central florida

Hey there ... I'm heading down to central florida for a bit of time and am curious about the general health and vibrancy of the Drupal community in that part of the world. What are the things that are working for this community and where are the areas that need some additional help? Who's using Drupal down there and what kind of cool stuff are you doing with it?

Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce
by Michael Peacock
Pack Publishing, 2008, $39.99

Technology books are generally expected to be on the shelves shortly after major releases of a particular software and therefore do not receive the most thorough editing possible. They're also quite expensive considering they have a relatively short shelf life because they're only really in demand until the new version of the software is released. Given that this book delivers on both counts and exhaustively details the cheesy example of Doug's Dino store, it's still a worthy read.

The Florida Drupal User's Group met this past Saturday - about 17 people were in attendance. The group broke down as follows:

• new to Drupal: 6
• less than 1 year: 7
• more than one year: 4

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