Doing documentation in open source is often hard, doing it well is even harder. All projects have to struggle with this in some way and, in true open source community spirit, why don’t we get together and help each other? I’m excited to spread the word that the open source world is going to getContinueContinue reading “Writing Open Source Conference”
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Let the games begin
As much as my cohort and friend walkah takes digs at sprints ;-), I myself am a huge fan, caught up in the giddy wave of “getting shit done” while hanging around with a bunch of geeks eating Pringles and ice cream. With the Knight Foundation awarding me money to make it happen in theContinueContinue reading “Let the games begin”
Docs Challenge March: Style guide review
I know I’m a bit late on the monthly challenge this time around, but between the Usability sprint and Drupalcon I’ve been a bit too hectic to get a post written up. So this will be a short month, but hopefully we can rock it anyway. This month the focus will be on spiffing upContinueContinue reading “Docs Challenge March: Style guide review”
Funding for Drupal docs gets real
At the Drupalcon DC keynote I was in for a bit of a shock. After Dries had delivered the State of Drupal and its general rockingness, Jose Zamora from the Knight Foundation took the stage. He started talking about the Drupal proposals that were submitted last year to the Knight Drupal Initiative (KDI), one ofContinueContinue reading “Funding for Drupal docs gets real”
Sprinting isn’t just for code
A grand tradition of Drupalcons is to end with a day of sprinting. Sprints are most often associated with a bunch of hackers chewing on code. Well, our community is more than code or coders. We are a rich community both in people and in the broader work we do to keep Drupal-land humming smoothlyContinueContinue reading “Sprinting isn’t just for code”
Learning About Leaders
I am not a great follower of politics nor of modern history (modern meaning anything after the Roman Empire, 😉 I’m an ancient history freak). I’ve been fascinated by Barack Obama, not just from the plain emotional freedom from the Bush years he represents, but also his steady rise as a leader in my mind.ContinueContinue reading “Learning About Leaders”
The Drupal Association from the inside
The Drupal Association (DA) is getting ready to vote on new members next week. We are looking for more people to help carry the Drupal community forward. But what does it mean really? I know when I was accepted last year as a Permanent Member, I had a very fuzzy idea of what I wasContinueContinue reading “The Drupal Association from the inside”
Help the Drupal Help system, help you
Aside from general docs work, like the monthly challenges and our current projects, my main priority the last few weeks (and into the foreseeable future) is getting a new Help system into Drupal 7 and making it kick behind. The patch to get the base system in is very close and we just need aContinueContinue reading “Help the Drupal Help system, help you”
Docs challenge February: cleaning comments
Thanks to a whole slew of people, we rocked the socks off of the January challenge and got the Documentation issue queue down to a svelte 125 issues. Keep in mind that includes all new issues that came in for the month too, so BIG thanks to everyone that helped out. Hopefully we can stayContinueContinue reading “Docs challenge February: cleaning comments”
SANDcamp: It’s the people, stupid
I had a great time at SANDcamp this weekend. It was great to catch up with friends I hadn’t seen in a while and I met lots of cool people. Most of the time I was trying to suck them into the Drupal community. 😉 My keynote was “It’s the people, stupid!” and I’ve attachedContinueContinue reading “SANDcamp: It’s the people, stupid”