Another event to add to your planner - Social Tech Training is geared towards training social change-minded organizations in using the web to activate, communicate and inspire.

In this edition of the "Catching up with Krug" report, we get the quick recap on KK's participation at ICE 08 in Toronto, Ontario (note to Americans, Toronto is still not the capitol of Canada).

{Pardon the digression} from American Bacon:

[the Mountie explains that Honey has been taken to the capital]
Boomer: The capital Toronto.
RCMP Officer at Headquarters: No, the capital of Canada is Ottawa.
Boomer: Yeah, right. Do we look that stupid? Ottawa!
Roy Boy: Nice try, Dudley.

Whist there, Kris spoke on a panel - moderated by Eli Singer from Segal Communications - with Amber Macarthur, and Mark Relph, about leveraging the power of social networks. Here's a live blog from the session "Community Watch: Leveraging the Power of Networks" for your interest.

Coming back from the Drupal Camp in Toronto, I only have praises for the the organizers.

The sessions I attended provided a good balance between topics relevant for the newcomers and more experienced drupalists. I also really enjoyed the variety of points of view that were taken: from quasi philosophical such as i18n - Fitting Drupal into a bi/multi-lingual organization, by Mike Gifford to hands-on such as Performance tuning and optimization of high traffic Drupal sites, by Khalid Baheyeldin.