Sydney February Meetup

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rcross's picture
Start: 
2009-02-19 18:45 - 21:00 Australia/Sydney
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Event type: 
User group meeting

At the last monthly meetup we tried something new which went really well, minus a few hiccups, and generated some great ideas for the rest of the year. I have posted all the notes online and have scheduled a few people for future presentations already.

This month we have 2 great presentations. See down below for the full agenda.

Sign Up!
When: Thursday, February 19th
Time: 7pm - 9pm (Show up around 6:45!!)
Venue: ABC Centre 700 Harris Street, Ultimo ( Map | Directions )

The ABC Centre has some security issues, so it is important that people arrive early and sign in at the security desk so that James can take everyone into the building at once. Everyone just waits and chats in the lobby, so just look around for us if you're new. If you have problems you can call either of us. Many thanks go to the ABC for providing this venue.

Agenda:

  • Greetings and Welcome new people + Announcements
  • Behind the Scenes: BookTagger.com by: Jeremy Lebard
    This presentation will pull back the curtains on a premier Aussie startup built on Drupal - showing how it was built including the key customizations, community plugins, and performance enhancements that have been developed for the site. Jeremy is the entrepreneurial effort behind this project, and one of the developers may join as well.
  • Break (on the balcony)
  • Presentation: Drupal & Semantic Web by: Meitar Moscovitz
    Drupal is leading the way into the semantic web. This presentation will cover the innovations being made in Drupal 7 to support technologies like RDFa and how you can get involved. It will also show how you can get use semantic technologies like micro-formats in your Drupal projects today without waiting for D7. Meitar is a published author and well known blogger on the topic of web standards.
  • General help/Discussion
  • Continued at the pub with + Drinks/food

Post below if you can talk about something (anything is ok, everyone has something to share) or if you're are interested in other topics for discussion.

Remember to sign up, and I'll send out a reminder announcement a day before the meeting with all the latest details. This will also help us plan numbers/audience.

Other Details

Venue:
Parking is possible at parking meters around thomas street and mary-anne street. But they take a 2 hour max i think. There are carparks behind the abc $15 (enter from thomas street, but on the chinatown side)

Future Presentations:
- See http://groups.drupal.org/node/15140
- What can you present on?

Resources:
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/group/sydney-drupal-users-group
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/drupal-au/
Chat: #drupal-au on freenode : Connect

Comments

Sydney February Meetup

Nasco's picture

Hi Ryan

I will would like to attend the meeting

regards
naser

Sydney February Meetup

lukehamilton's picture

I would really love to attend this event, but unfortunately I will be away. :-(

So I was wondering is their any chance that someone could podcast / videocast these presentations as I'm sure this will be useful for more than just me?
L

Slides Usually Posted

rcross's picture

too bad - mark the next one on your calendar now, March 19th.

I usually try to post the presentation slides from each meeting, but if anyone has a video camera and wants to record them I'll be happy to post those up as well.

--Ryan
Ryan Cross
James Cross Construction Services
ProjectPier project management and collaboration software

Notes for Drupal & Srmantic Web talk

meitar's picture

I've put the notes I used for my talk about the semantic Web and Drupal on my site. I don't know if they'll be living there permanently, but for now you can find them at:

http://maymay.net/maymay/tech/semdrupal/presentation.html

-Meitar Moscovitz
Personal: http://maymay.net/
Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com/

Video

rcross's picture

Here is the link to the video I showed after the end of the presentation demonstrating these things. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8487255297768440860

there IS actually audio for the video, we just didnt' get it working with the projector.

--Ryan
Ryan Cross
James Cross Construction Services
ProjectPier project management and collaboration software

Sydney February Meetup - Hope to make it there

Matto's picture

I'm a Drupal newbie - hope to make it to the meetup, but may arrive late or not at all.
- Matt

  • Matto Rochford
    Drupal Content Consultant
    Sydney

sorry I can't make it - am

AliaK's picture

sorry I can't make it - am still o/s. thanks, if you could post the presentations that'd be great.
kath


http://www.AliaK.com

Thanks

rimian's picture

It was very informative!

Thanks Jeremy and Meitar

behindthepage's picture

Amazing book site and huge vision and excellent presentation on future technology. Blew my mind.

Regards
Geoff

Regards
Geoff
The user previously known as gpdinoz

Glad you enjoyed the

meitar's picture

Glad you enjoyed the presentation, Geoff! :) Thanks for listening, and thanks even more for participating.

-Meitar Moscovitz
Personal: http://maymay.net/
Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com/

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