Angie Byron (a/k/a “webchick,” Director of Community Development, Acquia) and Addison Berry (Lullabot Director of Education) recall Drupal-blue beverages they’ve guzzled, and argue heatedly over their favorite emoji to use in a GitHub pull request.
Dani Nordin is at our “Meet the Authors” booth (courtesy of Drupal Watchdog, so subscribe now: https://drupalwatchdog.com/subscribe/20150) to autograph her new book, Drupal For Designers, and to promote Desi
Jen Lampton and Nate Haug (co-founders, BackDrop CMS) explain their fork of Drupal 7: why they felt the move was necessary; who benefits from it; and the Drupal community’s reaction.
In an exclusive, late-night interview, the fabulous Fabian Franz (Technical Lead, Tag1 Consulting) dishes the dirt on big-pipe Drupal and drops a grenade on our favorite social media platform: “You know what?” he says, “FaceBook cheats!” Hey, I’m totally not surprised;
KIERAN LAL (Technical Director, Corporate Development, Acquia), nabbed outside the Acquia room, talks about the Drupal Organization, movie sound-tracks, and learning Italian – then indulges in a “Hi, Mom!” moment.
Lingotek does translation management (whatever that is). As President and CEO, ROBERT VANDENBURG gets to travel to exotic locations like Austin and Amsterdam, and hobnob with the locals.
It was a great relief to learn that MICHAEL MEYERS (V.P. Large Scale Drupal, Acquia) is not the homicidal psycho-killer from the Halloween movie franchise, particularly as we go one-on-one with him in a noisy corner of the RAI.
In Drupal Watchdog’s proprietary corner, we have a lively chat with TOM ERICKSON (CEO, Acquia), who reveals himself as a pop-music maven, Napa oenophile, and passionate proponent of diversity in the technology field, particularly among women and millennials.
