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Heading to Denver for DrupalCon
Next week I’m off to Denver for DrupalCon 2012. Since DrupalCon 2008 (which was in Boston) I’ve done both SXSW and DrupalCon each year, but that was proving to be a bit of an overload, so this year...
View ArticleDries’ Keynote and the Assembled Web
At this morning’s DrupalCon Denver keynote, Dries mentioned the concept of the Assembled Web a number of times: how Drupal enables web applications to be assembled from component parts (both parts from...
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WordCamp Boston 2012, Design for Drupal 4
This weekend Boston lives up to its reputation as a strong city for open source CMS activities, with both WordCamp Boston 2012 and Design for Drupal 4 in the same weekend. WordCamp will be at the...
View ArticleWhy the heck isn’t WordPress a CMS?
Slides from my WordCamp Boston 2012 talk on Why the @#!!@ isn’t WordPress a CMS: Why the heck isnt word press a cms View more PowerPoint from John Eckman Obviously it’ll be more useful once the video...
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DrupalCampCT
Very excited to announce I’ll be giving the keynote talk at DrupalCampCT later this month (August 18th, 2012)! 2012 CT Drupal Camp Keynote: Delivering Results: The State of Content Management and the...
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Western Mass DrupalCamp
With the arrival of the new year, it’s time again for DrupalCamp Western MA. This year it will be held January 19th, with (I believe – doesn’t say on the site anymore) the 26th as a potential if it...
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WordPress talks at CMS Expo
Last year I spoke at CMS Expo in Chicago about Busting Web Experience Management Myths. But while covering the event for the CMS Myth, I noticed that WordPress was visibly absent from the Showcase. In...
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Truly Responsive Design
A few weekends ago, I spoke at Design 4 Drupal Boston 2013. It was a great opportunity to update and give a talk I had been scheduled to give at WordCamp Providence (but was unable to deliver), on the...
View ArticleWhat can the WordPress community learn from the State of Drupal?
This week, the Drupal community gathered in Austin for DrupalCon 2014, including the annual “State of Drupal” address from Dries Buytaert. It’s the first North American Drupalcon I’ve missed since...
View ArticleIs there a single WordPress community, or a single Drupal community?
(Photo credit: Schipulcon 2011 Day 2 Photos under CC Attribution Share-Alike license) Two recent posts got me thinking about the Drupal community and the WordPress community. First, Mendel Kurland...
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What can the WordPress community learn from the State of Drupal (2015)?
Last year I wrote a post about what the WordPress community could learn from the State of Drupal, Dries’ annual address at DrupalCon (aka the Driesnote, carrying a similar importance as Matt’s State of...
View ArticleWhat the Drupal Community Can Learn From WordPress: Philosophy Driven...
(Image courtesy of Maura Teal) I’ve written now a couple of times about what I think the WordPress community can learn from Drupal, and specifically Dries’ keynotes at DrupalCon, which I always make...
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