5 tracks, 25 sessions, 50+ attendees and it’s not even noon.
Some stuff on the board: Drupal case studies, Drupal+mobile, writing simpletests, data portability, improving performance, Drupal crash course and strategy: identifying needs.
The Paris Drupal meetup yesterday was a hit again, with twice the expected number of people showing up. Even a couple of tourists like Bonnie Bogle, Eric Gundersen and Kevin Walsh dropped by.
No such thing as a ‘local community’ anymore. Interesting.
When I started probing the Malaysian Drupal community a while back about the viability of organizing a DrupalCamp in Kuala Lumpur in July, many people were enthusiastic but not so many were able to find the time or energy to pitch in.
I still felt like going ahead – the challenge of remotely getting an event up and running was just too much fun to let go.
As I anticipated, DrupalcampParis was more than worth the trip. The one day event again showed me how amazingly the cool the Drupal community is.
So much energy, so much good spirit, so much collaboration and willingness to overcome road blocks and work together to build something for the good of all, not just for oneself or personal gain.
Some, if not all of the krimsonians are heading over, joined by other members from the Belgian Drupal Community.
I’ll be discussing: Internationalization (i18n) and localization (L10n), How to get started with jQuery and Working with international (non-profit) organizations.
About twenty enthusiasts showed up to chat about Drupal in a cozy bistro in the vicinity of Centre Pompidou. There was wine and food. General introductions. Questions and answers. And some very good ideas.
20 people scratched their own itch tonight and decided to breathe new life into the French Drupal Community.
I’ll probably be presenting a few talks there, and I’m particularly thinking about seizing the opportunity to attract more French speaking Belgians to drupal.be, of which about 99.5% of the content is in Dutch at the moment.
Any thoughts on this are greatly appreciated, as are topic proposals.
