Heather James

Manager of Learning Services

Experienced and passionate educator, having worked at primary to third level education to professional training. Passionate about creativity, and innovative thinking skills. Keenly curious about how we learn at all stages of our lives, and how best to facilitate learning.

My background in fine arts, graphic design, print, video and web production supplies me with the skills to pursue my interest in developing social technologies for learning as well as personal and professional development.

When Dries asked at DrupalCon San Francisco: "Has Drupal changed your life?" I was one of the people who stood up. It's an amazing experience, and feel I'm participating in a larger cultural shift which shows the benefits of collaboration and working together. This gives me hope that the world is getting better.

Recent blog posts

Drupal t-skirt!

Posted on Monday, May 7, 2012 - 15:15

by Heather It's the Drupal t-skirt! You have a pile of Drupal t-shirts, you can knit some Drupal socks (by Emma Jane Hogbin), and now you can complete your outfit with a skirt. Today was a day off in the UK. (Yay bank holidays!) I decided to More...

New to Drupal? Learn how to build an event calendar

Posted on Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 09:26

By Heather James Pretty much every time I run a Hello Drupal course, people want to know more about event calendars in Drupal. These two questions just came into my inbox just this morning: Q: Is it possible to have different users logging on and More...

Drupal for government in Dublin

Posted on Monday, April 23, 2012 - 12:25

My colleague, Frank Maxwell, and I presented recently at the "OSForum" - open source forum day for local government in Ireland, after that we received emails from people who wanted to know more. It seemed we needed to do something to suit a bigger More...

Ensure internal adoption with end-user training

Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 06:01

This week we'll learn about the importance of end-user training. In February, I'll write about modules you can use to customize the editor user experience in Drupal, and some news about initiatives in Drupal to improve the content administrator More...

Site building is for coders too.

Posted on Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - 04:49

New to Drupal, but you're an experienced coder? Drop the API, and step away from the command line. In one of our most popular webinars of 2011 about developing with Drupal, developer Camilla Jensen (naxoc) admitted that- even with her experience More...

Drupal is content first, and that's good

Posted on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 08:03

As a Drupal trainer, I am very interested in the results of usability testing because it often chimes with the same observations we make of new users as they learn Drupal. One finding in particular strikes a chord for those who are new to theming: " More...

Does my site look drupally in this?

Posted on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 11:58

No naming and shaming here, but you know you've seen it. You're browsing around and see something very "drupally" about a site. Suspiciously, you view source or look at builtwith.com just to double check. What was it that you noticed? Was it some More...

How to use Hello Drupal

Posted on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - 09:24

By Heather James If you're running a business around Drupal services, giving talks and presentations is great way to highlight your own expertise and get the word out about Drupal. Preparation, however, takes time. We created "Hello Drupal" as a More...

Drupal skill sets: Please give your feedback!

Posted on Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 13:57

By: Heather James Are you interested in learning Drupal? Are you a Drupal trainer or screencaster? We'd love to hear from you about your own learning experience and how you found your way through Drupal. Please share your feedback on the "Drupal More...

Why DrupalCon London Codesprint was so good

Posted on Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 11:28

By Heather James Confession: I'm not a coder, and I love code sprints. Previously, I wrote about how Awesome BoFs are, but really, the best part of DrupalCon is: The Code Sprint. And London's was a great example. Here's why: the context, the space More...