Drupal Cleveland - DrupalCon DC 2009

The Path to Richer Text (DrupalCon DC 2009 notes)

Jeff Schuler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:17:58 +0000

The Path to Richer Text: Input Format Improvements in Drupal 7
David Rothstein

Adding input formats to main permissions lists -- this role can use this input format. Not quite in D7 core yet.

Warnings on permissions page for allowing unsafe formats? New patch needed.

Must get rid of allowing setting of site-wide default text format.

Weights on input formats

Keynote: Our Online Identity (DrupalCon DC 2009 notes)

Jeff Schuler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 20:22:57 +0000

Keynote: Our Online Identity
Chris Messina

Social Web, Cloud computing, and its discontents

Our Online Identies, My Online Identity, I am Mine, I am You

Web 2.0: WTF?

"Build applications that harnes network effects -- to get better, the more people use them." (O'Reilly)

Rules

Project Management For Fun and Profit

Jeff Schuler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:21:28 +0000

Project Management For Fun and Profit
Crystal Williams

The Talking Stage

There is no shortcut
Clients are the experts on their needs, though they don't always know how to express that, but your'e the expert on getting them there. Show what you know, but listen.
You can't afford to save time on planning or communication.

Process

Selling Drupal Services (DrupalCon DC 2009 notes)

Jeff Schuler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:44:53 +0000

Selling You and Your (Drupal) Services
Neil Giarratana

True genius is pulling threads out of the ether, and giving them reality. "Oh wow, nobody's ever said that?"

If you do the right thing, winning takes care of itself.

What you're selling is invisible.

The true product of a business is the business itself.

Promiscuous Drupal: Building Your Site With Web APIs (DrupalCon DC 2009 notes)

Jeff Schuler — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:26:39 +0000

Promiscuous Drupal: Building Your Site With Web APIs
Jeff Eaton

How many folks in this room came to Drupal after trying to build their own CMS? Quite a few... Drupal tends to emphasize homegrown, native solutions to everything.

"Drupal: the blogging software with the worst forum software built-in." -- Walkah