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Winning More by Hating Professional PR Less
Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 by Jeff Whatcott RSS
Bert Boerland just posted his take on press releases by the Drupal Association and Drupal community members. Like many developers I talk to, Bert is suspicious of professional PR and marketing. He would rather see more leveraged use of the community to get the word out about Drupal.
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Need your vote - Acquia round 2 video @ Enterprise 2.0 Launchpad
Thanks to everyone who voted for Acquia in the first round of Enterprise 2.0's people's choice (aka American Idol) contest for their Launchpad event. We received 80 votes in the first round and made it to Round 2. The top 4 vote getters in Round 2 will present on stage at the Enterprise 2.0 Conference.
Please take a moment to view & vote for Acquia's 2nd round video.
In the 2nd round, the top 8 vote getters were given 2 minutes to demo and tell their story. Demonstrating Drupal in 2... More
Drupal.org re-design business kick-off meeting
Last week we had a business kick-off meeting for the Drupal.org re-design. The purpose of this meeting was to start two important efforts: establishing business objectives for the re-design, and begin the re-design request for qualifications and request for proposals process.
Drupal.org is many things to many people, and there are a lot of ideas about how to improve the site. The Drupal association has limited cash resources, and limited volunteer resources to implement a re-design so it's important that the association has clear business objectives to help prioritize the scope of this... More
Joining Acquia!
I have joined Acquia! I am excited to be joining Acquia for two reasons: 1. I have never joined a startup before, and I cannot think of a better opportunity to work with a group of smart and dedicated people; 2. the vast majority of my work so far has been spent developing proprietary software and I see this as a tremendous opportunity to spend more time with open source software.
I am coming from Openwave Systems, Inc. where I spent most of my time working on the JavaScript front end of a highly scalable email system. I hope to bring the expertise I developed at Openwave to the Drupal... More




