DrupalCampToronto 2012 Keynote

1. living drupal
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2. surviving drupal
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3. hi, i’m james
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4. @ walkah .net
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5. why am i here?
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6. how did i get here?
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7. a little story...
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8. 2002
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9. terminus1525
http://www.flickr.com/photos/emenel/2975947713/in/
photostream/
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10. terminus1525.ca
• > 10,000 lines of custom code
(theme and modules)
• entirely custom media handling
• built and launched ~ 3 months
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11. 2004
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12. drupal-world-
domination.com
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13. “ i'm pretty excited. i've really
enjoyed getting involved in the
drupal community, there are
some outstanding folks
involved, and the future is very
bright. yay
”
http://walkah.net/blog/walkah/drupal-world-domination-com/
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14. fun
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15. exciting
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16. invincible
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17. Saturday, 17 November, 12

18. took drupal to new places
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/19570109/in/photostream/
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19. bryght
• 1st commercial entity focused on
drupal
• presented at the 1st ever
drupalcon (2005)
• founding member of the security
team and drupal association
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20. hosted drupal
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21. on-boarding
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22. UX
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23. Saturday, 17 November, 12

24. drupal training
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25. on-boarding
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26. 2009
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27. why i hate drupal.com
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28. and now?
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29. http://www.flickr.com/photos/esther-/1427629397/
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30. i have...
• written code for core • trained thousands of
(thankfully most of new drupal users and
it has been removed) developers
• written and • co-authored a book
“maintained” dozens
of modules • made DVDs
• hosted thousands of • worked on sites with
drupal websites millions of nodes,
pageviews/month
• given presentations
around the world
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31. there is a place
for you
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32. find your niche
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33. survival guide
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34. (1)
let go of what it was
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35. drupal is
different now
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36. ... and that’s okay
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37. always changing
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38. (2)
accept what it’s not
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39. lightweight
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40. simple
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41. a development
framework
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42. (3)
embrace what it is
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43. the best open
source cms
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44. huge, active,
passionate
community
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45. capable of change
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46. capable of change
• D8 Initiatives
• Symfony 2 component adoption
• Drupal governance sprint
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47. e d
i n
e f mantras
e d
r
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48. don’t hack core
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49. Saturday, 17 November, 12

50. please, hack core
• understand how it works
• learn how to use it better
• help the core team
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51. there’s a module
for that
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52. ...but it probably
sucks
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53. be careful
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54. developers:
don’t be afraid to
write code
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55. come for the software,
stay for the community
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56. come for the community.
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57. thank you
@walkah
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