJAX, and ASP.NET to build online resources
• Manage integration of web tools with organizational database by utilizing your knowledge of API’s, web services, and ASP.NET
• Lead development of innovative web-based applications that will serve and enhance Americans for the Arts programs
• Advise staff on available on-line resources which could be developed to best meet needs or enhance their programs
• Assist in defining strategic online plans and campaigns
• Interface with vendors to address and troubleshoot support issues with online technologies
• Manage search engine optimization and strategies for AmericansForTheArts.org
• Monitor, respond to, and teach users and staff about technical issues
• Assist with the development of social networking features through out organization’s web offerings to facilitate networking and information sharing among users.

Your Leadership Skills

• Support the mission and vision of Americans for the Arts by championing and inspiring the use of new and innovative technologies
• Teach and guide staff about the possibilities online technologies hold for enhancement of their work and reach to constituents
• Lead the development of web 2.0 technologies and social networking sites by bringing together staff, vendors, and other resources
• Mentor and coach direct-reports to support their career development

Skills You’ll Have

• 2–3 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Web Development, or a related field required
• Demonstrable experience managing organizational websites and online communications with:
o Blogs, wikis, and other web 2.0 technologies
o Website CMS (currently use Omniture Publish, moving to Drupal)
• Knowledge of the online community and current web trends
• Advanced experience with web programming in HTML is essential
• Must have demonstrated ability to handle multiple projects with changing priorities
• Advanced HTML, CSS, JavaScript, XML, AJAX, ASP, PHP, experience required
• Familiarity with SQL, MySQL, ASP.NET, XHTML, and Visual Basic
• Experience with Association Management Systems (AMS) such as iMIS, Avectra, TMA Resources or relational databases a plus
• Understanding of the principles of good website design and basic usability concepts
• Experience with search engine optimization
• Experience managing e-commerce website and troubleshooting problems with e-commerce web tools.
• ANYTHING WE SHOULD ADD HERE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF E-SERVICE TOOLS?
• Proficiency with Adobe Photoshop
• Good oral and written communication skills required
• Ability to work cooperatively, creatively, and flexibly
• Entrepreneurial attitude, self-motivated, multi-tasking and committed to meeting deadlines
• A commitment to advancing the arts in America and a passion for cause based work

Other Skills We’d Love to Hear About

• Active participation in the blogosphere and web 2.0 communities
• Demonstrable experience with AV encoding software and codecs
• Experience working for a non-profit caused based organization
• Your strong attention to detail
• Your work in fast-moving workplace collaborating with creative and demanding colleagues who are always working towards greater innovation

Benefits and Perks

• Casual Fridays
• Twelve days paid vacation first two years of employment, 15 days in third year and 20 days in fifth year and beyond with the ability to carryover your full years vacation to the following year
• Twelve sick days per year with the ability to maintain up to 20 days in your accrual balance
• Three personal days per year
• Individual HMO health insurance, dental and optical paid by the organization with option to upgrade to a PPO or add dependents
• Healthcare, Dependent Care and Transportation pre-tax flexible spending accounts
• Retirement plan with 2% employer matching contribution after one (1) month of service and 5% after one (1) year of service
• 80+ colleagues passionate about making the arts available and accessible to all Americans

We are interested in filling the position as quickly as possible as this candidate will play a key role both in projects now in their infancy that will greatly impact the level of the organization’s on-line presence and in the development of existing website frameworks that are being enhanced

Washington, DC Drupalers

Drupal Programmer / Site Administrator | Allen Trent Associates, Inc.

jwlehane — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:47:15 +0000

About Us:
Allen Trent Associates, Inc. is a management services consulting company. We provide our employees excellent benefits, including flexible work hours, Telecommuting from your home office, a Retirement plan, Health coverage and more. Total compensation package, 40’s.

About You:
You are highly organized, have excellent communication skills and are able to work independently in a virtual organization environment.

If you are being considered for this position you definitely have:
Strong experience with Drupal, including: the core API, major contributed modules, and custom module development
Strong experience with PHP, and preferably within a LAMP stack
Strong experience with SQL, relational databases, and in particular, MySQL; you are very comfortable using tools like phpMyAdmin and the mysql CLI
Experience with Javascript; familiarity with some of the major Javascript libraries currently in use.
Experience maintaining and administrating Drupal modules and sites
Solid fundamentals in Unix / Linux administration
Experience evaluating and integrating open source and third party applications into existing systems
The ability to quickly come up to speed on complex existing infrastructures
High speed Internet access at home and a web cam
Ability to work laterally in a group; can easily understand and/or attack a problem from a different team member's role and, when asked, can step outside of a job description to achieve a broader group goal.
You are always eager to learn new things, but never expect to be spoon fed.

Other things that will make you stand out to us, but their absence will not disqualify you:
You have a Bachleors in Computer Science or a related field
Previous or current participation in open source projects
Contributions to the Drupal Community
You have experience using Javascript to implement Ajax solutions in web applications
You can use perl to help streamline or accomplish trivial and/or reoccurring tasks
You have worked with and understand the concepts associated with revision control systems such as CVS and Subversion.

About The Position:
This position is within a team of similar individuals. The majority of the focus is on Drupal programming, both creating new functionality, and taking existing functionality and making it work in new ways. An average of 40 hour work week is required. This position requires high speed Internet access at home and both the ability and availability to attend staff meetings during the day via IM, phone, and web cam. Great email communication skills are a must.
Interested candidates, email your resume and cover letter of interest to resumes@allentrent.com. Resumes without cover letters will not be considered. You must be authorized to work in the United States.

Northern VA Users Group

Drupal / PHP Developer | Vivakos, Inc.

dpaolicelli — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:07:32 +0000

Vivakos, Inc., a leading integrator of open source and open standards based Web applications, is seeking talented and motivated PHP / Drupal developers with 3+ years experience.

As a Developer, you will design and implement Web applications for our customers, usually involving content management platforms such as Drupal. In addition, Developers may also serve in a product development capacity building marketable, integrated, packaged best-of-breed open source applications. Developers will be responsible for the planning, designing, coding, testing, and support of Web-based business applications. Candidates must be able to work autonomously and in team environments.

Technical Skills:

Deep experience coding web applications in PHP is a must.
Experience building modules for Drupal is a huge plus. (some coding experience with Drupal is required)
Some experience with Java/J2EE is helpful but not required.
Working knowledge of any object-oriented programming languages is a plus.
Willingness to apply current coding knowledge to new programming languages.
Must feel comfortable using various target Operating Systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
A demonstrated understanding of SQL.
Database experience with one or more of the following: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or Oracle.
Experience installing, configuring, and customizing Alfresco (i.e., developing against the API) would be very valuable, though it is not required.

Other Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
Fluency in English is critical (both oral and written).
Ability to work independently or as a member of a larger team.
Ability to document software specifications and write technical papers, reports, and client deliverables.
Ability to manage and deliver on multiple concurrent project tasks.
Willingness to learn and apply new software development tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Please note: This is a posting for a full-time hire, though temporary contracts directly with individuals will be considered. Corporate-to-corporate contracts, however, will not be considered.

Washington, DC Drupalers

ChinaOpen: Part 2 - Drupal Open-Training

john.zhu — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:15:18 +0000

Having launched ChinaOpen this saturday, we will be shifting from Adobe's Flex/AIR track into Drupal, from Tuesday July 15, 2008 on.

This is an "introduction to Drupal" type of training, detail as follows:

7月12日， ChinaOpen 第一站：adobe flex，详细请见 http://drupalchina.org/node/4782
从7月15日起, ChinaOpen 第二站： Drupal公开课程，
具体课程安排如下：

7月15 第一帧 Drupal 基础
将以drupal5.x版本讲述，暂定2008年7月15日上午9：30开始
主题：

Drupal简介及基础概念
安装drupal（drupal5.8）
使用garland模板，在给定的garland主题和样式中，创建第一个drupal网站。
认识drupal的结构。
认识drupal幕后：构建网页的几个重要文件
a) Template.php
b) Page.tpl.php
c) Node.tpl.php
d) Block.tpl.php

7月16 第二帧用drupal制作一个有独立风格/样式/内容的网站
将以drupal5.x版本讲述，暂定2008年7月16日上午9：30开始
主题：
1. 从静态样式页面到动态主题页面的过程，从美工的DIV/CSS到如何植入Drupal
2. 通过几个重要的建站元素（Region, content type ,view）搭建主题网站
3. 利用一些“内核”外的常用的模块，扩展网站的功能
a) View
b) cck
c) tinymce
d) image
e) upload
f) sitemap
。。。。。。。

课程地点在：
北京市海淀区东北旺西路8号
中关村软件园孵化器
3号楼B座1314室
详情地址可以参见 http://drupalchina.org/node/3638

Washington, DC Drupalers

Are investors and VCs investing in social networking startups? In Drupal based startups?

andyforbes — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:53:49 +0000

There are many ways to catch the Drupal wave - offering Drupal development and installation services, using Drupal to add social publishing capabilities to an existing web site, or building a new business based on Drupal, to name just a few. Saj Cherian (Valhalla Partners), Sean Greene (LaunchBox Digital & Rock Creek Ventures), Chuck Shotton (Pulse Media Group), and Guillermo Söhnlein (Space Angels Network) will discuss the current business and investment opportunities available in the social publishing and Drupal spaces.

This event is free and does not require registration.

August 12, 2008 6PM EDT - 8PM EDT (followed by networking)

Teqcorner, LLC. - 3rd Floor Conference Room
1616 Anderson Road
McLean, Virginia 22102

Saj Cherian is a Principal at Valhalla Partners. Prior to joining Valhalla Partners, Saj led wireless strategy and business development for NBC Universal, the General Electric media division, he was Director of New Data Services for Virgin Mobile USA, and Saj was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He has a M.Phil. in European Politics and Society from the University of Oxford, Lincoln College and an A.B. from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs.

Sean Greene is the Co-Founder of LaunchBox Digital and a co-founder and managing director of Rock Creek Ventures. Prior to LaunchBox Digital Sean was the founder and CEO of the Away Travel Network, and a senior engagement manager at McKinsey & Co. He has an MBA from the Yale School of Management and an AB from Princeton University, and was named a Fulbright Scholar at the National University of Singapore.

Chuck Shotton is the CTO, Pulse Media Group. He has served as CEO, CTO, VP of Engineering, and Chief Architect for start-ups, Fortune 500 businesses, and several turn-arounds. Chuck has a Bachelors in Computer Science.

Guillermo Söhnlein is a Managing Director at the Space Angels Network. Prior to the Space Angels Network he was with an online service helping commuters to share rides, a mobile games distribution platform, a Web-based communication suite for small and mid-sized businesses, and a San Francisco-based speech recognition application development firm. He served on active duty in the United States Marine Corps as a Judge Advocate and currently serves on various Advisory Boards and teaches entrepreneurship. Guillermo has an A.B. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley and a J.D. from the University of California Hastings College of the Law.

Northern VA Users Group

Managing Editor, NewAmerica.net | New America Foundation

TKS — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:12:06 +0000

The New America Foundation (www.newamerica.net) is seeking a new media professional with 4-8 years experience to help improve and expand our online presence.

This is not a Drupal developer job, or a webmaster position with a different title -- what we need is a smart power user who's comfortable with Drupal, and wouldn't mind learning more.

The ideal candidate will have a love of both journalism and online innovation, and be keenly interested in politics and public policy. If you have a sharp eye for news, an innate feel for what works on the web today, and the desire to work closely with talented colleagues across a wide range of issue areas, we’d like to talk to you.

Primary Responsibilities

Overseeing day-to-day editorial operations of NewAmerica.net, which includes a rapidly growing array of issue-specific blogs;
Ensuring that the NewAmerica.net homepage is consistently current and compelling;
Coordinating with and coaching colleagues throughout the organization on issue- and program-specific new media projects;
Managing multiple longer-term projects, both internally and with outside partners and developers;
Helping to raise the online visibility of New America;
Encouraging active online participation, among both colleagues and outside audiences; and
Helping to identify opportunities for innovation, and chart New America’s online strategy for 2009 and beyond.

Qualifications

Ideal candidates will have the following qualifications:

A bachelor’s degree is required;
4-8 years of professional online editorial experience;
Strong writing skills, particularly for blogs and other online media;
Stellar editing skills, including a thorough knowledge of AP style;
Solid grasp of HTML and basic CSS, understanding of web design and usability;
Proven record of deadline performance and ability to work without close supervision;
Exemplary attention to detail and an energetic, team-player attitude; and
Experience with web video, basic PHP and/or Drupal-based websites is ideal but not required.

This is a full-time position, based in our Washington DC offices.

Application Process

E-mail a resume, cover letter and links to online work samples to: Human Resources, New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 7th Floor, Washington, DC 20009. Fax: 202-986-3696. E-mail: jobs@newamerica.net. Please state “Managing Editor, NewAmerica.net” in the e-mail subject line. No phone calls, please.

Generous salary package commensurate with experience; excellent benefits. The New America Foundation is an equal opportunity employer.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Implementing Google Analytics

andyforbes — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:49:24 +0000

We'll start with a brief presentation (link below) about implementing Google Analytics, including a discussion about some of the gotchas associated with using Google Analytics with Drupal, and then see where the meeting takes us. If you have experience using any analytics package with Drupal, please attend this meeting and share your experience!!!

http://www.slideshare.net/AndyForbes/implementing-google-analytics-on-a-...

Event location:

Teqcorner, LLC. - 3rd Floor Conference Room
1616 Anderson Road
McLean, Virginia 22102

Northern VA Users Group

July meeting topic?

andyforbes — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:52:56 +0000

We have the TeqCorner space reserved for a meeting on July 8 6PM EDT - 8PM EDT.

Does anybody have any preferences for topic? Format? Agenda?

If we decide to stick with "the first hour is one presenter going deep on a topic" format, the presenter does not have to be local. I thought the presentation by Jeff Whatcott was quite interesting, and we can undoubtedly find other non-local folks to WebEx into the meeting.

Your thoughts?

Northern VA Users Group

LAMP/Drupal Developer | Phase2 Technology

jwalpole — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:18:55 +0000

Phase2 Technology, a leading provider of adaptable web software solutions, application development, consulting, and management services is seeking a fast-learning web developer. Developer must have experience developing innovative web applications including websites, CMS, CRM, e-commerce, and performing custom web development. Candidates must be proficient in current and emerging web-based technologies to include, but not limited to; Java, PHP, XML, AJAX, etc. Candidates must have familiarity with SQL compliant database platforms, web servers, app servers, and operating systems including LAMP. Familiarity with content management systems ("CMS") including Drupal is important. Candidates must have at least 3 years of applicable experience. Familiarity and experience with open source applications is a plus.

What you could do for us:

Design and implement killer web applications for clients
Configure, customize, and integrate open source software
Maintain and support existing systems and websites
Design and develop websites using content management systems (CMS)
Analyze clients' needs and develop the appropriate functionality
Translate specifications from analysts and graphic designers into working applications
Provide technical training and support to clients when necessary
Implement tasks in accordance with schedule and budget goals
Participate in project planning/estimation with project team
Convert and integrate data and content
Stay abreast of current technology and seek out cool new tools that can be utilized

You should work for us if:

You have lots of tools in your belt to get the job done and know what to use when
You embrace the pragmatic solution, even it if isn't glitzy
You take simplicity and elegance over technical complexity any day
You know what "Web 2.0" is and how to make it work (even if the phrase is overhyped and overused)
You understand that getting to the best solution isn't always fast or easy
You believe in the power of collaborative teamwork and information sharing
You think that taking incremental steps is the productive path to the ultimate solution
You like working with smart and creative people
You like working with exciting clients that do exciting stuff
You want to be part of a close knit company that is growing

Your qualifications need to be:

Must hold at least a bachelor's degree in a related field
Must posses at least 3+ years of web development experience
Must posses at least 2+ years of experience performing programming
Must have experience with HTML, CSS, XML and other basic syntax
Must have experience with LAMP architecture
Must have working experience with scripting and interface languages such as: JavaScript, PHP, etc.
Demonstrate an understanding of UI design principles of good usability, especially knowing when something is bad
Demonstrate knowledge and expertise with cross browser compatibility issues (CSS, Javascript, etc.)
Familiarity with the principles with content management systems (CMS)
Familiarity with server side and browser scripting technologies
Familiarity with a variety of databases, web servers, and environments
Demonstrate a willingness, interest, and aptitude to learn new technologies and skills
Requires proven ability to work well independently as well as part of a team
Requires strong communication (verbal and written) skills
Requires discipline to keep estimates, documentation, and timekeeping up to date

Northern VA Users Group

Scaling Drupal - your thoughts?

andyforbes — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:20:18 +0000

WorthPoint is planning for significent traffic growth in the second half of the year, and we're working on issues on multiple fronts. We have a high level presentation of what we're doing posted to slideshare.net:

http://www.worthpoint.com/blog-entry/draft-presentation-about-scaling-wo...

Your thoughts on what we're doing, esp. anything we missed, would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

Northern VA Users Group

Scaling Drupal to 1,000,000+ dynamic page views a day

andyforbes — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:02:18 +0000

Event location:

Teqcorner, LLC.
1616 Anderson Road
McLean, Virginia 22102

Event topic:

Scaling Drupal to 1,000,000+ page views a day

MC:

Scott Hockett, Director of Business Operations at Phase2 Technology in Alexandria.

Speaker:

Arman Anwar, CTO, NewHelix

Description:

MySQL replication, load balancing web servers, Quercus, content delivery networks, memcached, and squid - there are currently a lot of moving parts when scaling a Drupal site to 1,000,000+ dynamic page views a day. Learn where to start, where to get the most bang for your buck, when to consider using commercial software / services, and when you may need to consider writing your own high performance Drupal modules.

Northern VA Users Group

For those of you that use Linkedin ...

andyforbes — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:59:02 +0000

I found a Drupal users group on Linkedin:

http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=56733&sharedKey=49CE482E...

Northern VA Users Group

Topic of the June Nova Drupal meeting?

andyforbes — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:28:36 +0000

Northern VA Users Group

Introduce ChinaOpen

john.zhu — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:36:43 +0000

Three months into planning, overcoming all kinds of odds and challenges (including the latest challenge of the Chinese firewall!) -- we are pressing ahead with ChinaOpen.

And on the eve of returning to China to iron out the logistic details, I would like to point you to http://www.china-osl.com and watch the Flash-video, which captures in essence, our message, spirit and goal of our ChinaOpen initiative.

In short, this summer, for 2-months, we will round up 50-200 Chinese students to work on Open-Source projects from worldwide. Currently in two tracks:
1. Drupal, and
2. Adobe – ColdFusion, Flex and AIR

While the web-site is NOT complete, that it really is a “Development snapshot” (with Drupal/Flex), that the details such as how to submit an idea, and “legal terms” as well as the schedule is not even finished. I would like you: my friends, colleagues and acquaintances, to help me get the words out there, so that you can understand what we are up to – and hopefully through you, we can get various ideas/projects prepared for the students to work on.

I will be back in 4-weeks, at which time we will blow the roofs off via a developer conference in the Washington DC Convention Center for which we are sponsoring, under the ChinaOpen logo, (probably) complete with Chinese lion-dancing.

Let’s work together to change China, for the better.

Kind regards,
John Zhu

Washington, DC Drupalers

Module Rating and Review Service

eanx_dave — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:41:13 +0000

One of the topics being discussed in a side group last night involved the hope for a site that performed ratings of existing modules which could guide Drupalers to getting what they need in a shorter period of time.

I remembered running across the below site a short time ago, which is described as being a community-powered rating and review service dedicated to helping people to find the best Drupal modules for their projects.

John Forsythe made the announcement earlier this year.

The Drupal Modules site can be found at the following location:

http://drupalmodules.com/

Enjoy.

Northern VA Users Group

Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Marketing at Acquia, Inc, will give a presentation about Drupal

andyforbes — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:17:03 +0000

Enterprise content managers are always under pressure to increase functionality and decrease costs when implementing a content management sytem (CMS). Several open source alternative are available to replace or enhance the current selection of commercial CMS packages. One of the leading open source CMS options today is Drupal.

Come hear Jeff Whatcott, Vice President of Marketing at Acquia, Inc, discuss his views on overall trends in the content management market, specifically in Drupal as a social publishing system.

Jeff is a proven thought leader in platform technology strategy and a passionate advocate of the open source development model and community-centered marketing. He is a frequent public speaker and panelist on key topics including rich Internet applications, business process management, and social publishing. Jeff leads all marketing activity for Acquia.

Acquia's founders are Dries Buytaert, the original creator and project lead of the Drupal open source web content management system, and Jay Batson, previously founder and CEO of Pingtel. Acquia plans to accelerate and extend market adoption of Drupal by advancing the core technology and offering value-added software products and network services that dramatically speed deployment and reduce risk.

After Jeff’s talk, time will be allotted for interested parties to quickly present their efforts in the development, support, deployment or maintenance of Drupal and its associated modules.

http://earlystage.eventbrite.com/

Northern VA Users Group

PHP / Drupal Developer | Vivakos, Inc.

dpaolicelli — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:31:06 +0000

Vivakos, Inc., a leading integrator of open source and open standards based Web applications, is seeking talented and motivated PHP / Drupal developers with 3+ years experience.

As a Developer, you will design and implement Web applications for our customers, typically involving content management platforms such as Drupal. In addition, Developers may also serve in a product development capacity building marketable, integrated, packaged best-of-breed open source applications. Developers will be responsible for the planning, designing, coding, testing, and support of Web-based business applications. Candidates must be able to work autonomously and in team environments.

Technical Skills:

Deep experience coding web applications in PHP is a must.
Experience building modules for Drupal is a huge plus. However, some coding experience with Drupal is required.
Some experience with Java/J2EE is helpful but not required.
Working knowledge of any object-oriented programming languages is a plus.
Willingness to apply current coding knowledge to new programming languages.
Must feel comfortable using various target Operating Systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Windows.
A demonstrated understanding of SQL.
Database experience with one or more of the following: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, or Oracle.
Experience installing, configuring, and customizing Alfresco (i.e., developing against the API) would be very valuable.

Other Skills:

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills are required.
Fluency in English is critical (both oral and written).
Ability to work as both independently and as a team member.
Ability to document software specifications and write technical papers, reports, and client deliverables.
Ability to manage and deliver on multiple concurrent project tasks.
Willingness to learn and apply new software development tools, technologies, and methodologies.

Please note: This is a position for a full-time hire. Temporary contracts directly with individuals may be considered. Corporate-to-corporate contracts, however, WILL NOT be considered.

Washington, DC Drupalers

Drupal Consultant | Stratacomm LLC

rosskarchner — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:14:25 +0000

We're looking for a contractor for about 10-25 (estimated) hours of Drupal work.

The site in question is already deployed, but we have a growing list of tweaks and fixes (some CSS/HTML, some that might require Drupal hacking) and haven’t had the resources to satisfactorily address them.

If you're interested in helping out, please send me your contact details, rate, and any supporting information you'd like to provide (resume, work sample, personal site, etc). rkarchner@stratacomm.net

-Ross

Washington, DC Drupalers

How can China be of services to Drupal -- practically?

john.zhu — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:50:06 +0000

We have been pondering about how to best evangelize China into the Drupal community -- and in droves.

After operating in China for two years, and despite of our best trying such as holding the Drupal BootCamp event in Beijing http://www.drupalchina.org/node/3638, our biggest challenge is the practicality of getting Chinese acquainted with Drupal -- BEFORE we can even talk about having them participate into the DROP program, let alone directly contribute into module or theme writing.

Meanwhile, after our Boston DrupalCon session http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-china-how-who-and-why, we were in London for CFUnited Europe http://europe.cfunited.com/, during which we shared our thinking to run a two months long, 50-100 college-students, China Open-Source Summer-Camp (ChinaOpen), in Beijing this summer with excitement built around the sites and sound of the 2008 Olympics.

Within the first two hours, we received 7 Open-Source projects to work on.

That was 1-month ago. And we have been contemplating about how this ChinaOpen can be of direct service to the Drupal community ever since.

Our latest epiphany/idea is to solicit ideas/projects to build web-sites for the non-profit community -- this summer -- in order to “graduate” the ChinaOpen participants into the DROP/SoC program, (say) next summer and give back to a few deserving organizations that need to get the word out but don't have the budget or resources. We imagine some participants may even be able to directly contribute to writing Drupal modules after this.

We could obviously open to For-Profit (kind of like the old “dotcom”) style web-sites/ideas, but we figure this would open the flood-gate too much.

What do you think?

Ideas, suggestions, critics, helping out?

Finally, we are trying to decide, whether this ChinaOpen should be pursued forward this summer, since logistically speaking, we are rapidly approaching the absolute deadline time to get the words out, and arrange all the logistic issues as May will be here in 2-weeks -- which is our other way to ask, for those of you who have participated either DROP or SoC before:
-- What kind of general rule-of-thumb in terms of operational-support that we should estimate?
-- For example, for each student, how much "mentoring" and backoffice support that we would need to factor?

Thanks!

SoC 2008

Are you using Drupal at your company?

mindflayer — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:28:22 +0000

Northern VA Users Group

Are you using Drupal at your company?

mindflayer — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 18:27:55 +0000

Northern VA Users Group

Senior Web Developer, Drupal | Inc.com & FastCompany.com

pmaiorana — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:46:58 +0000

This position is located in New York City. We will pay relocation expenses for the right candidate.

Inc.com and FastCompany.com, two of the fastest-growing and most prominent business web sites in the U.S., have a position open on their technology staff. We are looking for a senior candidate who has extensive experience with the Drupal content management platform.

We are currently working closely with Lullabot and other major players in the Drupal community to build large scale social networks for our websites. Initially, this position will be responsible for working closely with Lullabot and our web development team to build the first release of this software. Ultimately you will function as our lead developer on this platform following that release.

This position will also serve as our representative in the Drupal community, and will be responsible for engaging in community discussion, attending conferences, and managing our contributions back to drupal.org.

THIS IS A FULLTIME DEVELOPER POSITION ONLY. FREELANCERS, PART-TIMERS, AND THEMERS NEED NOT APPLY.

Inc.com and FastCompany.com are part of Mansueto Digital, a division of Mansueto Ventures, a growing company focused on four core initiatives: recruit and retain top talent; invest in our properties; practice open book management; and diversify editorial content in our consumer magazines, online and through our Events and Business Resources Group. We are a company that values our customers and employees equally and we are committed to helping them manage and improve the quality of their lives everyday.

Interested parties can email their resumes to pmaiorana@mansueto.com

Sacramento Area

Web Developer | Forum One Communications

ncowham@drupal.org — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 23:00:32 +0000

We currently have full/part time openings for a Web Developers to work in our Alexandria Office. Also have some possible contract work.

Responsibilities:

This is a great opportunity to join our technical team. As a web developer, you will be responsible for working with project managers and senior developers in estimating, coding, and maintenance support of web-based applications, as well as customizing solutions for our customers.

The Web Developer at Forum One requires a variety of skills which are outlined below. In addition we encourage candidates who are interested in working with open source software and in the areas of international development, health policy, and environmental policy within the non profit sectors to apply.

Necessary Skills:

2 years of experience developing web sites and systems. Candidate will possess working knowledge of PHP, and experience developing on LAMP architecture. Proficiency in other server-side programming tools (Cold Fusion, ASP.Net, Java/JSP, XML, XSLT, or Perl) is a definite plus. Proficiency in client side technologies (X/HTML, CSS, JavaScript). Experience with AJAX development or interface libraries (Yahoo! Interface Library, Dojo, Prototype, Rico, etc.) a definite plus.

The ideal candidate would have good core Drupal development skills, yet be willing to work with some other frameworks and CMS.

Strong understanding of, and interest in, the use of internet technologies as a strategic tool for organizations.

Excellent communication skills with ability to work as a team member and work effectively with all levels of staff.

Bachelors Degree with solid academic record. Second language skills a plus.

Washington, DC Drupalers