The Drupal Movement where do you fit in?

Addison Berry, LullabotDrupalcamp Atlanta 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mateus27_24-25Saturday, September 19, 2009

Drupal big, overwhelming - like an aircraft carrierLooks chaotic and dangerous for an outsider, but does actually make sense to the people doing the work

What is Drupal?

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

We think of Drupal as the code we downloadThat’s half of it - the other half is the peopleThe people effect the code which effects all the people using it, who in turn effect the code...Without the people the code dies on the vine

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greencolander

Saturday, September 19, 2009

We think of Drupal as the code we downloadThat’s half of it - the other half is the peopleThe people effect the code which effects all the people using it, who in turn effect the code...Without the people the code dies on the vine

“It’s really the Drupal community and not so much the software that makes the Drupal project what it is. So fostering the Drupal community is actually more important than just managing the code base.”

- Dries Buytaert

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Hello, in there...

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Virtual Reality

http://www.flickr.com/photos/knowproseSaturday, September 19, 2009

Main places to connect are online:drupal.org (forums and issue queues) - the issue queue is the place where stuff happens - not just for codegroups.drupal.org (regional and topical groups)IRC, it’s geeky but well worth checking out

Do it Live

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bevanrSaturday, September 19, 2009

Druplcons (1 in NA each spring, 1 in Europe each fall)Camps (like this one!)MeetupsBuild relationships, stay connected and keep context for online interaction

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heather-dietz

Communication

Saturday, September 19, 2009

it goes both ways, but you need to initiate contact with others or they won’t know you’re there

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotpolka/Saturday, September 19, 2009

There are asshats in every community. Don’t be one.When you encounter them, remember:- everyone has a bad day sometimes- jerks don’t define the entire community

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dotpolka/Saturday, September 19, 2009

There are asshats in every community. Don’t be one.When you encounter them, remember:- everyone has a bad day sometimes- jerks don’t define the entire community

How does this work?

Saturday, September 19, 2009

http://www.flickr.com/photos/froboy

Do-ocracy

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Do-ocracy: the person who does it gets the job.You don’t need to be an “expert” to have an impactIf everyone talks and no one does, then it simply won’t happen. So do it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindenbaum

Structure

Saturday, September 19, 2009

teams grow organically - no real top-down hierarchy“defined leaders” : Dries, core maintainer and docs, infra, security leadslots of groups and teams just get together, define things and do the workremember this is all volunteer and you can be involved in what interests you

Human beings

Saturday, September 19, 2009

At the end of the day, this is just another group of people gathered around a common topic.Diverse and passionate.Even the “rockstars” are just people and you can call them on their bullshit.Keep the humanity of the work in mind.

You matter.

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Each person that uses Drupal can have an impact on the software and the millions of other people that use itFitting in to the community is being human and building relationships

Addison Berry

http://rocktreesky.com

add1sun

http://www.lullabot.com

Saturday, September 19, 2009