[DLC] Drupal Camp Wisconsin - 19 January 2008

[Sean Neilan]

Wisconsin? Shoot. I don't think I can make it all the way out there on that day..

Wish I could.

----- Original Message ----
From: Larry Garfield <larry at garfieldtech.com>
To: DePaul Linux Community <dlc at mailman.depaul.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2008 10:41:28 PM
Subject: [DLC] Drupal Camp Wisconsin - 19 January 2008


For those interested in Drupal, the PHP-based CMS that has taken the
 web 
development world by storm, there will be a regional Drupal Camp event
 later 
this month in Milwaukee!

See:
http://barcamp.org/DrupalCampWI
http://groups.drupal.org/node/7305

The short version:
What: Drupal, PHP, and one of the coolest open source communities out
 there.
When: Saturday 19 January 2008, 10 am - 10 pm
Where: Milwaukee School of Engineering

At least three leading Drupal developers will be there that I know of,
 and the 
venue is supposed to be able to hold up to 100.  Help us test that 
theory! :-)

For DePaul students in particular, this is a great opportunity.  If you
 want 
to get into the IT world after graduating, open source is where it's
 at.  You 
want to graduate with at least 2 years of resume fodder under your
 belt, and 
working on an open source project absolutely counts.  Some employers
 even 
count that more than working on a proprietary project, because the
 skills are 
more easily transferable (and they can actually see your work rather
 than 
just hear you talk about it).  

Drupal is a very open development process and community that is on
 growing by 
leaps and bounds, and we can always use more developers, testers, 
documenters, usability experts (we take usability very seriously, and
 we'd 
love to have some more HCI grads involved), you name it.  Drupal is
 also very 
active in Google Summer of Code (the SoC web site has run on Drupal for
 the 
past 2 years), so if you're interested in getting paid to work on open
 source 
this summer, you definitely want to come and get your foot in the door.

Hope to see you there.  And please, spread the word!

-- 
Larry Garfield            AIM: LOLG42
larry at garfieldtech.com        ICQ: 6817012

"If nature has made any one thing less susceptible than all others of 
exclusive property, it is the action of the thinking power called an
 idea, 
which an individual may exclusively possess as long as he keeps it to 
himself; but the moment it is divulged, it forces itself into the
 possession 
of every one, and the receiver cannot dispossess himself of it."  --
 Thomas 
Jefferson
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