HKDUG Meetup!!! (Feb 2009)

Posted by dalin on February 18, 2009 at 10:35am

Start:

2009-02-26 19:00 - 21:00 Asia/Hong_Kong

Organizers:

dalin

cloneofsnake

Event type:

User group meeting

New Year's is over, we haven't had a real meetup in the last 3 months, and there's a dozen new members in this group. So it's time for a meetup!

We'll be meeting at SOHO Life (whose site we recently redid in Drupal in exchange for meeting space)
http://www.soho.edu.hk/
148 Connaught Road Central, Hong Kong Island
GMap

Our agenda is still in the works. Andy, Caphun, Antonio or anyone else who'd like to contribute please speak up.
http://groups.drupal.org/node/19031

We need to let SOHO know how many people to expect so If you are planning on coming please Sign-up here .

Comments

I'll be there. Still in the

Posted by cloneofsnake on February 18, 2009 at 8:52pm

I'll be there. Still in the US, had to delay my return one last time, will be back on Sunday.

I'm working on a few improvements on SOHO.edu.hk including newsletter (simplenews) and upcoming events / courses schedule (date, views, calendar). I would be happy to talk about them.

It was pointed out that I

Posted by dalin on February 23, 2009 at 7:30am

It was pointed out that I borked the times. The meetup is at 7pm, not 7am.

The agenda is shaping up to include:

Nick presenting the SOHO Life site
Antonio presenting on thelist.com.hk
Myself presenting on a topic yet unknown

--
Dave Hansen-Lange
Web Developer
Advomatic LLC
East Asia Office
Hong Kong

Dave Hansen-Lange
Director of Technical Strategy, Advomatic.com
Pronouns: he/him/his

Remember to sign up

Posted by cloneofsnake on February 23, 2009 at 2:56pm

We also need to think about food... do we want to meet up to eat before 7pm? I know a place that has really good casserole:

http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=5326

See y'all Thursday.

new comer to Drupal

Posted by gemini150 on February 23, 2009 at 5:19pm

hi there,
i am quite new to web site development and drupal. can i join your group and learn some of the skills to setup a drupal site ?
i did experience myself with some modules and i hope by sharing experience with more people i can learn better.
kevin

Just thought I'd say hi

Posted by anewty on February 23, 2009 at 5:41pm

Hi,

I am working on a Drupal site for the British Council, but more on the admin side. I thought I would say hello, and would be interested in coming along to the meet ups. Sadly, I am in the UK this week, but another time.

Andy.

@lilumi2008, @anewty: You're

Posted by dalin on February 24, 2009 at 12:39am

@lilumi2008, @anewty: You're more than welcome to join. Our current group has a broad range of experience and specialties - developers, administrators, implementors, JavaScript gurus and more.

@cloneofsnake I wouldn't be able to make it there much before 7pm. The midway pizza has been a good way to break things up so we don't all fall asleep. Or do you think SOHO is a little hesitant about the food? Which leads to my next question; I was thinking about bringing some beer, do you think they'd be ok with that?

And I've decided that my talk will be an introduction to overriding Drupal's output.

--
Dave Hansen-Lange
Web Developer
Advomatic LLC
East Asia Office
Hong Kong

Dave Hansen-Lange
Director of Technical Strategy, Advomatic.com
Pronouns: he/him/his

That's true... Let's order

Posted by cloneofsnake on February 24, 2009 at 2:58am

That's true... Let's order delivery like usual.

Beer is no good, I asked, they said they have classes going on so it would not look good if we were drinking in there.

sorry

Posted by moni-gdo on February 26, 2009 at 3:18pm

Hey, sorry I thought the meeting was tomorrow. So how was it? When is the next meeting?

The meeting was a disaster

Posted by cloneofsnake on February 27, 2009 at 1:36am

The meeting was a disaster without you Karim. You must attend all HKDUG meetings from now on! LOL.

J/K. It was awesome! Wish you were here.

CMS market survey

Posted by gemini150 on February 26, 2009 at 9:15pm

hey dave,
this is the free document about comparison of all CMS systems i talked about, enjoy:
http://www.waterandstone.com/resources.html
it maybe a bit outdated now but still worth a 5 min browse.
kevin

Thanks Dave

Posted by anewty on March 6, 2009 at 3:51am

Will hope to make it next time.

:-)

@moni - hello Karim!

Next Meetup?

Posted by caphun on March 7, 2009 at 3:14pm

Hey guys, sorry I missed the last one. Couldn't get away!

When do you want to meet next? What about end of month again? I could prepare a talk on jQuery. Any suggestions?

We can set the next meeting

Posted by cloneofsnake on March 8, 2009 at 4:30am

We can set the next meeting on the 26th of March. Also, we can have a casual meetup at a cafe somewhere just to chat.

26th sounds great. I'm

Posted by dalin on March 10, 2009 at 1:15pm

26th sounds great. I'm pretty flexible these days, so name the date for coffee and I can be there.

--
Dave Hansen-Lange
Web Developer
Advomatic LLC
East Asia Office
Hong Kong

Dave Hansen-Lange
Director of Technical Strategy, Advomatic.com
Pronouns: he/him/his

Dave, u're back! How about

Posted by cloneofsnake on March 11, 2009 at 11:39am

Dave, u're back! How about Friday afternoon? How many of you are interested in trying unicycling? John had introduced me to the local unicycling hockey group which meets every Friday from 8 - 10 pm in Jordan's YMCA. I have been going there religiously every Friday ever since.

I suggest meeting at the Ocean Centre / Harbour City for their free wifi. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&q=&jsv=149f&sll=40.7560...

It a bit of a walk from the MTR though, so if you know another cafe that has free wifi, speak up.

New to Drupal

Posted by thesausage on March 11, 2009 at 5:05pm

Hi All! I'm a newbie to Drupal and web development. I wonder if I can also join the group so I can get a chance to understand more about drupal and also to share experiences with others. I did tried drupal on both local and web server with some modules like cck / views.

Harry

Hi, I arrived in HK since 2

Posted by jdidelet on March 11, 2009 at 5:20pm

Hi,

I arrived in HK since 2 weeks and I'm really interesting to join you and share our experiences on Drupal. Just for the date of the meetup> It's 26 or 27? Thanks.

Julien Didelet

Julien Didelet
Founder
Weblaa.com

Unicycle + Drupal = disaster waiting to happen

Posted by dalin on March 12, 2009 at 12:33am

But I'm willing to try anything.

"It a bit of a walk from the MTR though"

Ocean Centre is about 2 blocks from TST exit L4. How much closer are you looking to get? What time do you want to meet?

@Julien the meetup will be on the 26th. Coffee is tomorrow (Friday).

--
Dave Hansen-Lange
Web Developer
Advomatic LLC
East Asia Office
Hong Kong

Dave Hansen-Lange
Director of Technical Strategy, Advomatic.com
Pronouns: he/him/his

Unicycle + Drupal =

Posted by cloneofsnake on March 12, 2009 at 3:10am

Unicycle + Drupal = Drunicycle :D

How does 4pm sound? The easiest way is to use exit A, turn right onto HaiPhong road and just keep heading West until you hit the Harbour City. I think there's a Starbucks right at that entrance, let's meet there.