This Friday some of us who went to DrupalCon D.C. are going to share our notes and experience. We're going to have lunch in the Illini Union food court for those who want to brown bag it.
For those of you that couldn't make it to Drupal Con 2009, many of the videos and talk notes are already online. Many are useful to web developers in general beyond Drupal developers.
Conference Site: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/
Videos: http://drupal.org/node/385952
Session Overviews: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/schedule
You can't tell from the online schedule which are tagged as "jumpstart" sessions, but here's a list.
Themers Toolkit: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/themers-toolkit
A Gentle Intro to Drupal Code: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/gentle-intro-drupal-code
Drupal Module Development Kickstart: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-module-development-kickstart
Introduction to Drupal Security: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/protect-your-site-hackers-introducti...
CCK Mashup: Oh The Things You Can Do. http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/cck-mashup-oh-things-you-can-do
Drupal Taxonomy Revisited: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-taxonomy-revisited
Drupal Multimedia: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-multimedia
Making Date and Calendars Rock: http://dc2009.drupalcon.org/session/making-dates-and-calendars-rock
John Barclay