jam
Community Affairs Manager
Acquia, Inc.
Acquia Manager of Community Affairs Jeffrey A. "jam" McGuire has a longstanding passion for the Drupal project and its community. Presenting around the world at Drupal and other events helps satisfy his inner diva, which he also feeds with performances as a storyteller, singer, french horn and alphorn player. Tags: Musician, foodie, Drupalista ...
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Recent blog posts
Posted on jeudi, le 13 juin 2013, 12h04 EDT
It's the DrupalCon Portland Floor Show! I went around the exhibitors' area and through the halls of the Oregon Convention Center asking two vital questions to our community:
What is your favorite thing about Drupal?
Why should other
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 5 juin 2013, 07h17 EDT
Short, but sweet this week in the Acquia podcast: Drupal 8 Accessibility Maintainer Mike Gifford, and accessibility contributor Vincenzo Rubano talk about DrupalCon Portland and say thanks for all the help that allowed Vincenzo to attend
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 29 mai 2013, 15h41 EDT
Gaelan Steele was the youngest delegate at DrupalCon Portland. Since I had had the pleasure of speaking with him and his father Douglas Urner while leading the Drupal Association scholarship committee earlier this year, I really wanted to meet
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 22 mai 2013, 15h31 EDT
Here is one more conversation I had at Drupal Camp Alpe-Adria in April, 2013. Ranko Marinic is from Croatia and has some great perspectives. He works as an IT consultant with a wide range of technologies and with Drupal "by night". He is studying
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 15 mai 2013, 20h03 EDT
Here are the highlights from a few of the conversations I had with attendees of the 2013 Drupal Camp Alpe-Adria, held in April in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The camp was a wild success and attracted a large, international crowd. I'll post a couple more
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 8 mai 2013, 13h36 EDT
This week's podcast features two Drupal Scots: Duncan Davidson (recorded live in a back alley right after Drupal Camp Scotland 2013) and Brian Ward (recorded via Skype, post-event). Duncan is the Scottish regional manager and UK Professional
Plus... Posted on jeudi, le 2 mai 2013, 12h38 EDT
Shannon Vettes is the Partner Manager at Commerce Guys in Paris; the company leading the way in making Drupal the platform of choice for eCommerce. Among other things, she has the rewarding job of coordinating adding modules and services to the
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 24 avril 2013, 11h54 EDT
In this episode – "Meet Angie Byron, Part 2: The Return of the Webchick" – we cover how Angie got into the Drupal project, how to hide under blankets, and how to break other people's modules.
In part one of this conversation, we talked about
Plus... Posted on mercredi, le 17 avril 2013, 14h34 EDT
I recently sat down at Acquia HQ with my friend and colleague, Angela "webchick" Byron. She is a Drupal core co-maintainer, book author, Drupal Association board member, public speaker, equality advocate, and all-around powerhouse contributor.
Plus... Posted on lundi, le 15 avril 2013, 10h57 EDT
If you can, I would like you to make a donation to this IndieGoGo campaign to help Vincenzo Rubano DrupalCon Portland. What's this all about? Read on.
FOSS is your license to make a difference
Lately, some people on the web have been
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