bay area drupal

On the plane back north to Vangroovy - exhausted and brain filled with ideas and some enjoyable observations, here are a few:

Human 2.0 - This Dmitiri lad is the real deal. His themeing session was outstanding as he took the packed standing room only (really) crowd from "what is a theme" all the way through the basics and into crowd-suggested nuances (i.e. themeing per node or per view or per block etc.).

He's a keyboard shortcut wizard, has a great sense of humor, a natural public speaker (with just a wee-est quaver in his voice) and he knows this Drupal and php stuff solid and drives his Mac like a virtuoso. He doesn't post social media stuff anywhere and this was hist first real "meat space" interaction with his community.

After some good times at the after-camp social activity (thanks Pete and crew) at Jupiter, we are back in action today for more sessions, networking, and conversations. Fun conversations from Michigan weather to the One Laptop per Child machines which i tinkered with for the first time.

On a beautiful Saturday, Raincity's Francis, Erik and I are participating in Bay Area Drupal Camp (for background, see: BAD Behaviour Encouraged at Berkeley Camp at the historic Hearst Memorial Mining Building (not named for William Randolph Hearst for the record).

Two sessions under our belt so far and now we are enjoying a picnic lunch on the terrace on the otherwise empty campus (there is a football game going on across the way though).

A Raincity Studios contingent consisting of Francis, Erik and I are southern-bound for BAD Camp in Berkeley. Alas, the event is hardly as provocative as the name - Bay Area Drupal Camp is a meeting of open source coding and community building types - scant little nefarious behavior expected.