realityloop

DrupalCode profile
Posts on Drupal.org
Starred projects

Australia

Current Role(s):

Director

Professional Info

Companies Worked For

Victoria University, Victorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, State Library of Victoria, The Victorian Government, National Centre for Farmers Health, Proquest, Collabforge, TEFMA, EmSpace, Monash University, Publicity Works, Wesley College, McPherson Media, County Court of Victoria

Industries Worked In:

Education, Marketing, Web Development, Internet Service Provision

http://realityloop.com/

Personal Info

Other languages:

English

On Drupal.org for 18 years 11 months

Over 10 edits to documentation

Bio:

In early 2005 I decided to abandon proprietary development frameworks and move towards open source development, in late 2006 I found Drupal and haven't looked back since! I have contributed to the Drupal core project, done theme and module work for groups.drupal.org, develop and co-maintain several modules and submit lots of issues and patches to help make Drupal even better.

I have been been planning, designing, administering and implementing web projects since 1995. I've built sites for an iconic chocolate frog, helped keep regional Victoria up to date with online news, developed a content management system from scratch for the largest private school in the southern hemisphere. Since taking up Drupal I've built sites for Monash University, as a contractor I've helped implement collaborative projects for multinational corporations, state government and more. I also organise monthly Drupal meetups and free mentoring days in Melbourne Australia.

Contributor roles

First time contributor workshop lead CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2014-06 to present

Developed the modern contribution toolset and contributor workshop, further redeveloped tools based on DDEV in 2018
Drupal meetup organizer CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2009-01 until 2019-10

Drupal community lead in Melbourne Australia, organised approx 100 monthly Drupal meetups over a 10 year period
Drupal meetup organizer CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2010-01 until 2019-05

Organised approx 90 monthly Drupal mentoring events over a near 10 year period
DrupalCamp Lead Organizer CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2014-11 until 2015-11

Organised Drupalcamp Melbourne 2014/2015
DrupalCon Track Chair CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2013-02 until 2013-02

Community Track Chair at Drupalcon Sydney
Mentoring coordinator CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2013-06 to present
Mentor CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2013-05 to present

I have directly mentored over 3500 new contributors via the first time contributors workshop
Project contributor CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2009-05 to present
Community Tools Lead for Mentoring CreditAttribution: Realityloop
From 2014-05 to present

I developed the modern community tools toolset in 2013/14 and redeveloped it around DDEV in 2018

Documentation guides

Develop - [Obsolete] Coding standards

✓ Can opt projects into security advisory coverage

Drupal Contributions:

I co-maintain various modules, have submitted core patches and have been the primary organizer of the Drupal Melbourne User Meetups and Code Sprints since 2009, I also am responsible for developing the Drupal Community Tools and have delivered the First Time Sprinters workshop at approximately 5 DrupalCons.

I am usually contactable on IRC in #drupal-au, #drupal and #drupal-support on occasion

You can also contact me via Twitter: http://twitter.com/BrianGilbert_ or our website: http://realityloop.com/

March 27, 2009 First request for co-maintainership
March 29, 2009 Second request for co-maintainership
April 21, 2010 First core patch, yay!
May 19, 2010 Dim comments with [n] negative comments (dev for g.d.o)
June 10, 2010 First module written from scratch!
October 5, 2010 First to sponsor DrupalDownunder 2011
January 13-16, 2012 Organised DrupalDownunder 2012
October 6 2012 Organised Australia's first 'Get Involved with Core Sprint'
Platinum sponsor Drupal South 2016