Business

Greece hasn't had an easy ride lately. Through the financial crisis and collapse of public sector funding and wages, many young Greeks have suddenly lost their prospective career path. The trash collection and public transportation workers have been striking, meaning not only will you have to walk to work, you might have to avoid gigantic piles of trash, ironically decorated with Christmas lights, along the way. To add insult to injury, it snowed the day I arrived - a rare event - and many of the smaller roads in the mountains were closed. It would be easy to feel held down in such an environment; not so the Greek Drupal community. The buzz and energy at this weekend's DrupalCamp Athens was palpable, and one could taste the optimism as plans were made for testing Drupal 7, holding translation sprints, and sharing resources on finding venture capital for startups. Plus...