Washington, DC, Drupal Meetup on April 4th

DruPal and Beer? I'm already sold!

Total newbie to drupal, but am volunteer (aka unpaid) webmaster for two organizational websites;

http://www.georgetownlutheran.com
and
http://www.delraycitizen.org/ (took over about a month ago, so it's not my fault!)

• which I am hoping to move both up in their "abilities" with drupal, shortly. So I am interested in hearing everything and anything. In my "real life," I work as a rocket scientist... at that funny five sided building. So, please... have mercy on me... or not. ;)

- Peter

Mr. Peter A. Morrison, VP & Webmaster
Del Ray Neighborhood Citizen's Association, Alexandria VA

http://www.delraycitizen.org/

Yea, I really enjoyed the February DC Meetup, so I'll be there for this one (still bumed I missed the March one)

QUESTION: Does anyone remember who it was who spoke at the February one and did a slideshow on Knowledge Networks? I am thinking of setting up a knowledge network myself and I'd like to ask him a few questions and see if his powerpoint file from the speach is avilable.

Andrew

L i q u i d M e t h o d s @ G m a i l . c o m

Jose Reyero, the author of internationalization module is in town and he will present what the latest i18n corepatch for Drupal 6 will bring for multilingual sites in Drupal.

I will present the latest features added to nodeasblock by this patch here: http://drupal.org/node/133452

Alex

Hi everyone,

I'd like to do a five-minute talk on two small-ish things that I think would be of interest.

First, a quick overview of asset.module, which I wrote while at EchoDitto (it's open source). It allows database-backed file uploads, which come in handy if you have a multi-server Drupal install or otherwise want to centralize things a bit better. I can go over the basics.

Second, I've extended what I originally wrote in the module with XML-RPC, which I can cover briefly as well. I'll have a quick, non-PHP client ready to upload an image to a site to show how XML-RPC can help you overcome language barriers as well as extend Drupal!

Let me know what you think!

Jose also helps with the World Food Programs Walk the World site in his abundant free time, and I work on the UN Millennium Campaign's site for Stand Up Against Poverty. I don't know if others are interested, but I'd like to hear Jose talk a little about this and would be happy to share my experiences on using Drupal for large scale distributed events/mobilizations.

Just wanted to give a shout out and say that I really liked the format tonight. I think the five minute limit is a great way to cover a ton of topics but also allow for questions. It's got my vote!

Also, I'll have my info from tonight (updated asset.module, the Cocoa app, slides, etc.) online soon and I'll post the URL here.

In the meantime, you can grab EchoDitto's original asset.module here (which I wrote). It does not feature the XML-RPC component, though. That version is what I'll be posting later.

Just wanted to say I enjoyed the format, and the presentations last night. Both my wife and I enjoyed it, and the cucumber salad and hummus was tasty too. I appreciated the image software development and the xml presentations relating to second life especially, since I am familiar with both applications - and appreciate the complexity with both efforts.

And you've all given me a lot to consider about my own applications and websites future.

Mr. Peter A. Morrison, VP & Webmaster
Del Ray Neighborhood Citizen's Association, Alexandria VA
http://www.delraycitizen.org
Georgetown Lutheran Church Website Developer
http://www.georgetownluthern.com