NASA CLEARS THE RUNWAY FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
Doesn't specifically mention Drupal, but I thought this might be of interest. The code.nasa.gov site is Wordpress, although whitehouse.gov is Drupal.
Mossy
Jan. 18, 2012
RELEASE: 12-021
NASA CLEARS THE RUNWAY FOR OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- The NASA Open Government Initiative has
launched a new website to expand the agency's open source software
development
Open source development, which invites the public access to view and
improve software source code, is transforming the way software is
Artists invited to shape NBN
An opportunity for drupalers to be creative! Perhaps a joined project of one of the groups in Australia. Could be a fun group brain storming to discuss what Drupal can do with NBN
And this dudes also pay!
http://www.artshub.com.au/au/news-article/news/arts/artists-invited-to-s...
Read moreDDU2012 - still tix available - spread the word - check out the training
Hard to believe there's less than a month to go now until Drupal Downunder is underway in Melbourne from 13 to 15 Jan 2012.
The program is up, the keynotes are scheduled, there's already over 150 people registered to attend. Why not join us? Tix are AU$275
http://drupaldownunder.org/register
Spread the word
If you can't make it, please help spread the word... the more the merrier.
We're using hashtag #DDU2012 on twitter
Follow http://twitter.com/DrupalDownunder & http://twitter.com/DDUMelbourne.
You can also find us in these places:
Read moresms gateway
What sms gateways are people using?
There is:
http://drupal.org/project/smsframework
Just need to get it to work with a gateway from an Australian hosted site to Australian based customer base.
Regards,
Ashley
Read moreUbercart and Australia Post's eParcel
Anyone people had experience of getting Ubercart to work with Australia Post's eParcel?
I can see how a custom module could be created, but before setting down that path I wanted to see if anyone had any experience?
Read moreVoting open - help design the program for Drupal Downunder 2012
We've had a phenomenal response to the call for sessions for Drupal Downunder 2012. Now, we'd like your help in determining what should be on the program. Session voting has been enabled on the website.
If you can find some time over the next few days to review the proposals and vote for those you'd personally like to see in January, we'd really appreciate it.
Voting is open until 5pm this Saturday, 26 November.
Review the full list of proposals and cast your votes here http://drupaldownunder.org/program/sessions/proposed
Read moreAnyone recommend a bulk email SMTP service?
Hi,
I have a church-related professional/social networking site I am running for a client. Have been plonking along nicely - but recently they have decided that they are ramping up the email notifications, and want to send ALL forum topics/comments to ALL members by default. Members are used to yahoo groups, so apparently that's what they want...
Anyhoo - they have a small but growing Victorian based member list - currently about 120.
We are currently using their google apps domain email as the SMTP relay. But Google apps (free one) has a cap of 500 emails a day.
Get help with your community projects - up to 200 hours of development assistance on offer
As part of our roll-out of Drupal services locally, Openquarter is offering to contribute resources to mainly non-profit community projects. This assistance is available to individuals and organisations working on Drupal projects within Australia or contemplating on launching something new.
How we can help
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PHP Mini Conf
If you are in Canberra (or will be around) there will be a PHP Mini Conf running as part of the OSDC Mini Conf days.
There willl be a talk from Chris Skene (aka xtfer http://drupal.org/user/31698 ) who will discuss what it is like becoming a Drupal contributer and the workflow for code contribution etc
The mini confs go for two days and cost $5o for the ticket for Monday and Tuesday, if you are going to the open source developers conference then the Mini Confs are free.
To find more information about the mini conf;
Read moredrupalfinder.com
Hi all
This is a little project I've been working on for the past few days: http://drupalfinder.com
It's just a web crawler that looks for Drupal sites, although you can use it to search any sites in the database by search string or host.
So far it's found nearly 1000 Drupal sites. The web crawler is powered by a cron job so there will be thousands more automatically added over the coming days.
Please let me know if you have any ideas or feedback.
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