The Top Modules On My List

At the Vancouver DrupalCamp there were, of course, the inevitable questions about what modules people use regularly. Boris suggested at one point that people should add to the growing body of information out there about popular modules. So here is my short list of modules i use on nearly EVERY site: CCK, plus various cck field modules like link, imagefield Views Panels2 imagecache admin role admin menu dhtml menu google analytics tinymce pathauto send, mimemail I hope to roll these into an install profile with my favorite settings already configured. Look for it coming...

DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008: Information Architecture Slide Deck

Attached you’ll find the latest revision of “my” IA presentation at DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008. This presentation has been evolving since DrupalConBarcelona. The original presentation was developed with Zoey Kroll, Ron Akanowicz and me. Owen Barton gave a similar presentation at DrupalCon Boston. I’ve remixed these presentations a bit. Enjoy! What The Hell Is Information Architecture? And Why You Should Care by Gregory Heller, CivicActions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.Based on a work at civicactions.com.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at...

DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008: Panels 2 Slide Deck

Attached you’ll find my slide deck from Your Introduction to Panels 2. This was a really fun talk to present, and the room was packed. I hope people found it useful and if you attended and have any feedback, please let me know so i can sharpen the presentation for DrupalCamp Seattle. For those who weren’t there, the slides are a basic intro, much of the session was demonstration and not “presentation”. Your Introduction To Panels 2 by Gregory Heller, CivicActions is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.Based on a work at civicactions.com.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at...

DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008: CivicActions Sessions Selected

Earlier this weekDrupalCamp Vancouver Sessions were announced and 2 by CivicActioners were among them. Robin’s session on “Introduction To Module Development” will be on Friday and 2pm. I heard Robin give a this talk for Six Hour Startup folks a few weeks ago, and even though I am no developer, it sounded great and others seemed to benefit from it. I submitted 2 sessions which both got accepted: “Your Intro To Panels 2” will be a fast paced fun tour of Panels2 based on my recent experiences with this amazing module. And What the Hell Is Information Architecture and Why Should I Care?” will build on presentations by Owen Barton, me and Zoey Kroll at the last two DrupalCons. In this session we’ll discuss basic IA deliverables and why/how you can and should do IA before you start building your website. In addition to Robin and me, Jared Stoneberg (a fellow Seattle DUG member) who has been working with CivicActions on the Evolver Exchange will also be heading up to Vancouver for the camp. CivicActions is happy to be a sponsor of DrupalCamp Vancouver 2008. We are also sponsoring DrupalCamp Portland 2008 (happening on May 10th, so we won’t be attending, unfortunately) and the upcoming DrupalCamp Seattle 2008 at the end of...

Burma Can’t Wait

On Sunday I hear with much sadness about the Cyclone that hit the Irrawady Delta in Burma. With each day the news gets worse. Some 22,000 Burmese presumed dead. Sometimes an event happens that in an instant captures the attention of the world, while even larger tragedies go unnoticed for decades. Such is the case in Burma. Back in the mid nineties I was involved in the Free Burma movement on college campuses, specifically at NYU, and helped pass selective purchasing legislation in the NY City Council. Despite the work of thousands of activists like me, the human rights violations and brutal repression of the Burmese at the hands of the Military Junta continues, nearly unabated. Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, remains under house arrest. On Thursday, the US Campaign For Burma launched the “Burma Can’t Wait” Campaign. The campaign uses celebrities in videos released daily for through the end of the month to call attention to the conditions in Burma, and call American’s to action. On Sunday, the New York Times ran a story about the campaign… in the styles section. It will be very interesting to see the effect of the campaign, especially their use of video and social media and networking sites, and especially in the context of the cyclone. On Monday, Burma was on the front pages of newspapers all over the world. Not for the human rights violations that have been ongoing for 3 decades, but rather for the Cyclone Nargis which has probably claimed over 22,000 lives. The loss of human life could have been mitigated had the Military Junta...