L.A. Drupal - Los Angeles' Professional Drupal Network & User Group
NEW VENUE, NEW TIME!
When? Tue., Feb. 24th 7:30PM-9:45PM (new start time)
Where? 902 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90401 (Venue Sponsor: CauseCast.org)
map: http://tinyurl.com/ladrupal-2009-02-venue-map
No RSVP required, but PLEASE CLICK SIGN-UP BUTTON (below). Signing up will give the event organizers a better idea of how many are coming and makes it possible to email you if there are last-minute changes to the venue or agenda.
Topics:
Sun Microsystems: Uncovering the synergies between Drupal & Sun.
Sun open source projects include: MySql, Netbeans IDE with both a PHP and Drupal plugins, Open Office, Java, Virtualbox, Open Solaris... you get the idea. Sun has a lot to offer! Details for the meetup forthcoming. If there's anything in particular please post a comment below.
Drupal Labs (Intermediate to Advanced)
Drupal Labs is a room set aside for more advanced Drupal discussions, away from the main presentation of the night. Bring your laptop, hang out with other code interested members; even offer to do a lightning talk for the room. LA Drupal Labs is open during the entire user group meeting, usually from 7:30pm-9pm.
Drupal Internals - Talk about core modules, functions and APIs in LA Drupal's first monthly Drupal Labs for Non-Beginners
ATTENDEE RAFFLE PRIZES: Drupal 6 book valued over $40, AND a ticket to an upcoming Los Angeles Drupal Training valued over $300!!! Raffle is for attendees, and you must be present to win.
Plus...
In addition to our presentation of the night we have open-mic opportunities for those who have general Drupal questions or need help. Need to just ask another human a Drupal question? You'll have that chance.
Those wishing to make announcements for Drupal jobs/work, please contact chris@chrischarlton.us and we can provide time for you to speak to the audience.
At the end of the meeting is our networking session with the fun and knowledgeable LA Drupal crowd.
Tags for the night:
Post photos on Flickr.com with the tag "ladrupal" and "drupal".
Los Angeles Drupal - http://groups.drupal.org/LA
In other local news...
Upcoming Drupal Training
March 14, One Day Training in Los Angeles -- Drupal Site Building with Victor Kane & Chris Charlton ... enroll now http://drupal-la-training-2009-march-14-ladrupal.eventbrite.com (LA Drupal member discounts)
March 15, Half Day Training in Los Angeles -- Advanced Drupal Views 2 with Victor Kane & Chris Charlton ... enroll now http://drupal-la-training-2009-march-15-ladrupal.eventbrite.com (LA Drupal member discounts)
March 18, One Day Training in Santa Barbara -- Drupal Basics ... enroll now http://drupaltrainer.com/training/drupal-basics?ladrupal (use your LA Drupal member discount)
March 19, Half Day Training in Santa Barbara -- Drupal Administration ... enroll now http://drupaltrainer.com/training/drupal-basics?ladrupal (use your LA Drupal member discount)
March 19, Half Day Training in Santa Barbara -- Drupal Theming ... enroll now http://drupaltrainer.com/training/drupal-basics?ladrupal (use your LA Drupal member discount)
View the video for training in Santa Barbara
New & Good Drupal Books
Now available --- Leveraging Drupal: Getting Your Site Done Right, by Victor Kane ... check it out now at http://tinyurl.com/ladrupal-book-leveragingdrupal
*** Victor Kane coming to Los Angeles (from South America) for a book signing and training, details at http://drupallearning.com ***
Comments
Sun Microsystems: Uncovering the synergies between Drupal & Sun
I just added a topic for the main presentation room. We're still locking down details of the presentation, but here's the jist. also, please bear in mind, this isn't some sort of Sun Micro sales pitch... I hunted them down and asked them to present to the LA community after attending a presentation at BARcamp by Scott Matoon & Tom Brauer of Sun.
I was floored learning how much Sun offers Drupal as it continues to move towards the enterprise and mission critical applications. They also have some really cool development tools - ranging from an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for PHP with a custom Drupal plugin for module development, to "zones" in Open Solaris which can help both in development and production situations. Plus Sun is actively helping and invested in the Drupal community, among the MANY open source projects they contribute to. Did you know Sun runs some Drupal sites? Not to mention some of the guys that work at sun run personal Drupal sites.
With this kind of synergy, its time for a mashup, g33k style.
Sun Microsystems: Uncovering the synergies between Drupal & Sun.
Sun open source projects include: MySql, Netbeans IDE with both a PHP AND Drupal plugins, Open Office, Java, Virtualbox, Open Solaris... you get the idea. Sun has a lot to offer! Details for the meetup forthcoming. If there's anything in particular please post a comment below.
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mike stewart { twitter: @MediaDoneRight | IRC nick: mike stewart }
Cool!
I am a TOTAL Drupal nube. I said, "I wonder if there is a user group around." Well sure enough there is, it's meeting next week, AND it's 7 blocks away.
I am there!
agenda updated
Chris, nice job updating the agenda. cool prizes! at SCaLE we were telling people free food, beverages, and beer... is that right?
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mike stewart { twitter: @MediaDoneRight | IRC nick: mike stewart }
Yes indeed
Yes, we're providing beer and pizza and drinks @ Causecast tomorrow night.
See you all there.
Ryan Scott
CEO, Causecast.org
We are hiring LA based drupal wizards!
Ryan Scott
CEO, Causecast.org
We are hiring LA based drupal wizards!
Wish I could be there!
Still getting over the flu which hit me over the weekend (& even prevented me from attending SCALE)....so I´m doubly-bummed. Can´t wait to check out the new locale. Is Causecast going to be the venue going forward? I really really dig what those folks are doing over there so it´ll be nice to meet the Causecast crew.
There is a question I have for the SUN folks. I have Netbeans 6.1 & cannot find the Drupal plugins. Are they housed in a different repository?
Great lineup! I really like the idea of the Drupal Labs & Drupal Internals areas. Wish I wasn´t sick as winning one of those Drupal training prizes would´ve made my year!
Have fun folks & cya next month. :)
I wondered what happened to
I wondered what happened to you. sorry to hear about the flu. to use the plugins for Drupal you'll need to upgrade to netbeans 6.5 - then get and install plugin from here: https://nbdrupalsupport.dev.java.net
the meeting went really well last night - one of the best we've had in quite a while. minus the drive, i definitely liked the venue. causecast seems like it'll be the venue as long as it continues to work for everyone (of course, causecast included).
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mike stewart { twitter: @MediaDoneRight | IRC nick: mike stewart }
LA Drupal Meeting - February 24th ...
Contrary to some of the remarks made here, the meeting was a bust - in the announcement Mike Stewart made for the meeting higher up on the page - "Sun Microsystems: Uncovering the synergies between Drupal & Sun" he bravely states - "... We're still locking down details of the presentation, but here's the jist. also, please bear in mind, this isn't some sort of Sun Micro sales pitch ... "
Well, I am sorry to say that it was nothing but a sales pitch - in addition, the 3 min 30 secs Tom Brauer attempted to show a simple demo of NetBeans as a tool for Drupal development kept crashing.
I have nothing against Sun or Tom Brauer, but the object of these meetings is to learn something about Drupal. I was really looking forward to the "Drupal Labs" that were announced but did not take place.
I really don't mind driving 1 to 2 hours from Orange County that time of day to attend if I could only learn something - I am really looking for presentations like the one Scott Nelson did on the Services Module for example ...
Looking forward to a more productive meeting in the future although I would probably come for Chris' lively introductions anyway ...
Cheers,
RraC
RraC, sorry you felt the
RraC, sorry you felt the meeting was a bust. I hope you try another. every meeting is different.
the intent is for labs to always be an alternative to the main presentation running in parallel - maybe that info wasn't shared too well or it got lost in the mix of news. however, this month i think most people that would typically host or be involved with labs were more interested in the main presentation.
another alternative to the main presentation is an area in the back with couches & chairs open to the group for hanging out and networking, etc.
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mike stewart { twitter: @MediaDoneRight | IRC nick: mike stewart }
Concurring with RraC
It's a great topic, but working in a predominantly Solaris shop, I already have the 101 on general Sun technologies. A practical presentation/workshop on the same subject matter would be welcome, as we are trying to determine how to get the most out of a Drupal+Solaris combination.
Overall, it was a great first experience despite the lack of concrete details, and I will definitely be back.
Labs and Presentations
I must say Sun Microsystems is LA Drupal's most corporate supporter. While not everyone can afford Sun's services/servers, it is our job to show off what's up in the Drupal world. Not to sound defensive, but Sun has been a heavy supporter of Drupal in sponsorships and contributing back. It seems this didn't come across like we had hoped during the main presentation. Don't fret, we meet every month!
This meeting was the first where we announced Labs, and only one person went into the Labs room with their laptop. No biggie, next meeting we ask those intending on visiting the labs maybe setup there before the main presentation and we'll call for people once the news and meeting starts.
We always are open to hearing feedback and suggestions from our members.
Chris Charlton, Author & Drupal Community Leader, Enterprise Level Consultant
I teach you how to build Drupal Themes http://tinyurl.com/theme-drupal and provide add-on software at http://xtnd.us
labs
I didn't realize the Labs were going on - I thought there was some kind of topic or it would be announced, I guess it was just running concurrently.
I think Labs has huge potential, at least for me, but should think how to give it a tiny bit more promotion/oomph/encouragement, and I will come prepared w questions. I thought there was some kind of presentation and I was waiting for that to start.
Ryan Scott
CEO, Causecast.org
We are hiring LA based drupal wizards!
Ryan Scott
CEO, Causecast.org
We are hiring LA based drupal wizards!
Feb. 2009 meeting photos uploaded
Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrischarlton/tags/ladrupal/ .
Chris Charlton, Author & Drupal Community Leader, Enterprise Level Consultant
I teach you how to build Drupal Themes http://tinyurl.com/theme-drupal and provide add-on software at http://xtnd.us