Events

Drupal 4.7 is probably going to go into code freeze in the next several weeks. In order to facilitate an effective release cycle for contributed modules we are conducting the first of several free workshops on how to upgrade modules to Drupal 4.7. In particular, this is important for the CivicSpace community which uses at least 30 contributed modules that they require to be ported to Drupal 4.7. Read more for details.

Social Tech Brewing hosts:

An evening of tips, insights, Q and A and discussion about the leading open source community portal software: Drupal, followed by beers at the bar.

Since its first release in January 2001, Drupal has gained in popular use as an ideal open source community portal / content management system. It has an incredible set of useful default features along with a very large array of freely available themes, modules and translations. Over the years it has matured to include a professional user community, extensive support materials, support for both LAMP and IIS servers and effective interface usability. Drupal has been used for such popular and diverse sites as www.spreadfirefox.com www.musicforamerica.org www.linuxjournal.com www.ourmedia.org www.mbr.org and www.ent.iastate.edu/list/

Visit www.Drupal.org to learn more about this amazing software.

The evening's format will be guided by the interests of those who attend and may include:
* An introduction to the core features of Drupal.
* Short presentations describing successes, innovations and challenges of using Drupal.
* Q and A of what is and is not possible in Drupal.
* Plans people have for using Drupal in the future, aiming for opportunities to collaborate.

A special invitation is extended to experienced Drupal developers to exchange their wisdom.

There is a LinuxWorld Expo at London Olympia - October 5-6, 2005. I think it would be a good thing to attend the event, and even a better thing if we apply for a place in the .Org village. While there is time untill the deadline - August 1, I think this merrits discussion now.

I am prepared come down to London for the duration of the Expo and the Conference, but won't be able to pull it on my own. So the questions:

World Usability Day is set for November 3. It will be a series of local events around the world to raise awareness of the importance of easy-to-use technology and user-centered design for all.

In a few weeks, we will debut the Drupal-based, Bryght-hosted community site for World Usability Day. At this point the site is very much under construction: we are getting ready to have the local leaders start doing their part to build it.

I want to raise awareness of World Usability Day to the Drupal community for several reasons.

1. You may want to participate in a local event near you. Hang out with "usability people" for the day - they do not bite. (^: We have over 30 locations planning something at this point.

2. You may want to help organize something. Is there a local usabillity lab that would be willing to host a formal usability test of a Drupal-power site? (Imagine 20 such tests all happening the same day - we would learn quite a bit). Or a panel discussion on the usability of open source software? Or a case study of Drupal used for e-government? Each location can really do whatever they want to recognize World Usability Day - some could even get as "radical" as burning hard-to-use manuals or holding hands in a park. Is there something Drupal-related that you would like to organize?

I am not affiliated to spikesource.com But they got an intersting event coming up.

http://www.spikesource.com/testfest.html