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The Truth About WYSIWYG Editing in your CMS

Tom Wentworth — Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:12 +0000

Yesterday at DrupalCon I saw Karen McGrane speak for the first time. Karen is a respected content strategist and frequent keynote speaker. She's fantastic, and I was thrilled to see her speak live for the first time.

Help for Oklahoma (help4ok) website launches

scottdavis — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:22 +0000

Many of us don't have to look too far back to recall the impact of a natural disaster: Sandy, Chelyabinsk, Lushan, and now Oklahoma. When they occur there is typically no shortage of assistance available, but coordination is always a major challenge.

Open Source and Local Economies - Meet Ranko Marinic

jam — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:31:05 +0000

Here is one more conversation I had at Drupal Camp Alpe-Adria in April, 2013. Ranko Marinic is from Croatia and has some great perspectives. He works as an IT consultant with a wide range of technologies and with Drupal "by night". He is studying economics and has become interested in the economic effects on local communities of implementing open source software. Ranko also talks about the moment he really started believing in open source as a social movement.

ranko_final.mp3

A Reflection on Karen McGranes DrupalCon Portland Keynote

kfogarty — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:44:49 +0000

I just finished listening to the DrupalCon Portland’s Wednesday keynote presented by Karen McGrane about UX experience and content for all devices.

Thoughts on the DrupalCon Portland Keynote

Tom Wentworth — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:13:08 +0000

Today was the official start of my first DrupalCon. As a newbie, it was a fun experience to see 3,300 Drupalists all in one room, anxious to hear from Dries, the original developer of Drupal.

Here are some of my thoughts from today’s keynote:

Event summary: DrupalJam 2013

niels.vanmourik — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:58 +0000

Last Friday the annual one-day DrupalJam conference was held in the Rotterdam Feyenoord soccer stadium. The conference, which saw its eighth edition - if I recall correctly - is shifting to be more business focused with its new motto Drupal beyond the code, and was a great success with over a 100 participants. This blog post serves as a high-level summary of a couple of the talks that I attended.

The DrupalCon Portland Sessions every Webmaster should attend!

kfogarty — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:14:05 +0000

Hello DrupalCon! Have you arrived yet? DrupalCon Portland starts officially tomorrow but come and get your badges and awesome t-shirts. I was going through the session list to pick out what sessions would be most beneficial for me and I wanted to share what I thought were the sessions every digital marketer or Webmaster should attend.

Tuesday:
9:00 am – 10:00 am
OR 204 - Blackmesh

5 Things I'm Looking Forward to at DrupalCon Portland

Tom Wentworth — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:31:38 +0000

Hello from Portland!

Today is the start of my first DrupalCon. Acquia is a Diamond sponsor, and we've got a huge presence at the show.

1) Dries' keynote. I've watched his keynotes in previous years before joining Acquia. Dries just a great job educating, entertaining, and inspiring the Drupal community. I love his dry sense of humor, which I trust will be on full display tomorrow.

Let’s Get Personal: Personalization and Privacy

dcdenison@mac.com — Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:07 +0000

Personalization is as old as marketing itself. Give each customer what they want, how they want it, when they want it. New technologies, platforms, and devices give us the tools to reinvent this venerable approach, expanding its reach and effectiveness. To wring the maximum value out of personalization, you have to track your results, constantly re-evaluate what you are doing, and adjust your strategy accordingly. In Part Two of this 5-part series on personalization, we consider how personalization impacts privacy, or not.

Automate review for security risks with source code analysis

bjeavons — Sat, 18 May 2013 20:11:20 +0000

Security issues are created in custom code when developers cut corners during development or don't make proper use of the APIs, among other reasons. There are several ways to discover such issues, including peer-review, code scanners, vulnerability scanning, and even by being exploited -- tho certainly undesirable! While each has its place and individual merits, let’s talk about security-focused source code scanning for Drupal and preview Acquia’s static code analysis, in development for Acquia Insight.