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Drupal wordmark September 23, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , 9 comments

Ought-o.  This can’t be good.  
Drupal logotype with splash
Drupal is getting a wordmark, and it looks very web 2.0.  It’s still going through it’s finial stages of development, but, I have some quick concerns about it.

  1. “This will not be a design by committee process - the Designer will have the final word”, that’s worrisome.
  2. Drupal is many things, but, it still doesn’t have the power to change the laws of physics (that’s coming in Drupal 8 ;) ).  The “droplets” shouldn’t be coming out of the u for no reason.  I mean, no one wants a logo that looks like it’s sweating.
  3. Why is the d a different color?  Please tell me you don’t plan on using that seporate from the rest of the word mark?
  4. the space between the d and l feels awkward, as does the shape of the letter p and a, it looks like they are they, watching you :)
  5. Learn from others mistakes.
I can’t wait to see the next draft!
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Gets your thoughts for the drupal.org redesign in! September 17, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , 1 comment so far
Pro Drupal Development + Information Architect...Image by symbi via Flickr

There are lots of ways to be involved:

  1. Working on an Experience Strategy for Drupal.org
  2. Creating a framework to understand the Drupal.org audience
  3. Having a Mass Wireframing Frenzy (Come wireframe with me!) 
  4. Doing a big online card sort to help solve the information architecture challenge! 
  5. Wondering if D.O should be one site or several? 
I, of course, have some thoughts on all this :)
First of all, I don’t agree with the conclusions in #1.  I don’t think drupal.org, at least right now, has being a social site as it’s #1 goal.  Not to mention that groups was supposed to take over the social aspect.  Now groups vs. forums is a big mess and a nasty headache.  I personally don’t like groups, but if they want to use it, go the whole way!

Wireframe for a new intergrated bugtracker

Wireframe for a new intergrated bugtracker

#5 hits on this a bit.  I would personally love to see the whole Drupal.org experience be seamless.  I really don’t like have bits of the community here and there, and I’d love to see it all be 1 site.
#3, well, I have my own wireframes to contribute! :)  I see this redesign as a great chance to get some of my developer wish-lists into drupal.org.  See one of them at right.
In my opinion, now the best time to make Drupal.org more developer friendly, not just end-user friendly!
Don’t forget to let your voice be heard.
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All not well in the world of Drupal themes? September 11, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal, Uncategorized , add a comment
A graphical depiction of a very simple css doc...Image via Wikipedia

It seems Template Monster is now offering Drupal themes as part of it’s collection (it also previously offered Joomla themes).  Top Notch Themes was hot on their case, and showed some horrific tables-based markup and hard coded block CSS selectors in one of the Template Monster themes.

drupal4hu also brought up Template Monster themes, twice.  Looks like Template Monster is going to need to step it up a notch if they want to applease the Drupal community.  CSS based markup would be a nice start :)
And also, non-themeing related, if you want a humorous journey of browser identification themes, ending with Google Chrome, you’ll need to check this out!

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Google Chrome - Bop Bop! September 3, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , 3 comments

google chrome simon

This just made me laugh.  Thanks to Glazblog for sharing!  Also worth noting that the JavaScript engine in the next version of Firefox will be FASTER than Google Chrome. :)

DrupalCon 2008: Szeged - The Final Wrapup September 1, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , add a comment

Szeged inspired a boat-load of blog posts, tons of bugs, lots of documentation, hours of video, a wack of patches, and lots of other great stuff that no one thought to tell me about ;)  I’ve been spending some time going through what’s happened at Szeged (being on the side lines myself) and digging through all the good stuff to find the real gold nuggets from the latest Drupalcon.

Drupalcon Banner

Drupalcon Banner

Photos

One great thing about Drupalcons is you have dozens of people with camera phones and camera snapping photos of every IRC nick and Drupal developer that get within range of.  This provides a great opportunity to put some faces to the names.

Video

Many sessions were videotaped, and are up at the sessions page on the Szeged Drupalcon website.  They make for some great watching!  The “State of Drupal” session by Dries is always what I find most interesting personally.  I’ll be watching with interest :)  It should be noted most of the sessions also have the slides available too, listed on the same page.

Fan Mail

Some people have also have given this Drupalcon some great feedback as well.  Such as Mikkel Høgh in his blog:

It’s hard to find words for how great I think it has been. Meeting so many talented and friendly people has been inspiring. There is something special about the Druapl community. Unlike other computer events or conferences I have been at, everyone has been friendly and open to me

Development

There is also some great new development that has been sparked on by Drupalcon Szeged.  Such as anew MediaRSS module being contemplated.

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Daily Changelog replaced August 31, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , add a comment

I’ve decided to make a widget on the right of my blog that always lists the last 10 things fixed/added in Drupal.  You can also grab the RSS feed directly.  It’s great motivation!

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Daily Changelog: August 30, 2008 August 30, 2008

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Loads of updates from Drupalcon Szeged! August 29, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , 1 comment so far
pic 010Image by Tine & Hagen Graf via Flickr

There are quite a few blog posts up now about how Drupalcon Szeged is going, here are some of the picks of the crop:

Whew. So day 1 of Drupalcon Szeged was a whirlwind of fun. Szeged is a very cool town. Lots of things going on, easy to get around and the weather is awesome! I’m not a good note-taker at all but here are the highlights for my day: 
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Day one of the Drupal Con in Szeged, Hungary. Morten and I made the initial keynote speech by Dries & Co. Well, almost. We were in the door about 4 seconds, there was some clapping, and we left. 
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The famous starting keynote of DrupalCon!
After an official introduction by Gábor and Kristof (Thank you for noticing the 7% rule has been improved to 10%! see image) we came to know that Belgium attendees are represented with 3% of the whole conference! It’s not much but I expect it to grow! After this it was time to get a short look on the Drupal development project and get information about where it is heading.
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Day 2 started out with the Awesome Testing Party, which consisted of a room full of people in pairs learning how to write automated tests. I had hoped for at least 10-20 people there. There were 80+ (!) and together we enjoyed delicious Hungarian pancakes and chocolate. I still have yet to thoroughly review the results, but as of this moment there are 24 of the testing issues bumped, several with patches that need review, and one that even got committed during the session! :)
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Drupalcon Szeged Videos! August 28, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal, Game Maker , 2 comments
SzegedImage via Wikipedia

For those like me that couldn’t attend in person, there are some Szeged videos floating around right now on archive.org (note: I didn’t make these, remember, I’m not there ;) ).  Enjoy!

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Visit on archive.org

http://revver.com/video/1137068/drupalcon-2008-szeged-security-bof/

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Looking for work August 26, 2008

Posted by Robin in : Drupal , 1 comment so far
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Just a quick note that I’m activing looking for work again in Drupal development or system administration.  You can can drop me a comment, or email me at robin @ robinmonks . com and I’ll be happy to send a copy of my resume right out :)

I’ve worked with Drupal 5 and Drupal 6, and am proficient in setting up custom Drupal sites using Drupal’s full potential.  I’d prefer a long term arrangement, but will consider short-term contract work as well.

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