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Who's interested in a "Design for Drupal" conference in Los Angeles in February, 2011?
As one of DrupalCamp LA's lead organizers, my sense is that DrupalCamp LA has moved out of the realm of what a camp is and into the realm of large summits and conferences. I talked a little bit about this in a recent LA DrupalCast episode, and while I definitely thought DrupalCamp LA 2010 was a lot of fun and a moderately successful event, I think DrupalCamp LA occupies a strange place in the spectrum of camps, summits and cons.
If you haven't been to camps other than DrupalCamp LA or if you're wondering what this "Design for Drupal" stuff is, please bear with me and read the entire post and my comments below.
Read moreDrupal Design Camp LA conference on February 5-6, 2011 in Los Angeles, California
Design for Drupal comes to LA! The first annual Drupal Design Camp LA conference is officially scheduled for February 5-6, 2011, in Los Angeles, California.
Registration for Drupal Design Camp LA is done at http://2011.ddcla.org and you're welcome to sign up. Registering for the conference is as simple as signing up for an account. We'll be launching the full site soon with information about the venue, local hotels, restaurants and coffeeshops, and begin accepting session proposals.
The Drupal Design Camp LA conference follows in the footsteps of the Drupal Design Camps at Standford, in Boston and in Prague, which have successfully brought designers, themers, developers, information architects and usability engineers together. These conferences are just like DrupalCamps but offer sessions and presentations specifically about design and theming topics such as grid design, usability testing, sustainable, additive approaches to theming and so on.
What's Design for Drupal?
Translating a design into a Drupal "theme" is often a high barrier and it has been difficult and costly for many designers to have a "design-driven approach" to Drupal. Feedback from the design community has often focused on the difficulties of designing for the Drupal theme system, which combines several programming disciplines and languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.
Design for Drupal is a relatively new movement in the Drupal community to help make Drupal more friendly and approachable to designers, information architects and usability engineers, and in general anyone who is interested in customizing Drupal's output to the web page. At its core, Design for Drupal is about inviting the larger design community together to be a part of the Drupal community and enabling designers, usability engineers, developers, information architects and themers to coordinate efforts, come up with creative ideas and work towards making Drupal easier to use and look beautiful.
Read moreWhich weekend can you attend a "Design for Drupal" conference in Los Angeles in February, 2011?
Drupal Design Camp LA 2011: Site visit to Spring Arts Tower
Is anyone able to join me for a site visit to the Spring Arts Tower in Downtown LA next week? The venue is already booked for the Drupal Everywhere and Drupal Design Camp LA events, so this visit will be for evaluating nearby parking, where to up registration, seating, projection/presentation space, and so on.
Read moreDrupal Design Camp LA 2011 status update
It was pointed out to me today that there isn't enough promotion going on for the upcoming Drupal Design Camp LA conference, so I wanted to post a status update. In case you haven't heard, we're having a design-oriented DrupalCamp in the spirit of Design for Drupal and the Drupal Design Camp conferences in Boston, the Bay Area and Prague. It's coming up on February 5-6th. There will also be a full day of Drupal training the day beforehand on February 4th.
Read moreFinal sprint for the Drupal Design Camp LA website on Saturday, January 29, 2011
We'll be launching the Drupal Design Camp LA site this week and I'm inviting all of you to my place for a final sprint. Top Notch Themes is done with the theme for the site and all we need in order to finish testing is for us to have some content up on the site.
Can anyone think of other things they want on the site, like a #ddcla feed or member discussion forums? This sprint is the last chance for brainstorming and implementing new functionality.
I've also posted a few placeholder pages on the dev site that we can fill in during the sprint:
- About DDCLA (what to expect at the conference)
- Where to stay (hotels near the venue that have shuttles from LAX)
- Where to eat (restaurants and cafes near the venue)
- Our Sponsors (sponsor pages with logos)
Meanwhile, it turns out that the http://designfordrupal.com domain was once used for sending spam and I'm moving everything over to http://www.ddcla.org instead. The Git repo will stay in the same place, though, and I'll make sure *.designfordrupal.com redirects to the right place, so this will be a seamless switch.
Read moreWho's going to Drupal Design Camp LA 2011? Post here if you're looking for co-presenters or rideshares
Who's going to Drupal Design Camp LA this year? Feel free to post here if you're looking for co-presenters or rideshares. There's also a discussion in the San Diego group about rideshares to DDCLA.
Even if you don't need a rideshare or a co-presenter at the camp, please vote up this post so that others can easily find it on the group's Recent activity tab. Thanks!
Read moreDrupal Design Camp LA 2011 pre-conference news update
Here's a quick update about Drupal Design Camp LA that's coming up this weekend, February 5-6, 2011. This news is also on the DDCLA site at https://2011.ddcla.org/news
As always, feedback and questions are welcome in the comments below.
- Sessions: What you need to know
- Thank you to our sponsors!
- Drupal in a Day training on Friday, February 4th
Drupal Design Camp LA 2012 planning (wiki)
Last updated by christefano on Thu, 2012-10-04 11:12
Mission:
We're planning Drupal Design Camp LA 2012. The event is scheduled for October 12, 13 & 14 at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles, California.
Much work has already been done but there's much left to do between now and October, 2012. We hope that anyone interested in joining forces will be part of the upcoming planning meetings and website sprints.
Anyone who's interested in being part of the organizing effort or is just interested in seeing how this conference is coming together is welcome to join the Drupal Design Camp LA group!
Read moreDrupal Design Camp LA 2012: Site tour to Big Art Labs on February 1, 2012
We've planned a site visit to Big Art Labs on February 1, 2012, at 4pm, to determine if it will work as the venue for the Drupal Design Camp we're planning for May, 2012.
Does Big Art Labs sound familiar? If you've been to any of the meetups, job fairs, free coworking days or launch parties at Droplabs, then you've already been to Big Art Labs. Please be sure to arrive at Droplabs on time. We will be going on a tour of Big Art Labs' facilities promptly at 4pm.
In the tradition of other site visits that we've gone on, this visit is open to anyone and is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in starting to help organize this event.
Please sign up or comment below if you're interested in joining us as we tour the facilities. Those who sign up will be on this site visit's mailing list. We'll send you our phone number and any last-minute details if there are any.
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