Drupalcon Sessions: the Good, the Great, and the Folks From Philly

crossposted: http://www.zivtech.com/blog/drupalcon-sessions-good-great-and-folks-philly

Philly Representing

The voting is over and the Drupal Con San Fran sessions have been posted. I'm proud to say there will be a number of sessions featureing folks from Zivtech and the Philly area:

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/contractor-shop-how-make-leap

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/panel-many-flavors-drupal-t...

Alex - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/state-drupal-web-applicatio...

Katherine - Drexel:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/shh-drupal-powered-library-...

Katherine - Drexel:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/accessibility-drupal-6-and-...

Jody - Zivtech:
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/media-module-multimedia-dru...

Don't forget you can also find us at the Pre-Conference Trainings: http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/pre-conference-trainings . Trainers will include Jody, Howard, myself, and Mason from Canary.

Other Sessions I'm Looking Forward To

I couldn't help take some time to look over the sessions and pick my favorites. We are still a month away but there is a lot to look forward to. Here are some in particular:

CSS3: The Future is Now
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/css3-future-now

Design for Drupal: A Template Approach
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/design-drupal-template-appr...

The Heart of Open Atrium: Context, PURL and Spaces
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/heart-open-atrium-context-p...
I've used context and open atrium a lot, but it will be nice to see what the creators think is most interesting to spend an hour on.

2.4 million page views per day, 60 M per month, one server!
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/24-million-page-views-day-6...
I've learned so much from the folks at 2bits already, looking forward to learning some more.

CCK to Fields: Getting There From Here
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/cck-fields-getting-there-here
Nodes to fields is a lot to get your head wrapped around. Karen Stevenson, the biggest CCK contributor, is probably the best person to help.

The Future Of MySQL: Forks, Patches And Decisions
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/future-mysql-forks-patches-...

Performance testing The Economist Online using The Grinder
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/performance-testing-economi...

The exodus: leading Drupal out of CVS
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/exodus-leading-drupal-out-cvs
Looking forward to leaving CVS. Would git help me maintain my modules more often? It just might.

Node Access in Drupal 7
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/node-access-drupal-7
I use Domain Access a lot, so this should be pretty interesting.

Providing a Scalable Infrastructure for Whitehouse.gov
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/providing-scalable-infrastr...
Everyone I know outside of Drupal keeps mentioning the Whitehouse site. Now I will be able to tell them how it is scaled.

MongoDB - Humongous Drupal
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/mongodb-humongous-drupal

"Don't Touch that Server": A toolkit for zero-touch production environments
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/dont-touch-server-toolkit-z...

The Care and Feeding of Project Managers
http://sf2010.drupal.org/conference/sessions/care-and-feeding-project-ma...
This is my favorite title for a presentation. Project Mananagers need to be cared for AND fed.