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I want to thank all the folks who participated in the session “Communication, Cooperation, Collaboration: Can Drupal Shops Work Together”, based on the conversation during the session, and subsequently during the remainder of the conference that answer is, “Yes, we can, and we must.” What follows are notes from the session which thanks to Robin…

On Sunday night I fly out to Boston for DrupalCon. Four full days of sessions and meeting sand social events, I get a little overwhelmed just thinking about it. Which is why I am taking a moment right now to post a blog about my session on Monday at 1:30pm, “Communication, Collaboration, Cooperation: Can Drupal…

Recently I had a client who was irked by the way the “from” email address for messages sent by the subscriptions module appeared in users’ inboxes.

As promised last week, here is part two of “The Way We Work” with Chris Fassnacht and Stephanie Pakrul. Gregory: Have you worked remotely before working for CivicActions? Chris: Not really. I was doing some remote contract work for a couple of months before starting to work with CA, but for the most part I’ve…

This is an interesting post about increasing blog readership through RSS and email subscriptions. One tip: “Popular bloggers will all say that to build a large dedicated following you must keep a blog that is consistently on topic and make it as easy for your visitors to subscribe.” Another tip that is repeated in the…

A few weeks ago someone pointed me toward this interesting writeup of 50 social sites, it is geared toward sites where businesses should try to build and maintain a presence, but I think that it is applicable for NPO and NGOs too. The article is split into 5 sections: Social-Media/Social-Bookmarking Sites Professional-Networking Sites Niche Social-Media…

In a new twist on our “Way We Work” series, I present this interview with one of our star themers, Steph Pakrul. This is sort of the first in a two-parter–Steph works very closely with her husband, Chris Fassnacht, so close, we sometimes refer to them as “Christeph”. Without further ado: Gregory: Have you worked…

I came across this list of 20 tips for using deli.icio.us to drive traffic to your site, and while it is geared more towards commercial sites, I think there are some interesting ideas for organizations like the ones we work with. Many of the ideas on the list are generally good ideas, not just for…

Over the last few days there were some emails traded back and forth internally about the 2008 US Presidential race. We’ve got an international team and some of the folks who do not live in the US, as well as some who have relocated to the US were expressing some level of bewilderment about the…

Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… And the airports of those cities are just some of the places I’ve worked from in the last two weeks. I get through security and my eyes shoot furtive glances at the bottom 2 feet of walls searching (sometimes in vain) for a power outlet, preferably one…