Insights that inspire

For those of you who weren't able to make it to DrupalCon this year — boy, did you miss out. Not because of the great sessions, continuous flow of Birds of a Feather talks or even the arcade in the sponsor hall (with pinball machine). DrupalCon's always been about networking with other people who have similar interests and aspirations — and Chicago didn't disappoint. Most of us actually spent more time talking and sharing with fellow Drupalistas than attending the sessions!

It's with great satisfaction that I'd like to announce the completion of our new Chapter Three site redesign, into which we poured our very best efforts. We used this project as a playground to explore new methods and processes and discovered a few gems along the way.

First, let's look at the history of the Chapter Three website, now in version 4.0.

As my hombre Rob Purdie has already blogged, the fabulous Drupalists at NodeOne have posted some really fantastic videos from the most recent DrupalCamp Stockholm online.

More great video keeps emerging, this time from the fabulous folks at Four Kitchens, who helped organize the wonderful Drupalcamp in Austin last November. My colleague Matt Cheney and I were lucky enough to attend and present. I gave my talk on "Drupal in the Cloud", and the cameras were rolling...

I had a great time in Portland hanging out with the community at DrupalCamp PDX. Personal highlights for me included winning the race to loan Sam Boyer my laptop development environment for his Panels/Page Manager presentation, getting stuck for more than half of the lunch hour answering questions about PANTHEON and EC2 after my talk, and getting to meet mikey_p, heyrocker and other IRC personalities I've known and loved in person.

Matt Cheney delivered a presentation showcasing the power of the CCK module at Drupal Camp Austin.