DrupalCon Paris 2009

Kent Bye interviewed me (Bevan Rudge) in early September at DrupalCon Paris about Drupal in New Zealand, CivicActions and some recent projects. Yesterday Lullabot released the podcast as Lullabot Drupal Voices 75.

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This hook_world_alter() T-shirt idea was something Trevor Twining came up with way back at DrupalCon DC.  I got a single T-shirt made for DrupalCon Paris.  A number of people said they wanted one – though since I'm not interested in the business of making T-shirts, I thought I'd make

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If you don't want to browse the 2500+ photos from DrupalCon Paris on Flickr, but still want to see some photos, try these sets for the highlights instead;

• Bevan's Favorites on Flickr (215 in set) – a selection of highlights from all DrupalCon Paris photos.
• Elv's DrupalCon Paris 20009 photo set (179 set)
• Jeff Eaton's photos tagged "DrupalCon" (26 in set)
• Pedro Lozano's Drupal Paris 2009 photo set (94 in set)
• Bevan's DrupalCon Paris 2009 set (138 in set)
• Namo's DrupalCon Paris 2009 photo set (85 in set)

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I was extremely pleased with my DrupalCon Paris session on jQuery for Designers and Themers. It was a great success – my best session yet. UPDATE: Watch the video here. You can see the slides at tinyurl.com/jQuery-Designers and download the sample theme code from drupal.org/project/jq4dat. I made a couple of references to blog posts and work I've done with jQuery during the session:

• I wrote a jQuery dashboard plugin that uses jQuery UI's Sortable library to make an iGoogle-like dashboard with an example server-side implementation.
• Calling drupal_get_js() and drupal_get_css() from page preprocess functions creates an unnecessary performance hit. This blog post discusses a technique that allows javascript and CSS to be added in the page preprocess function without needing to call drupal_get_js() and drupal_get_css().

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CivicActions is in Paris, and we are running some great sessions at DrupalCon Paris 2009;

• Day 2, Wednesday 2 September;
  • How to contribute to Drupal by Stella Power and Bevan Rudge
• Day 3, Thursday 3 September;
  • Projets Multilingues, multilingual internationlized projects too! by Doug Green and others.
  • Hosting meetups, camps, and virtual classes: building the community that builds Drupal by Stella Power and others.
• Day 4, Friday 4 September;
  • jQuery for designers and themers by Bevan Rudge.

We won't be at the job fair this year, but please hunt us down at the conference (we'll be wearing CivicActions t-shirts) if you're looking for work or want to join a first-class international and virtual team of world-changing Drupal developers. You can also contact us through the website for more info or if you want to make sure you don't miss us.

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We're heading to Paris to serve up a sweet entree of 15 five-minute speed presentations showcasing some of the most tasty Drupal dishes!

How to Eat 15 Drupal Sites in 90 Minutes

Do you have a yummy site and the skills to show it off in just 5 minutes?

All 15 presenters will be speed-geeking in the Ignite presentation format (20 slides, 15 seconds each) as we chow through all the sweet deliciousness.

If you think you have what it takes to cook up something special and you can already taste your 5 minutes of fame, then let us know that you want to play!

The only question remains -- can you stand the heat?!

Paris public transport has always been stellar, with an tight network of subway (métro) stations, commuter rail (RER/SNCF), and buses that can can get you within spitting distance of anywhere in the city, quickly and economically.  But the implementation of the Velib bike-sharing program two years ago put Paris public transport a whole other level, by any measure--ecological, economic, public health, noise pollution, etc.

There are over 10,000 Velibs parked at over 1000 parking spots across the city.  For a euro or day, or 5 euros a week, or 29 euros a year, you get an unlimited number of rentals lasting 30 minutes.  Thirty minutes is enough to get you from Drupalcon to almost anywhere downtown.  Need 45 minutes to bike somewhere?  No problem, just find a Velib parking lot (they are rarely more than 200m away), park the bike you're riding, and pick up a new one.  You could daisy chain your rides all day if you wanted to...

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DrupalCon Paris 2009 is two and a half months away and I'm excited. My wife Marcia is coming with me, we've got our tickets, rented our flat across from Jardin Du Luxembourg, and will be there for two weeks! Vote on youtube DrupalCon for this video, and help John Albin with free admission, at 195-eu, a sweet deal.

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