Moved to March 22 - Boston Drupal Dojo - Dries Talk at Boston Globe

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2011-02-22 18:30 - 20:30 UTC
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User group meeting

Hi Folks,

Our next scheduled 2 Dojo's being trumped by other Drupal events, first Dries is talking about the future of media and the Boston Globe on Feb 22 http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/16117997/ and Drupalcon Chicago falls on the other potential Dojo.

We are having our next Boston Drupal Dojo March 22 at 6:30pm. In this Dojo, we will be going over the core modules in Drupal 7, reviewing what each does, and discussing some of the cool new improvements for with this release.

We will then begin planning for our community project, building the website for the 2011 Drupal Design Camp Boston.:

Come join us as we dive in head first to planning our Drupal 7 project!

Please make sure you have a local install of Drupal 7. This meetup consists of investigating core install.


Note: YOU MUST SIGN UP BY 4:00PM ON THE DAY OF MEETUP to have your name added to the security list so you can access our floor. Use Signup on this page. If you do not use your full name as a user name, please add this info to your profile so it shows in list, or contact Susan MacPhee if you can not.

What's Boston Drupal 7 Dojo?

Boston Drupal 7 Dojo is a weekly opportunity to get together with other folks in the local Drupal community to learn, design, and develop D7 sites.

We going to work on D7 projects only so we can all learn together from a developer, designer, admin, and site builder perspective. We may choose a charity or non-profit organization in need of a new website as something we all can work on together.

For the first part of our meetup, we can present something interesting about working on a D7 project. Details are in the making as far as our format.

The word Dojo (道場) captures what we're trying to create -- a place to practice and master one's art. Think of it as a place to become a Drupal blackbelt, a Drupal Ninja.

When?

Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month starting at 6:30p.

Where?

MassChallenge Office, One Marina Park Drive, 14th Floor, Boston, MA 02210. Near the ICA

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Our location is near the Institute for Contemporary Art and there's street parking available plus a paid parking garage.

Thanks to our generous host, Social Contxt: http://socialcontxt.com

Details:

We will focus on theming/building/development on D7 projects only. We will cover all the basics of planning, designing, and building a Drupal-powered website.

We order pizza for each Dojo. If you would like food, please bring $8 (exact change please) to contribute to the order.

Since we are all volunteers running Dojo and there's plenty of room to help:

  • Clean-up
  • Food ordering
  • Note taking
  • Video to add to main Dojo site: http://drupaldojo.com/
  • Communication with sister-city Dojos
  • Curriculum development-add to the materials on the Dojo format
  • Help with posting event on Boston Group Page

Drupal Dojo Resources:

Group Page: http://groups.drupal.org/drupal-dojo

History: http://groups.drupal.org/node/24866

More: http://groups.drupal.org/node/64153

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What if?

nancydru's picture

What if I don't have a laptop? I don't particularly want to bring my desktop on the T.

susan macphee's picture

Hi All,

We decided to change the venue for our Drupal 7 Dojo to the Boston Globe to see Dries talk about the Future of Media.
http://meetupbos.hackshackers.com/events/16117997/

More:

Please join us at the Boston Globe-

"Start the Presses: News sites of the future, told by the people building them"

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Time: Panel is from 7-8 pm; schmoozing from 6-7 p.m.

Boston Globe
135 Morrissey Blvd. Dorchester, MA
Selected By: Matthew S Carroll

More: The panel will dive into how the mobile web, HTML 5, Flash, app stores and more impact and change what news organizations need from their content management systems, and will feature the creator of Drupal, Dries Buytaert, as well as the founder of Universal Hub, Adam Gaffin, who has helped build numerous community news sites using the platform.

Even more: http://groups.drupal.org/node/120649

Thanks, Susan

Hello, I'm sorry I won't be

siavash's picture

Hello,

I'm sorry I won't be able to make it tomorrow... I caught a pretty bad stomach flu/virus over the weekend. I'm feeling better now but it's very contagious (My entire friends/family got it last week) and I wouldn't want to get everyone sick. I am interested in this group though and I'll definitely make it next meeting. Also, do people take notes and post them somewhere after each meeting for people who may have missed it to review?

Thanks,
Siavash

We do post notes for Dojo

Sue Mildrum's picture

Hi Siavash

Yes, we have been keeping notes from our Dojo meetings. We have been posting them as a comment to the event announcement. You can find last time's here: http://groups.drupal.org/node/125214#comment-408019. I don't know if we'll keep operating that way once we're using Open Atrium but I definitely think we should continue to keep notes.

Hope you're feeling better soon!

Sue

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