Takeaways From Do It With Drupal
In December 2009 I attended Do It With Drupal in New Orleans http://www.doitwithdrupal.com . It was a mixed blessing as I was pleased to find that my Drupal skills are pretty awesome. Most of the sessions were below my current level of development (which while I was unhappy about it, I was also happy my skill level grown so fast so quickly). Some of the highlights for me included:
Ryan Szrama, what a pleasure it was to listen to him present. I was able to talk with him briefly over a brownie and meet his wilfe and new baby daughter. http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/speakers/ryan-szrama
Earl Miles... even with a cold... amazing. This man's drive and desire to see things 'as they are' and not let anything stand in his of passion to improve drupal is nothing less than inspiring. O-Yeah and I LOVE PANELS ;) http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/speakers/earl-miles
There's something about Nate. I attended a Lullabot Training in Portland last year and got to spend some time with Nate Huag and he is just fun to talk with... and I always appreciate his purposeful approach to trainings and conferences. I noticed that he intentionally sits in different spots, positions himself to talk with different people, and spread the drupal love and his excitement about drupal. Very cool. http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/speakers/nathan-haug
One of the take aways for me was Ben Finklea's session on SEO. http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/speakers/ben-finklea I spend so much time in drupal and trust so many of it's features to be SEO friendly. Some of the notes included... Clearly communicate what the site is/does to google; Optimize for 1-2 Keywords per page; Rule of upper left hand corner; description shows in results; If you can't see it, neither can google; Track Everything; Content is King; Fix standard robots.txt file; Breadcrumbs just got really important; Speed has a ranking factor; Video is the New Text
I also enjoyed talking with Eric Gundersen from Developmentseed. http://www.doitwithdrupal.com/speakers/eric-gundersen the Open Atrium progress is very cool and looks like a great tool for the future.
Additionally, I meet several very cool people that I hope to stay in touch with... thanks Do It With Drupal.



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"my Drupal skills are pretty
"my Drupal skills are pretty awesome"
...but your humility certainly isn't.
Sometimes I feel like a nut
It's actually quite often I find myself wondering.. 'Why Can't I', when it comes to Drupal. Attending a training like Do It With Drupal with some of the best minds in Drupal and feeling confident that I not only understood what they were discussing, and that I had figured out (with some great help from the community) how to do what they were teaching, made me feel, for the first time that I in fact, I had some pretty great Drupal skills. I am actually extremely humble, often self deprecating, sometimes it's nice to feel... well... awesome.
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