Meet us in the Middle
UPDATE: slides now online, linked below with each session.
MidCamp is the Midwest's premier DrupalCamp, where developers, designers, strategists, UX professionals, project managers, and many others gather to share ideas on a variety of topics and technologies. We're excited about the camp for a lot of reasons: our CEO Tiffany Farriss has been asked to give the keynote, members of our team are leading a variety of sessions and providing training, and, of course, simply the opportunity to be in attendance.
Community is the key here. Local community. Technology is grand when it works, but the IRL connections you make with your peers trumps anything on an IRC channel or Google Hangout, so we're giddy with excitement to be social and geek out about the things we love. These kinds of conversations advance things for all of us professionally and personally.
As you might suspect, we're up to a lot of things at MidCamp (not to mention helping on an organizational level). In particular, we are absolutely committed both to the Drupal community at large, and on a local level so we've proudly sponsored the camp at a Gold Level this year.
What else? Plenty! We've outlined everything in a handy list for you:
Absolute Beginners Guide to Drupal
Next, Engineer Michelle Krejci and Build a Module founder Chris Shattuck present this learn-at-your-own-pace training, designed to introduce you to Drupal basics and give you a chance to explore the material from Build a Module that meets your needs. Note that registration is required at $49 per seat, and all trainings include coffee, snacks, and lunch. Sign up early as space is limited on this, too.
Date: Thursday Mar 19Time: 1pm - 5pm
Economics of Drupal Contribution
Palantir CEO Tiffany Farriss is keynoting the camp with this talk where she will explore how other open source communities provide a strategic framework to their communities and how the Drupal Association could provide structural support to balance the needs of contributors and a successful project.
Recorded sessionDate: Friday Mar 20Time: 9am - 10:15amRoom: SCE Illinois AB
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive Your Project!
Palantir founder and CEO George DeMet presents a non-technical talk—inspired by values frequently explored in children's literature—on how building successful Web solutions for other people requires discipline, understanding, and empathy. He'll cover topics that include managing stakeholders, positive negotiation techniques, and keeping budget, timeline, and scope on track.
Recorded sessionDate: Friday Mar 20Time: 12:30pm - 1:30pmRoom: SCE Illinois C
On PhpSpec and Not-the-Drupal-Way: follow the black kitten through the Looking Glass
Engineer Michelle Krejci demos PhpSpec and shows how this tool can help you write better code and modernize your developer skills.
Slides from sessionDate: Friday Mar 20Time: 1:45pm - 2:45pmRoom: SCE Ft. Dearborn B
Web Designer Ashley Cyborski and Lead Engineer Steve Persch are part of a panel called Off with Drupal's Head! where they'll discuss a variety of techniques used to implement a “headless Drupal."
Date: Friday Mar 20Time: 4:30pm - 5:30pmRoom: SCE Ft. Dearborn B
Rendering HTML with Drupal: Past, Present and Future
Steve Persch is also presenting on the mental models used in Drupal theming in recent history and in the future with Rendering HTML with Drupal: Past, Present, and Future.
Recorded sessionDate: Saturday Mar 21Time: 09:00 - 10:15Room: SCE Illinois C
Larry "Crell" Garfield explores Silex and explains what exactly this ready-made request/response pipeline is (and isn't). A small but functional application file will even be built during the session!
Slides from sessionDate: Saturday Mar 21Time: 3pm - 4pmRoom: SCE White Oak AB
How about you? Attending the camp? Any fun after-hours meetups you're attending? Please do let us know on Twitter @palantir, or by commenting below. Hope to see you there.
One last note: our Onsites and Project Kickoffs that Work training session had to be cancelled in case you're wondering where it vanished to! We plan on hosting it at the Palantir HQ this Spring, so keep in touch by following us on Twitter or by signing up to our newsletter, and we'll keep you up-to-date as we hammer out the details.