There is an old Dutch saying that roughly translates to "Weddings lead to weddings". And though attending a DrupalCon is not the same as getting married, it does share some characteristics. It's about sharing, passion, learning and helping without xpecting anything back. DrupalCon's are great places...

After sleeping on it, I'm still quite enthused by my suggestion for a ruthlessly scoopish news feed that I commented over at Scripting News yesterday. In answer to the question "how will we get our news if journalism dies" : Maybe a site *only* for "scoops", ie. breaking news stories which haven't b...

In a recent post, I discussed the travails of Muslim girls who are trying to obtain an education in parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan [Schoolgirls in Afghanistan]. In that post, I reported how members of the Taliban have done all they could to stop girls from getting an education -- everything from ...

With the sold out DrupalCon Washinton DC getting closer, the community has to plan ahead. That is why the Drupal Association (DA)is looking on how future conferences in the USA should be organised (for example by outsourcing). But the DA is also giving the organizing parties in the EU more time to p...

By the end of this month, all proposals for organising the DrupalCon EU 2009 should be in with the Drupal Association. The board of the Association will then vote on what team will be awarded to organise the DrupalCon. Up to recently three teams were tendering to organise the conference; Paris, Koln...

Audio from The Diane Rehm Show last week: 11:00 (second hour) The Role of Libraries in Economic Hard Times Libraries today have become multimedia centers, offering not only books but DVDs, e-books and Internet access. They can also be an especially important community resource during times of econom...

I have tried multiple tools to "Get Things Done" (wiki). n teh end I just use mindmapping, since it is form me the most logical way to order items. I started out with MindNode, lots of eyecandey yet low on useful features. Then I went back to the Open Source FreeMind that I have been using for years...

Kiss my ego, part II (na deel I) Ik ben een van de top twitter gebruikers in de Nederlandse twittershere. Zie de top twitteraars van Nederland 2008. En as we toch bezig zijn, kijk eens op de stats van mij of vul uw eigen naam in om te zien hoe en waar u twittert....

When Dries (co)started his company he made sure not to step on any of the those of the community and the commercial ecosystem around Drupal. Dries stated he wanted to play it nice and offer commercial services around Drupal that would be good for Drupal, for the community, the Drupal companies that ...

Johan Janssens -the Most Valuable Person in the Joomla community- has an article on his corporate blog about a presentation he held more then 3 years ago on the second DrupalCon in Amsterdam. When I met him a a month ago, he challenged me to recall what his message was. And I was sad to say I didn't...