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DrupalCon Paris Debriefing
A week after DrupalCon Paris, our team is still talking about the conference, and trying to find some good crêpes. You may say that any conference in Paris is worth going to, and I would not argue with you. Paris is a beautiful city. But DrupalCon also did not disappoint. There were plenty of interesting sessions, conversations, and people to make the trip worthwhile in any city.Here are some thoughts from a few of us at Aten who attended:
- Scott Reynen
I really enjoyed the Ice Cream Sprint before DrupalCon. It was my first experience working on Drupal core and I found the Drupal community makes it really easy to get involved. It was great to meet so many people I’d only seen as usernames previously.
- Brad Bowman
As always, I think my favorite part was connecting with people who I interact with in the issues queues and irc on a daily basis but rarely get to see.
It’s a great experience to connect face to face and learn from other peoples experience and ideas. Whether it was talking with people about dealing with large data imports, improving the design and development process, or managing an effective communications strategy, I was consistently walking away from conversations with a combination of affirmation for our current path, and plenty to think about for the future.
- Justin Toupin
I can’t think of a better, more inspirational setting for this kind of event. The conference was stacked with informative talks, and full of people doing a huge range of work with Drupal. The resulting breadth of perspectives was powerful.
I was particularly pleased (and surprised) to hear as much talk as there was about an “iterative approach.” We’ve been talking about, implementing, and refining an iterative process for several years now, with really positive results. It was good to hear about others’ experiences in a similar direction.
As Jon already pointed out, the city itself is beautiful — what better setting for discussing strategy around development, design and communication than the cafes, metro cars and museums of Paris.
We left excited and inspired about the projects we’re working on and the growing opportunities we have to help advance the Drupal community. It’s just hard to believe we have to wait until April for the next one. DrupalCon San Fransisco, here we come!
- Scott Reynen
DrupalCamp Colorado was a success - let's keep the party going
DrupalCamp Colorado ‘09 was the best yet! We had double the attendees (over 200), a bigger venue with better sessions, a great party and UberCamp to boot. Justin, Eric and Brad got to present in a couple different sessions. Afterward, we met with other planners and presenters to review this year’s Camp and start the planning for next year’s. We’re thrilled with DrupalCamp 09 and are really excited about what’s in store for 2010.
But there are some things we shouldn’t have to wait a whole year for. So to keep the spirit of DrupalCamp Colorado alive, we’re going to host another party.
Thursday, July 16th we’re throwing a shindig for the area Dupal community at the Aten office so we can pick up our conversations where we left them - in meatspace. We’ll provide the beer, the Wii and the AC. The upstairs patio even has a view of downtown, so you might even feel like you’re back at the DrupalCamp party.
Aten Design Group is located just a few blocks East of Downtown Denver.
When
Thursday, July 16th
Starting at 7:00 PMWhere
Aten Design Group
1629 Downing St.
Denver, CO 80218
DirectionsWhat the office looks like
Our office takes up a few floors of an old house on Downing Street, so knowing what you’re looking for will come in handy. We’ll put a sign on the door too.
Parking
Street parking on 16th should be the easiest.
Questions
If you have any questions, give me (Jon) a call at 303-830-2252, or use our contact form.
Platinum Sponsors at DrupalCamp Colorado!
We're proud to be Platinum Sponsors for this years DrupalCamp Colorado. The camp this year is shaping up to be an excellent one. It's been moved from the Denver Open Media facilities where about 90 people met last year, to the DPPA events center in downtown Denver which should have room for up to 400 attendees. In addition to regular camp activities, we'll also be joined this year by Ubercamp, as well as a media and documentation sprint.
Looking over the sessions list on drupalcampcolorado.org, it looks like this years camp is shaping up to be an exciting event. We'll see you there!
