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Clay Shirky on growing the Drupal community

Posted on Thu, Apr 24, 2008 by Kieran Lal
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I am at Web2Open and participating in the rapid fire question and answer session. Clay Shirky, Web 2.0 keynote speaker, and author of "Here comes everybody" is at my table. Clay's ideas are like poetry which leaves me struggling to even think of a topic to discuss with him.

Forrester study: Hot growth for Web 2.0 suites.... [ed. like Drupal]

Posted on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 by Kieran Lal
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On August 9th, 2007 the Drupal association was invited to participate in a study to size the global enterprise Web 2.0 market. We were invited since Drupal was associated with this technology market. Forrester wanted to get our insights and perspectives to help us with their research. The research and questions were answered by Troy Angrignon and myself. Troy and I discussed this report at Druaplcon Barcelona and he offered to help make some estimates of the Drupal business opportunity at the time.

Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs...

Posted on Tue, Apr 22, 2008 by Kieran Lal
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For fans of one of the greatest action classics of all time, Die Hard, you'll remember East coast cop John McClane's sarcastic description of his invitation to come out to the west coast after he gets trapped in a building full of thieves.

The Minnesota Search Sprint

Posted on Mon, Apr 21, 2008 by Robert Douglass
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Continuing the great and growing tradition of bringing people together in small groups to attack focused problems, a search related code sprint has been planned. From May 9 to 11, in the headquarters of the University of Minnesota Libraries, a small but dedicated group of Drupal coders will be melding minds to bring forth the next generation of Drupal search.

## Why Search?

Drupal has a great search module. The search index it builds powers search on Drupal.org and thousands of other sites. It is a critical piece of the Drupal project and fundamental to countless sites built on Drupal. Being able to effectively search for issues and solutions is a cornerstone of keeping the Drupal.org community happy and productive, so investing in making search even better is akin to investing in Drupal's overall success.

Dries Selected as a Business Week Best Young Entrepreneur of Tech

Posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 by Jeff Whatcott
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This is really cool and very well deserved. Dries was selected by Business Week magazine as a Best Young Entrepreneur of Tech.

Dries is "among a handful of innovators who are building businesses and products aimed at other companies and who were identified in a survey of venture capitalists and BusinessWeek editors and readers as some of this year's most promising young technology entrepreneurs."

Shining the light on Acquia and Drupal

Posted on Fri, Apr 18, 2008 by Bryan House
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Things are cooking here at Acquia - with lots happening to spread the word about Acquia and Drupal.

First - Dries was named one of Tech’s best young entrepreneur’s today by Businessweek.com. It’s a good piece & Dries got great billing in the article. Congratulations, Dries - well deserved .

Drupal at MySQL expo day 2 and 3

Posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 by Kieran Lal
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Here's how the MySQL expo went by the numbers:

* 145 Drupal rocks mini business cards were handed out. Actual size image on the right.
* I talked directly with approximately 115 people. 69 of those people were either aware of Drupal, considering, or in some advanced stage of using Drupal.
* I am on the fifth day of trying out my new social publishing elevator pitch, and it's going really well.
* Drupal is being adopted as the new developer community web platform of choice. Even other web application frameworks are using Drupal because it's just the best solution. Some companies using Drupal for their communities include: http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com, http://blenderstorm.com, http://dev.aol.com, http://haiku-os.com. I'll post more on that topic later.
* Sooz put together a slide show of 37 Drupal showcase sites, to be posted soon, and it's running on a loop. It's getting a lot of attention and Drupal is being associated with well known brands. The variety of types of sites being built are making for a great halo around Drupal.

Minneapolis: Hub of the Drupalverse?

Posted on Thu, Apr 17, 2008 by Chuck D'Antonio
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As a native Bostonian, I'm pretty hesitant about calling something the "hub" of anything. I have to go reconsider my instinct as I look at the Drupal events scheduled for the week of May 5-11 in Minneapolis. That week, the Twin Cities will host two opportunities for training, the Drupal search sprint, and a the Minnesota Bar Camp (minnebar). For that week, the Hub of the Drupalverse has clearly shifted to the American Midwest.

Drupal at MySQL conference day 1

Posted on Wed, Apr 16, 2008 by Kieran Lal
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I am at the MySQL conference and expo in Santa Clara, CA this week. I am representing Drupal at the dot org pavilion. There was no expo on Monday, so I spent my day arranging a Drupal Birds of a Feather for Wednesday, at 7:30PM and working with Sooz on perfecting the Drupal booth kit.

I spent most of my day meeting and talking with MySQL folks. I apologize for the shameless name dropping.

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