A group dedicated to the Drupal users of Northern Virginia, where technology is a way of life.
September Drupal Meetup on Monday, 9/14
The September Drupal meetup will take place this coming Monday (9/14) at 7:00 pm at Stetson's Bar and Grill. As usual, we'll meet at the upstairs bar at 7:00 pm and officially kick things off at 7:30 pm with introductions and a round of five minute lightning talks. These talks are your opportunity to take the floor to talk about the latest Drupal module you're building, show off a site that you built, or talk about anything else Drupal related - and learn from everyone else, of course. So far, we have two lightning talks on the schedule:
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Matt Tucker, in town from Colorado, will talk about building a feature server to easily share features (like a blog, resource library, etc.) in Drupal. He built one for PingVision and wrote about it here.
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News from DrupalCon Paris - we'll rope some people who attended the conference into talking about the highlights from it.
If you'd like to present, post about it in the comments or just speak up at the meetup. You'll have access to a flat screen if you want to show something off, but the internet connection is shaky so come prepared to present offline.
Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street
DrupalCon DC inspires new unconference, we'd love your support
Hi there DC (and NoVA) Drupalers!
Back in March at Drupalcon -- there were at least a couple of BoF's where public media folks got together to talk about open source's place in public and civic media. There were representatives in those BoF's from PBS, NPR, Universities, and some local PBS/NPR stations.
Read moreAugust Drupal Meetup on Monday, 8/10
The August DC Drupal meetup will take place on Monday, August 10th at 7:00 pm at Stetson's. We'll get things going officially around 7:30, starting with a round of introductions so we can all get to know each other, followed by a round of 5 minute lightning talks.
Lightning talks are your chance to discuss a Drupal module, ask a question you have about Drupal to the group, show off a new site that you built, or talk about anything else Drupal related. The only rules are that you have to keep it short - 5 minutes or less - and keep it so that everyone can follow along no matter how often they code with Drupal. If you'd like to give a talk, post it in the comments and/or speak up at the meetup.
Don't be shy if you're just starting or thinking about starting with Drupal. The meetups are a great way to learn and meet people who've been in your place before.
Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street
August Northern Virginia Drupal Meetup - featuring Chuck D'Antonio from Acquia
Come join us for a presentation and discussion of Solr. We will talk about why its better than core Drupal search, how it improves the user experience and see it in action.
And, we're very excited that Chuck D'Antonio, Acquia's Senior Director of Professional Services will discuss Acquia Search.
Location:
RHODESIDE GRILL - downstairs
1836 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-0145
CodeWorks 09 - Washington DC/Northern VA
We'd like to invite you to CodeWorks 2009 (http://cw.mtacon.com), a series of two-day conferences for PHP developers and IT managers organized and run by the publishers of php|architect Magazine.
Each two-day event includes a day of in-depth tutorials and a day of conference talks arranged across three different tracks, all presented by the best experts in the business.
If PHP is your work, your passion or your hobby, CodeWorks is a great way to learn and connect with the greatest community of professionals in the world—and with prices as low as $99 and a generous discount program, a uniquely affordable opportunity for everyone.
Remember, each event is limited to 300 attendees and prices increase the closer we get to each event. Get your tickets today before we run out or the price goes up! Early bird pricing will end July 31, 2009.
For more information, visit http://cw.mtacon.com. Hope to see you there!
Read moreDrupal hosting envionments - complimentary space for staging & production
We're Drupal.org/NOVA members and a local (NOVA/DC) based hosting company.
Members are the group are invited to contact us if you need staging or production space on one of our dedicated servers in order to develop/test Drupal configurations.
We're always busy and not able to attend the meetings so we feel this is the best way to show our support!
Read moreDrupal Meetup Monday, July 13
The July Drupal meetup is on for this coming Monday, July 13. We'll meet at Stetson's at the upstairs bar at 7:00 pm and will kick off with a round of introductions followed by a round of five minute lightening presentations at 7:30 pm.
No lightening talks are on the schedule yet, so consider talking about something that you're working on that would be of interest to the group (like a module, a new website/tool you built, a question you have, etc.). To get on the schedule, just post it to the comments or speak up at the meetup.
DC Drupal meetups are for people of all skills/knowledge levels, and all levels of presentations are welcome. Don't be shy if you're just starting or thinking about starting with Drupal - the meetups are a great way to learn and meet people who've been in your place before.
Hope to see you there!
Meetup Details
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Stetson's Bar and Restaurant
1610 U Street, NW
Map
Metros: Short walk from U Street metro on the green line and Dupont on the red line
Bus: Right off of the S1, S2, and S4 routes that run up 16th Street, plus the 90 buses that run up U street
June Drupal Meetup: Monday June 8 at Stetson's
Get your 3D glasses ready... We'll be meeting in 3D (yes, I mean in person) next Monday, June 8th at Stetson's. We'll meet at the upstairs bar around 7:00 pm, and will get started with introductions followed by a round of five minute lightening presentations at 7:30 pm.
So far, a few people have volunteered to lead lightning talks.
- Adrian Rossouw, in town from South Africa, will talk about Aegir, a set of modules that helps you easily deploy and maintain many Drupal sites. He'll talk about what you can do with Aegir, where the project is, and where it's going.
The floor is open for anyone to give a five minute lightening talk, so if you'd like to talk about something you're working on in Drupal - like a module, a new website/tool, a question you have, etc. - post your topic in the comments and come ready to talk.
DC Drupal meetups are for people of all skills/knowledge levels, and all levels of presentations are welcome. Don't be shy if you're just starting or thinking about starting with Drupal - the meetups are a great way to learn and meet people who've been in your shoes before.
More details on the venue are below. See you there!
Read moreJune NoVa Drupal Meetup
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE OF DAY - Tuesday instead of Wednesday.
Don't miss the June meetup! We'll have quick presentations from anyone who'd like to share and then discuss Drupalcon Paris - what we are looking forward to, hoping to see on the schedule, etc.
Have something you'd like to present or discuss? Let us know!
Location
RHODESIDE GRILL, downstairs
1836 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-0145
Drupal developers and themers available
Hello Drupal World.
Read moreMay Drupal Meetup: Monday, May 11 at Stetson's
The May Drupal meetup will take place on Monday, May 11, at Stetson's. We'll get started at 7:00 pm, and then have introductions and a round of 5 minute lightening presentations at 7:30 pm. If you'd like to talk about something you're working on in Drupal - like a module, a new website/tool, a question you have, etc. - post your topic in the comments and come ready to talk. Hopefully the internet at Stetsons is back up, but if you'll need it for your presentation, let me know so we can bug them about it more adamantly : )
These meetups are for people of all skills/knowledge levels, and all levels of presentations are welcome. Don't be shy if you're just starting or thinking about starting with Drupal - the meetups are a great way to learn and meet people who've been in your shoes before.
We'll meet at the upstairs bar at Stetson's at 7:00 pm. More details on the venue are below. See you there!
Read moreNorthern Virginia Drupal May Meetup
Don't miss the May meetup! Bring a challenge or problem you've been working on and we can all take a look and discuss. We'll have a screen and wireless available.
Basement of the RHODESIDE GRILL
1836 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-0145
Event: Using Drupal in Political and Advocacy Campaigns
Harish Rao will talk about the use of Drupal in political and advocacy campaigns. Harish was the Director of Information Technology for Dean for America (Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign), and subsequently has built online marketing campaigns, online communities, and Drupal based sites for a series of non-profit and for-profit organizations.
Tuesday, April 21rst, 6PM - 8PM @ TeqCorner, 1616 Anderson Road, 3rd Floor, McLean, VA 22102
To register:
http://yeatonpartners04-09.eventbrite.com/
Read moreFile Management
From my experience,there are a few major things lacking in Drupal. One of them that I have encountered a lot is the ability - or inability to manage files/documents effectively. I'd like to start laying the groundwork for a comprehensive file (or at least document) manager that allows some of the more popular feature requests e.g check in/check out, protected files & directories etc.
Read moreNorthern Virginia Drupal Meetup - April
We are looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at 6:30 PM. PLEASE NOTE WE'VE CHANGED THE VENUE - just down the road at Rhodeside Grill downstairs.
Location
RHODESIDE GRILL
1836 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 243-0145
More information here: http://drupal.meetup.com/21/
Open Mic! Come and share what you learned or took away from Drupalcon. We are interested in hearing from anyone who wants to share - we'll have a screen and WiFi connection available.
Cheers,
Tiffany
How much do you expect to pay monthly for hosting for your medium or large scale Drupal roll-out?
DrupalCon Ticket Available
I apologize if posting here is inappropriate, but I think members of this group might be interested. I have come down with a nasty flu. If anybody needs a ticket, or knows somebody who does, please contact smaskit at yahoo dot com. Thanks.
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Want to learn about Drupal? Join us for lunch at Drupal Con
On Thursday March 5th we will be giving a introductory Drupal presentation over lunch during the Drupal Conference. Gearing things for professionals reviewing Drupal, we will discuss the software’s capabilities, support services available, and give an orientation of the open-source community behind it. After the presentation we will have a question and answer session that will put Drupal in the hotseat.
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Help shape a Content Types and Views book
I am currently in the very beginning stages of writing a book on Drupal Content Types that will focus on Core, CCK, and Views. I have a first draft of the outline that I am working on. I would love to get community feedback to help shape the book at this very early stage.
http://alanio.net/blog/2009/02/first-draft-drupal-book-outline-content-t...
Thank you,
Alan
Podcast with Victor Kane, author of "Leveraging Drupal"
